It had been years by now. For three years Dimitri roamed the forest alone and aimlessly, looking for his friend Thomas whom he had lost long ago. They had been making great progress in their trek together through the enchanted forest when the pair stumbled upon a prophetic stone. It promised the two travelers if they could complete the difficult tasks it listed, then they would be rewarded for their efforts with a great banquet and the achievement of true happiness. Dimitri was one of the most cynical people you would ever encounter and deemed the rock to be nothing more than a fools joke on the two weary travelers. Thomas, however, had great faith in the prophecy of the rock and struck out on his own to fulfill its request.
Dimitri had originally planned to keep exploring but his loyalty to his friend was too great and he eventually turned back and began combing the forest in search of Thomas. As the years rolled on, Dimitri became more certain the Thomas had been met with great misfortune in his quest and that he was either lost or decreased. But still Dimitri searched high and low for his dear friends, all the while praying he was somewhere out there surviving as best he could.
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“More grapes sire?” questioned the king’s servant.
“No, thank you Fredrick, that’ll be all,” the king responded. He sent Fredrick to his chambers for he had a long, hard day and deserved to rest for the evening.
The king was extremely content in his castle and his subjects adored his honest and fair ruling over the kingdom. He had many wives and his servants were more attentive than he could have prayed for. The grounds of the castle were larger enough for him to be constantly entertained, whether it was hosting balls, practicing archery, arranging ornate dinners or hunting. Even with all of these amazing amenities, the king knew something would always be missing in his life that could not be filled with the brightest ruby or most gorgeous wife.
“King Thomas, what troubles you sire? I can see you are deep in worrisome thoughts due to your furrowed brows. Please confide in me dearly beloved so that I may take away your strife,” his third wife Angelica pleaded.
“Oh my lovely carnation, your presence alone is enough to lift my spirits if only slightly,” King Thomas replied. “But alas, what causes me grief can only be found somewhere outside of these castle walls.”
“Pray, tell me so I can send an army of thousands to seek it out and bring it to you so you may be joyous once again,” she said.
Upon her earnest request, King Thomas told her the tale of how he found the kingdom by following the prophecy of the stone he and his traveler friend discovered. He told her that the past few years were full of blessings that he was undyingly grateful for, but he often thought of Dimitri and how badly he wished he could share his great fortune with his dear friend. Angelica realized how important this request was to the king and immediately summoned the general. He rallied all of his men together to depart from the kingdom, descend the great mountain and seek out the traveler who called himself Dimitri.
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Growing tired of his constant walking, Dimitri stopped at the mouth of a river and sat down to drink its cool waters and rest for a moment. As he stooped over to take a drink, he heard a rumbling from deep in the forest. Assuming it was a large bear ready to attack, he seized from his pack a large sword and crouched ready to strike the beast. From the forest burst forth a great multitude of soldiers who all stopped dead in their tracks when they found him.
“Who are you stranger and by what manner do you roam this great forest,” inquired the one soldier.
“I go by the name of Dimitri good sir and I am but a honest traveler through these expansive woods.”
At this realization, the general stepped forward from the sea of soldiers and explained to Dimitri their mission. Upon realizing that his friend had accomplished the task he set out to do all those years ago, Dimitri was overcome with joy and excitedly agreed to go with them back to Thomas’s kingdom.
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The King sat upon his thrown in great distress, for it had been weeks of searching with no word about the status of the mission. The general then entered the King’s chambers and after completing the formal address, he relayed to the king their discovery. The king was elated and requested that Dimitri be sent in right away so that he could greet his old friend. Within a moment, Dimitri entered the chambers and the King went to him and they embraced each other. Dimitri became on the King’s most valued advisor and he stayed in the castle with King Thomas. Together, they ruled the kingdom, feeling their lives being reconnected made them whole once again.
Author’s Note: So I actually had a really hard time getting started on this story. I think it was because this week I read a lot of short fables so picking one was very difficult and on top of that, I was not sure if I would be able to give enough details to meet the required length. The story of The Two Travelers stood out as my favorite so I used this one. Two men are traveling together when they find a stone that has a list of actions that upon completion would give them true happiness. One of them does not believe it is true and keeps walking while the other goes through each of the strenuous tasks, completes them and finds a kingdom at the top of the mountain, which he becomes the ruler of. At the end of the fable, I kept wondering what would happen if they ever met up again, so this story was my mind working out the rest of the details of that fable. I would like to think that they both desired to reconnect even though they went down very different paths in their lives. They felt incomplete without the other and so after they reunited, they take on ruling the kingdom together and everyone gets to live happily ever after.
Bibliography: Fables of Bidpai by Maude Dutton (1908)
Savannah Jung 
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Savannah, I liked how you started out with a background of your story then led in to dialogue between your characters – that was a good transition. Although you may have had a hard time beginning your story, you ended up creating a very strong story with a strong ending! You did a good job creating personalities especially that of the King’s servant, Fredrick, who says, “More grapes sire?” I loved that!
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I liked your story. I never heard of “The Two Travelers”, so it was quite refreshing to read something both new and different. After reading the author’s note, I began to appreciate your story more. I am glad that you were able to reunite the friends together and show how much Thomas longed for his friendship with Dimitri and his presence. Good friends are hard to come by and I am glad for your characters, they had a happy ending.
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I really liked your story! It felt inspired rather than based upon Indian Epics, which I think is really cool. It really felt like you Mae it your own thing. I also really enjoyed your characters, and the dialogue between them. You had interesting settings, and situations. I also liked that you varied your paragraph and sentence lengths, which is something a lot of people have a difficult time with. Overall, great story!
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Hello Savannah, in my opinion your story comes off as very unique since it does not seem to be heavily influenced by iconic Indian epics such as the Ramayana or the Mahabharata. My stories are influenced greatly by the texts that I just mentioned and so your story was like a breath of fresh air. It seemed very original to me since I have never read any of the fables that you were exposed to in your readings. I think that you did an effective job reconciling the relationship between the two characters by having them find each other again at the end of the story.
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