Preston's Epic Blog

100 Word Story: REVISION One day on a farm a chicken, named Chicken Little, was out eating some corn his owner threw on the ground for him. While eating peacefully, he heard a loud thump on the ground. Chicken Little, as innocent as can be, instantly assumed the sky was falling! At once he began running through the farm yelling, "The sky is falling!" Soon enough, the pigs, the cattle, the ducks, the horses, and even the barn mice were running with him! Finally, they got to the fence where the ranch hand of the farm was. "What is all this ruckus! I was just cutting branches off the old tree by Chicken Little's pen!" Innocent Chicken Little. Flickr Revision Note:  I used a little bit of artful repetition when naming all of the different kinds of farm animals. Along with deleting some redundant words/phrases in order to make my story a bit more concise and easier to read. Bibliography: The Foolish, Timid Rabbit by Ellen C. Babbitt

The Buddha was begging through the streets, and the people though it was strange that the once Prince Siddhartha was now walking through the streets as a beggar. The king went to him and demanded he stopped, but the Buddha told his father the story of Dharmapala, and he stopped at once. When all the women visit the Buddha, Gopa is not there. She doesn't because she knows he'll visit her on his one merit. He of course does and then tells Gopa about her good virtue. The Buddha went to nanda to try and get him to go toward the path of enlightenment. At first his brother refused, but as he kept speaking, Nandy accepted and fell to the Buddha's feet. At that the Master took him out of the palace. Gopa's son, Rahula then presents in front of the Buddha and tells him he wants to claim his heritage and follow his father's path. The Buddha originally says no but allows Rahula to go with him. The king the gets upset with his family leaving, but the Buddha tells him not to mou

The two friends Sariputra and Maudgalyayana who are intimately close seek out the Buddha. Upon appearing in front of the Buddha, he names the two his foremost of his disciples. In the city of Rajagriha, there began to be a crowd of people who were growing displeased with how many people the Buddha was converting. The Buddha had a response to this for what his disciples were to do if they were spoken illy to. He was right and the disciples were honored. King Suddhodana longed to see his son before he met his death. He sent messenger after messenger to relay a message for the Buddha to return back to his home to visit him. However, one after the other instantly became tranced and became a monk at his feet. Udayin accomplished the mission and the Buddha went. The Buddha told Prince Ajatasatru about the story of the Cunning Crane and the Crab, except this time it was a Crawfish that ends the life of the crane. Buddha gives King Vimbasara pieces of hair and finger nails for his temple. The

100 Word Story:  One day on a farm a little chicken named Chicken Little was out eating some corn his owner threw on the ground for him. While eating peacefully, he heard a loud thumb on the ground. Chicken Little instantly assumed it was the sky falling, so without further investigation, he started running through the farm yelling, "The sky is falling!" Soon enough, the pigs, cattle, ducks, horses, and even the barn mice were running with him! Finally, they got to the ranch hand of the farm. "What is all this ruckus! I was just cutting branches off the old tree by Chicken Little's pen!" Six Word Story:  Don't always assume everything is true. Chicken Little. Flickr Note:  I used the Jataka Tale by Ellen C. Babbit titled "The Foolish, Timid Rabbit." However, I decided to add my own twist with new characters from the movie "Chicken Little." Bibliography:  Jataka Tales: The Foolish, Timid Rabbit by Ellen C. Babbitt

 The graphic I'm choosing to write about is the sculpture from the Harihareshwar Temple . The stature is the face of Krishna with 5 bodies derived from it. It's an incredibly interesting sculpture. I recommend looking at the link! The video I chose is about the grammatical differences of "me, myself and I."  Found this interesting (obviously edited) photo on Flickr , and wanted to share.

The Buddha sat there, unmoved and unbothered. Weeks went by through rain, wind, and freezing temperatures. However, the Buddha still sat there, unbothered under the Tree of Knowledge. On his fourth week under the tree, the evil Mara presented himself in front of the Buddha who had recently been defeated by him.  "Blessed One, why do you tarry, you who know the path to deliverance? Blow out the lamp, quench the flame; enter Nirvana, O Blessed One; the hour has come," says Mara to the Buddha. "Mara, I must not enter Nirvana. I must now spread my word of supreme knowledge and let the world know of its beauty." says the Buddha. At that, Mara leaves the Buddha under the tree where he stays unmoving. On the fifth week comes torrential rains and freezing temperatures. The Serpent King, Mucalinda, knows that he must venture out to protect the Buddha of the extreme climate. The serpent coiled himself seven times around the Buddha in order to protect him from the downpour, th