The Stories, the Myths, the Folklore

It was late April of 2017 and Holly's junior year of college was almost finished. She had been killing herself with school and classes for the last three years and she was finally going to take her MCAT exam to see if she would get into medical school. She had been studying for months and was totally worn out, but she was pushing through the exhaustion. She was spread out all over the library's tables when her biggest competitor, Haley, walked towards her. Holly tried to ignore her and pretend like she did not see Haley, but it was too late, Haley was already sitting down in one of the extra chairs. Holly looked tired, exhausted, a mess if you must, but Haley looked happy and peppy. This just irked Holly even more. Haley asked Holly, "Are you ready for next weekend? I cannot wait to take this, it's going to be so easy." Holly looked up from her books and forced a weak smile. She replied, "Easy? How long have you been studying?" and Haley replied, ...

There once was a handsome young man that lived in a very small village outside a large palace of riches. He, and his family, were very poor and only had income because the knights would buy chickens and eggs from them. Inside the palace lived a king, a queen, and their son. The prince was very rich and had everything anyone could dream of, but he was the most unattractive person in the land. A beautiful princess from a neighboring kingdom came to visit the palace one day. She met the prince in hopes of finding a husband. However, once she met him, she was very conflicted. He was rich and her family wanted them to marry in order to conjoin the kingdoms, but she wanted to marry for love and she just did not love him. That night, she snuck out of the palace to clear her head and figure out what she was going to do. She was just outside the palace when she heard someone say to her, "Miss? Are you lost?" She turned around quickly to find the poor young man walking up to he...

Not long ago, a pack of sharks were gathering together just off the shore of an island called Humanland. They were swimming together and eating together when all of the sudden a boat of humans floated by. Some of the humans, along with the ruler, Michael, hunted them for dinner that night. The sharks were petrified!! The leader, the Great Alexander, the biggest shark in the pack, spoke up and said, "We need to avenge our friends! They cannot attack us like this and get away with it." So the Great Alexander concocted a plan to use their friend, Daphne the dolphin, to lure the humans into the water and then they would finish the job... On the first day, Daphne swam close to the shore, showed off her majestic features, and sang many songs, but not a single human noticed her beauty.  On the second day, Daphne jumped out of the water in an attempt to get the humans to notice her, but still, nobody paid attention to her.  Finally, on the third day, Daphne swam as cl...

One day, Barry Sanders was looking over the offensive playbook for the big game this coming weekend. He always felt at ease when looking over his plays. He was getting in the zone when an NFL coach approached him. The coach said, "son, if you find Adrian Peterson's playbook, you will never lose another game again." Sanders lit up with determination and made it his mission to find this forbidden playbook. The coach told him that the playbook was buried underneath the Texas Longhorn field in a box that was in duffel which was in a suitcase.  Sanders approached a few of his teammates and told them of this fortunate information and asked for their help in retrieving the treasure. The guys said, "hey man that is not such a great idea, the price to pay for something that special is too great." Sanders ignored them and set out to find the playbook. He snuck into the Longhorn stadium and dug and dug and dug until he found the infamous suitcase. He opened the ...

One beautiful day in the Land of Duplication, a young mother gave birth to two gorgeous twin baby girls, Mary and Marlie. The twins were identical so everything about them was the exact same. As the sweet girls grew up, nothing changed; they dressed the exact same, they finished each other's sentences, and they exclusively played together. They even had the twin powers that when one twin is sad or hurt, the other twin feels the emotional pull.  As years passed and the girls got older, something changed... their similarities declined and their mother's attention shifted... The mother seemed to focus more on just one of the girls, specifically Marlie, and left the other, Mary, feeling lonely and unwanted.  The loneliness of Mary escalated to isolation while Marlie thrived with success in friendships, schoolwork, and community activities. Venus grew envious and enraged with the treatment she received from everyone, even her own family. She constantly wondered, "ho...

The Lion and the Maiden In a far away land, a young girl and her older brother lived in a town just outside a large city. The youth's parents visited the city often and one day, a tragic accident occurred and just like that, the young children lost their parents.  The brother, Jacob, took care of his younger sister, Allison, the best he could. Jacob was now the man of the house and the provider for the family. Because of the accident, Jacob and Allison were too scared to go to the city, so they decided that a dark trench to a neighboring town was the better route to use to get supplies.  One day, Jacob wanted to surprise Allison with her favorite toy from the market in the next town over. Jacob said, "I am going to go visit our distant cousin, but I will be back this evening. Please stay with the neighbors and do not go far." Allison did as she was told. Jacob took the long, dark trench all the way to the next town. He got there and the toy was unavailabl...