Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Far in Eastern Europe and a land towered a great break wall. Dividing a country and its people in two. There lived a young boy by the name Prinz Jack. Prinz Jack resided in a far far away village called 'Klein und Dunkel'. Klein and dunkel meant small and dark in German this is where all the small and less fortunate people would be forced to live. Here they had no water and if they did it will be dirty with bad odor. Young Prinz Jack always wondered why he couldn't go beyond klein und dunken and why they had no water supply.
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The great wall
Days after day Prinz Jack would wonder and glare at this great big wall. He always wondered what laid on the other side One day Prinz Jack set out to conquer his thoughts and took his friend Jill with him. Jill was also among the villagers of Klein und dunkel. "Here i'll grab this end of the ladder you take the other" Prinz Jack told Jill.
"I'm not sure this is a good idea we could get in trouble or even worse what if we hurt ourselves" Jill said worriedly. So the two young boys set out to explore this great wall that stood brick upon brick layer upon layer dividing one kingdom from another.
Checking their surrounding the two children made sure to see that there was no one guarding what they were about to do. Jill anchored the ladder and held the bucket for Jack for when he located the water source. Meanwhile Prinz Jack climbed the wall dressed in what was to him royal attire for his debut on the wall, as all the villagers would thank him in great gratitude for bringing clean water.
Whilst Jill stood guard and held the ladder Prinz Jack climbed. Eventually Prinz got the the top " WOOOW...so much land and endless streams of water. I can't believe all those years we lived in the dark yet so much light resides on this side" Prinz said in absolute amazement. "there is enough buckets of water to feed the entire world". Minutes passed, and Prinz Jack had not come down yet " its getting close to the hour, the kings men will be passing soon and you know what happens to our kind if we are caught here". Jill said in a panic.
" Im not going anywhere!" Prinz Jack replied in awe.
Prinz Jack's broken crown. Ilustrated by Corinne Cortinas,July 16 2006. Source google images.
Jill in a hurry climbed the ladder as he had seen the kings men approach on their horses. Prinz Jack and mable both were afraid to be caught and the consequences that will entail. It meant they will be taken away from his family and friends in Klien und Dunken and will be assigned to chimney service. This is where they took all the kids that were caught out of bounds. Prinz Jack and Jill tried to climb down in a hurry but instead took a great big fall and Prinz Jack broke his card board crown after Jill had tumbled over him.
Jack and Jill tumbling ,illustrated by William Wallace Denslow Source Wikipedia.
I thought that your retelling of Jack and Jill was really interesting and I enjoyed it a lot. I never would have thought to change it like you did. With the introduction post about how you lived in Germany, I can see how you draw from your knowledge of the location. I liked the incorporation of the Berlin Wall a lot and thought it was quite unique to change the story in that way.
ReplyDeleteWow! That was a very creative story you told there. I thought it was very interesting how you changed the story from what people would normally think. When I hear the nursery rhyme I think of just a boy and a girl that go up a hill and one falls on the way back down. I would have never thought of such an elaborate story like you did here. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYou have so much creativity in your story, it's awesome! The nursery rhyme itself is quite simple and straightforward. You were able to take it, twist it around a bit, and was able to create intricate and interesting. The concept of the Berlin wall, and the children's intuition to figure out what was on the other side, was my favorite part. I would have never have thought of twisting the story in this sort of fashion! Great storytelling!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of this story was the reveal. It reminded me of the show on ABC Once Upon A Time, in which you are introduced to a different fairytale character each episode, but the show doesn't come right out and tell you exactly who this person is going to be. So as I read your story, I didn't get the connect until you introduced the Jill character and I thought that was really clever! And the modern twist, of course, was a nice addition as well.
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