This Blog is Looking a Little Grimm

I apologize for not posting in a while. My school life has been getting busier and busier as the work piles on and we finally get into that grinding school groove. Once practice for the school play begins (considering the fact that I'll be in it) and once I start writing my November project, life will only get more hectic. So for my next three posts, I will be posting another unedited project. This one is an outline of a modernization of the Grimm fairy tale called Simeli Mountain. I hope you enjoy this one, and this is most likely what many of my November stories will look like. Pre-edit stage, at least.

·         Rich brother, poor brother. Come from poor family, rich brother made quick millionaire, young brother unsuccessful salesman who needs to occasionally borrow money from older brother.

·         Walking with his products and sees a bright neon sign down an alley. Sign says Bazenji Bazaar. Goes down to investigate when suddenly twelve mean looking guys walk down the alley as well. Ran and hid inside another side alley and watched the twelve.

·         They stop at the neon sign and say “Bazenji, Bazenji, open up!” and suddenly the massive iron door opens. They walk inside and it shuts. A little while later the door opens and they walk back out with sacks of something. They say “Bazenji, Bazenji, close!” and the iron door slams shut.

·         After the twelve rough looking guys leave, the brother comes out and says “Bazenji, Bazenji, open up!” and he goes inside. He finds a huge warehouse full of gold and treasures, and he takes only a little, then leaves.

·         He closes the door and goes home. The poor brother starts living a great life and gives his wealth to others. He eventually asks his brother for a big bag, and his brother suspiciously obliges. The poor brother returns to the Bazenji Bazaar and still only takes a little, but he is seen by the twelve.

·         Eventually, the poor brother needs more money, so he asks his brother for another bag. The brother is suspicious of this new get rich quick scheme and wants in. Contrast the greedy rich brother and the giving, sharing poor one. He covers the bottom of the bag with adhesive to trap his brother. The brother goes a third time and is chased down by the twelve. When he gives the bag back to his brother, a gold coin sticks to the bottom, and his brother interrogates him.

·         The poor brother lies at first, then eventually his honesty forces him to spill the beans. The rich brother immediately heads to the Bazenji Bazaar, right into the twelve’s trap. When he gets inside, he takes as much as he can and intends not to share it, when suddenly he forgets the name Bazenji and mistakes it for Benji, the dog.

·         He sits there for quite a while doting on how worthless worldly possessions truly are when suddenly the twelve come in and mistake him for his twin brother and kill him.