Week 10 Story Lab Microfiction: Bhima and the Tigers

100 Word Story

Duryodhana was very much jealous of Bhima's victories and strength.

Thus he developed a plan. One night he poisoned Bhima's food and threw Bhima's now passed-out body into the jungle.

What Duryodhana did not know was that the Khan, the great king of the tiger, had seen his dirty actions and rescued Bhima. He called upon his fellow tigers to bring Bhima to their kingdom so they could save him.

The tigers gathered and prayed to Parvati to return Bhima. Soon Bhima woke up, but this time with the strength of a 1000 tigers.

He returned victoriously back to the kingdom.

6 Word Story

Tigers saved Bhima from Duryodhana's jealousy.

Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)

Author's Note: For this story, I decided to incorporate another classic Indian tale, The Jungle Book. Although Khan was the villain in that story, I decided to make him the savior in this story and thus instead of having snakes save Bhima, the tigers would do so. It was interesting writing the 6 word story and honestly kind of difficult. However, I feel that the basic sense of the story was expressed in the one sentence.

Shere Khan (2016) | Villains Wiki | Fandom

Khan, normally the villain, but this time saving Bhima

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