Week 6 Storytelling: The Wittiest Wins

Author's Note: I wanted to rewrite "The Tiger and The Frog. I thought that the story was very interesting. I really liked how the frog was able to outsmart the tiger in multiple ways. The tiger was looking for a meal and found a frog, but the frog tricked the tiger into thinking that he had eaten a tiger the day before. The tiger became spooked and ran away. He ran into a fox who laughed at the thought of a tiger running from a frog. So they tied their tails together and went back to the frog. The frog once again tricked the tiger and the tiger went running again with the fox dragging behind.

The Wittiest Wins
There once was a bully who ruled the school. His followers worshipped him and everybody else feared him. Since he first started going to the school, not a day went by that he didn't bully somebody. All of the kids cowered in terror when he passed by.

He bullied two or three kids a day. Whether it was giving them swirlies or taking their lunch money, he enjoyed every minute of it. But one day he became extremely bored. He had already bullied the entire student body more than once.

He felt that it was starting to become boring. He hadn't had any 'fresh meat' in a long time. He fell into a slump. He decided to stay home from school for a couple days.

A few days later, a new kid enrolled at school. The other kids looked at him with pity. "Another kid that gets to be bullied," whispered a girl. "At least, we'll get a break for a little bit..." retorted a boy. "I think we should warn him though."

They walked over to the boy and introduced themselves. "This is Mary and I'm Luke," said the boy. "Hey, I'm Jake," replied the new kid. They filled Jake in about the bully and how he loves it when a new student comes because he has a 'new toy' to play with.

"Hm... Thanks for the warning, but I'll think of something," replied Jake. Word spread that there was a new kid at school. All the kids were secretly happy about there being another kid for him to bully.

When his followers heard of the new kid, they immediately went and told the bully. He was ecstatic when he heard the news. He had been thinking of new ideas to do to the kids at school.

The next day at school, the bully finally returned. He searched everywhere for the new kid. He didn't find Jake until lunch time.

He marched into the cafeteria and spotted the new kid. He stormed over but when he neared Jake, he could hear him yelling at Luke. "You stupid kid! You made me drop my tray!" Jake then punched Luke in the face.

"Ahhh!" yelled Luke clutching his face. Luke pulled his hands away and saw that his nose was bleeding. "You broke my nose!" The bully was surprised.

Jake turned around and saw the bully standing right behind him. "What're you looking at?" snapped Jake.

The bully not knowing what to think, took a few steps back. He didn't want to mess with another bully. While walking backwards, he tripped over a chair and fell on the ground.

The kids in the cafeteria who witnessed the altercation started laughing. The bully was so embarrassed that he ran out of the gym with his followers running behind him.

All the kids cheered when he ran out! Luke wiped his nose and said, "Yuck, I think there's some ketchup in my nose still." Mary giggled, still holding the empty ketchup packets that she had squeezed into Luke's hands earlier.

Rumors have it that the bully transferred schools and never bullied anybody again.

(Bully, Source:Vegan Bits)

Bibliography: The Tiger and the Frog from Tibetan Folktales by A.L. Shelton (1925).