Jungle Love Found at the Watering Hole

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Once upon a time there was a beautiful kingdom in a remote jungle of India. This kingdom was consumed by all types of vegetation from huge canopies composed of the different trees of the jungle to waterfalls that emptied into enchanted pools of water. So much life visited the watering holes, such as the elephants who would come to cool off during the hot summer days and the macaque monkeys who indulged in a refreshing drink after a full morning of swinging around the jungle. The watering hole was not just loved by the animals of the jungle, but also by the princess of the kingdom, Princess Sita.

Princess Sita was unmistakably beautiful, kind and strong-willed. She was always so curious about the world and what all was in it. She dreamed of embarking out on her own to explore all the wonders of the world.

This worried her father, King Dasharatha, for he knew of the dangers and evil that lurks in the darkness of the world. King Dasharatha thought that if Sita would get married she would calm down and put all of her childish wants to bed and stay within the kingdom. Princess Sita on the other hand had no interest in settling down to start a family; she was just getting started exploring the far ends of the kingdom.

One day Princess Sita went to her favorite watering hole in the jungle. Here she swam and played with the baby elephants and various other little critters of the jungle. Suddenly she saw a boy at the other end of the pool. He was just staring at her as if he was in shock and had never seen another person before.

This boy was named Rama. He spent most of his time helping his father. However, in his free time his favorite thing to do was exploring the jungle. As soon as Rama saw Princess Sita he instantly knew who she was by her beauty.

Sita playfully said, “It's not polite to just stare without introducing yourself first.”

The boy quickly became aware of his surroundings and said, “My name is Rama and I live here in the jungle, which is no place for a princess.”

Princess Sita became angry and shouted, “Well, since I am the princess of the kingdom you know that I own this jungle and I can go anywhere I please!”

Rama smiled and said, “I did not mean to offend you, Princess Sita. I was just surprised to see someone royal outside of the palace walls let alone swimming in a waterhole in the jungle. How about we start this again? Hi, my name is Rama. What's your name?”

“My name is Sita,” the princess said while trying not to smile.

Rama responded “Well, it's great to meet you, Sita. Do you wanna see something really cool?”

Sita nodded her head and splashed around in the water as she watched as Rama climbed up a tree that was right on the edge of the water. He stood up on one of the branches and reached for a vine. Once he tugged at the vine a little he gave Sita a big smile and then jumped off the branch with both hands hanging on to the vine. Then at the right moment when he was out over the water he let go and splashed into the water. Sita was ecstatic that Rama had found a strong enough vine to swing from and before Rama could come up to the surface Sita was eagerly climbing up to the branch that Rama had only a few moments earlier jumped off of. For the rest of the day Rama and Sita played by the watering hole just laughing and enjoying each other’s company.

The next few weeks Rama and Sita were inseparable and no doubt falling in love with each other. Sita was so happy that she found someone who shared her adventurous nature and also loved her for it. Rama did love every aspect of her with his whole heart. At the end of the summer Rama and Sita got married which her father was pleased with, but it did not do the job of calming his adventurous daughter down which he hoped for. But King Dasharatha was at ease for he knew Rama would protect his daughter at all costs. After their wedding, Rama and Sita left the kingdom to explore the world. Sita’s dream was finally coming true. She was about to set off on an adventure to explore the world but her reality was much better than her dream she thought, for now she had someone to share all of her experiences with.

The End.

Author's Note:

The story Sita from The Divine Archer by F. J. Gould is a love story. The two main characters are Rama and Princess Sita. Rama and Sita know they are meant to be together when they make eye contact in the King's garden. From that point on Rama and Sita are madly in love. In my own story I kept the same main plot of Rama and Sita falling in love with just a few changes. First, I wanted Rama and Sita’s falling in love to seem more real than it did in the original story. Because of this I had their first interaction be somewhat of a negative one and then turned it around with them getting to know each other and then falling in love as time went by. I also had most of my story take place in a jungle by a watering hole because I felt like it made for a more interesting backdrop for my story. The word jungle actually comes to English from India which I thought was really neat. Further, I incorporated the image of the waterfall and jungle because I felt like it would give the reader a good sense of the setting of my story. Hopefully, the image also made it easier for the reader to imagine the story unfolding with their imagination.

Bibliography: "Sita" from The Divine Archer by F. J. Gould. Link to Reading.

Watering Hole in the Jungle. (picture taken in Israel) Wikipedia.