What's it Like to be an Animal in the Jungle?CHALLENGE!

[English Lady]

Ok I will first admit that the idea for this thread came from watching "Tikkabilla" (Kids TV programme) and a certain song sung therein.

Anyhow I thought I would be an interesting Challenge (Yup another one) to write a story snippet of life through the eyes of an animal.

You don't have to stick to jungle animals, you don't even have to stick to Earth animals. Let your mind run free. The only thing is you have to write a snippet from your chosen animals diary.

word limit :500

deadline: 23 Jan (a date pulled out of the sky if I'm hones*L*)

I am really looking forward to seeing what folks come up with

 

[EnglishMuffin]

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[English Lady]

I asked for that didn't I?

Thanks English Muffin

 

[domjoe]

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Excellent post, Killer. You build it nicely to a climax.

 

[EnglishMuffin]

Excellent post, Killer. You build it nicely to a climax.

Last.

 

[SillyLady]

too funny

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Meow!

Too funny... you know that's exactly what my cat wrote

 

[English Lady]

Ah well I hought it was an interesting challenge Idea.


*shrugs*

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Ah well I hought it was an interesting challenge Idea.


*shrugs*

I like it and I'm thinking about it.

 

[English Lady]

I like it and I'm thinking about it.

Goody Thanks!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Goody Thanks!

I've watched Animal Planet........get a lot of good tips there, plus the thought of seeing things through and animals eyes sounds intrigueing.
Dran wrote a great story along this line, check it out!

 

[English Lady]

Thanks for the tip off Abs ...I willcheck that story out.

I'm not sure which animal to choose yet...but will think on it once my daughter is in bed *L*

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Thanks for the tip off Abs ...I willcheck that story out.

I'm not sure which animal to choose yet...but will think on it once my daughter is in bed *L*

I'm thinking big cat or snake.

 

[Guest]

I'm thinking big cat or snake.

Isn't recycling more environmentally friendly?

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Isn't recycling more environmentally friendly?

No.

 

[Guest]

No.

Fat, butt-ugly lesbian.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Fat, butt-ugly lesbian.

You bastard, you've been peeking in my windows again, haven't you????

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Tichuk stayed where she was, even though every urge in her small body was to run. Pressed close to the limb in the crotch of her home tree, she felt relatively secure, the small hole to her den only a jump away.

On the ground, easily within the range of her sharp eyes and ears, the strangers were moving. They had come three darks ago, making such noise as to drive her and everyone else from the area. Shiny things were all about them and occasionally one would make a light like the all mother when she was highest in the great blue.

They had remained, but quiet and still, until Tichuk and the others had returned. Always they kept a wary eye on the strangers, but besides the brilliant incandescent explosions of light, the seemed to offer no harm. The also brought food. Long, yellowish stalks that were sweet beyond anything she had ever tasted. Even now she could detect two such stalks, sitting out away from the strangers and their shiny things.

But today was different, they were moving, making strange noises and as the day progressed they removed all the shiny things. She had fought her fears and only crouched lower to the branch when a giant…thing, the color of her friend the Cardinal, had appeared, making an awful noise like thunder before a storm.

The strangers opened the great beast’s maw and fed it, until there was nothing left and still it seemed hungry and threatening. More flashes as they stood in a small circle and made strange noises.

Then she saw something incredible beyond the scope of all she had witnessed. The strangers all threw themselves into the great beast, through many smaller mouths. It roared, then screamed and lumbered away.

She waited a long time, but not too long before she scampered down and ran to the sweet stalks. Others were watching and would soon move as well. On the ground, the great beast had left tracks and it’s strangely heavy odor. She waited warily, but it seemed to be truly gone. From the edge of the glade, her partner Chikrik appeared and bounded towards her. Forgetting the strange creature and the strangers she tore into the sweet corn.



Not the best I'm afraid, but I love squirrles

 

[Colleen Thomas]

Oh, if you would like a really good story thourgh animal eyes, Watership down and Traveller, both by Richard Adams are excellent

 

[domjoe]

Oh, if you would like a really good story thourgh animal eyes, Watership down and Traveller, both by Richard Adams are excellent

I agree. The trick was, that he made it completely unromanticised.

Another great book is "Sirius", by Olaf Stapleden. It's told from the POV of a super-intelligent Alsatian (German Shepherd), that remains completely "dog-like", in spite of its ability to communicate its thoughts. The desciptions of how everything (and everyone) smelled to the dog really provoke you into imagining what it must be like to really perceive the world from a dog's POV. It's a deep book, and it ends up makeing you think what it's like to be a human, too.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I agree. The trick was, that he made it completely unromanticised.

Another great book is "Sirius", by Olaf Stapleden. It's told from the POV of a super-intelligent Alsatian (German Shepherd), that remains completely "dog-like", in spite of its ability to communicate its thoughts. The desciptions of how everything (and everyone) smelled to the dog really provoke you into imagining what it must be like to really perceive the world from a dog's POV. It's a deep book, and it ends up makeing you think what it's like to be a human, too.

I loved traveller because the Main character's view is so skewed. The scenes of battle and how he percieved it were really powerful.

Watership Down is my favorite book of all time. He outdid himself there in blending realism with the perceptions of the rabbits.

 

[English Lady]

thank you colly for your little snippet -I loved it.

I have watched the cartoon watership down but never read it. The cartoon has me in tears as soonas the song "bright eyes" starts. Just huma few bars of it and even now it'll make me well up. Maybe I'll give it a read

domjoe...thanks for the recommendation that does sound like a good read *adds to her "to read" list*

 

[Colleen Thomas]

thank you colly for your little snippet -I loved it.

I have watched the cartoon watership down but never read it. The cartoon has me in tears as soonas the song "bright eyes" starts. Just huma few bars of it and even now it'll make me well up. Maybe I'll give it a read

domjoe...thanks for the recommendation that does sound like a good read *adds to her "to read" list*

Glad you liked. I always wondered what we appear as to squirrles

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Glad you liked. I always wondered what we appear as to squirrles

Ask Charley.

 

[EnglishMuffin]

Ask Charley.

abs, come & join in our shit-eating thread. and charley 2.

if there is a welsh dragon lady, u should join us 2.

 

[cloudy]

I have a glimmer of something to write, EL, spinning around in my mind.

Abs, you and I may have an advantage here, yes?