The Peacock & Squirtle.

For my Stories class, our second action project was to create a fable. A fable is a story often giving animals human like features to convey the moral. While working on this project, we had to incorporate dialogue into our fable, which was somewhat difficult for me. I managed to complete the story with dialogue in it. Down below is my fable about the Peacock and Squirtle! Also down below are my pictures for my story.

“Ugh, another day at this stupid school,’’ muttered Peacock. She got out of bed and looked in the mirror she sighed, ‘’why am I so ugly?’’ Peacock got in the shower dreading the day ahead. Out of the shower she decided on what to wear, booty shorts and a crop top suited her just fine. Peacock was one of the more rare of her kind, she had beautiful feathers that only male peacocks were supposed to have, but instead of finding the unique beauty in this, she saw this as weird and uncomfortable. Peacock then got out her big makeup bag and started applying, primer, foundation, powder, and lastly blush. She felt somewhat satisfied and went downstairs where her dad was sitting. He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and immediately told her to change her clothing. Peacock ignored him and stormed out the house. Once she was outside she thought ‘Why does he even care?’.

She arrived at school and saw her clique, they greeted one another and walked down the hall bullying other students. All of the students kept walking, paying no mind to them but, there was one student named Squirtle who always wept whenever they bullied her. Squirtle was nice, pretty, and very shy. No one bothered her except Peacock and her friends. Squirtle would always whisper, ‘’Why are you so mean, I didn't do anything to you.’’ Peacock knew she was right Squirtle never bothered her, but she didn’t care it, made Peacock feel better about herself. 

Squirtle’s life was great aside from getting bullied. Her mom and dad always provided for her when they could. Whenever Squirtle came home sad her parents would always ask ‘’What’s wrong?’’ Squirtle would force a smile and reply with ‘’Nothing.’’ Squirtle had few friends but no one bothered her except Peacock. She always tried to avoid, Peacock but she never failed to find ways to torture her. Peacock made school dreadful for Squirtle, she always thought ‘’One day it'll get better, she'll stop bullying me one day’’. 

Later that week, peacock was getting ready for school, she decided to wear something daring that day, something that she thought was so cool everyone would like her. Peacock wore a tight mini dress that barely covered her legs. She smirked at herself in the mirror saying ‘’I look so cool’’! She then did her normal makeup routine, and left her home for school. Luckily, her father wasn’t there.

When arriving to her first class with her friends, Peacock was the talk of the hour. Everyone kept staring at her but no one actually complimented her. Peacock was confused, she thought everyone would compliment her. Once the class started, the teacher immediately called her out, telling her to go to the front office and find some clothes that covered her up. Peacock immediately shouted ‘’Why?! What’s wrong with it’’? The teacher told her to leave but she refused, she had another outburst when the teacher stated in a stern tone, ‘’If you don't leave you will be suspended.’’ The whole class started to laugh including her friends, she then ran into the bathroom crying. After a while in the bathroom, Peacock heard the door open, she thought it was her fake friends, but it wasn't, it was Squirtle.

Peacock was already angry because Squirtle saw her crying. However aside from Peacock’s cruelty towards her, Squirtle responded by giving her tissues. Peacock muttered ‘’Why are you helping me?’’ As she wiped her eyes. Squirtle responded saying, ‘’My parents always taught me to be nice to people even if they are not nice to you’’. As Peacock re-did her makeup, Squirtle looked at her and said ‘’You know you are very pretty, your feathers and all. I think you don't need makeup, you are beautiful just the way you are.’’ Peacock thought about it and slowly said, ‘Thank you, for everything.’ She then apologized for bullying her. Squirtle helped Peacock clean up, Peacock decided to leave for the day. As she walked home she regretted bullying Squirtle, and promised to become a better person. She also realized that her feathers are actually beautiful. While Peacock walked near the curb a car zoomed fast splashing Peacock with dirty sewer water, causing all her makeup to smear. Peacock got angry, but then realized it was Karma, she whispered, ‘’I deserved that’’, and kept walking.

AMK(2014)

AMK(2014)