Mr. Yet’s Yeti-cation
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| Yeti by Philippe Semeria. Source: Wikipedia |
Normally, people like to vacation during the wintertime to
someplace warm and sandy, but Mr. Yet is not a normal person. In fact, he isn’t
even a person at all. Mr. Yet is a Yeti from the dense regions of Alaska’s
eastern forest and he LOVES the cold. So, when the summer rolls around, Mr. Yet
ventures to his family’s Holiday Home (see the map below). There are many fun
adventures to be had and old friends to visit (and all in fairly close
proximity to the adorable cabin where Mr. Yet resides). Among Mr. Yet’s close
friends is an ogre, a witch, and of course a bear (Ray, Angelica, and Ted
respectively). Unfortunately, there are a few obstacles that stand in Mr. Yet’s
way when he journeys to go visit his friends. Right outside his door is a swarm
of angry birds that must be avoided in order to escape a brutal pecking. A bit
North (on the way to Ted’s) is swamp gas and the escaped convict. The first
time Mr. Yet went to Ted’s, he accidentally inhaled the swamp gas and let’s
just say he was lucky to be able to return to Alaska the following Fall…
Luckily, Ray and Angelica live somewhat close by to one another, so when Mr.
Yet goes to visit them he can do so in one sweep. Although, he does have to
keep a look out for the axeman. One time, a few summers back, he ran into the
axeman, knocked his axe out of his hands, which in turn fell to the ground and
broke in half. The axeman was devastated and went ballistic on poor Mr. Yet.
Due to Mr. Yet’s massiveness, he was able to subdue the axeman and avoid being
chopped to bits, but now Mr. Yet takes extra precaution to dodge the axeman and
his axe. One might think that all of the surrounding threats isn’t worth the
risk for Mr. Yet to vacation to his family Holiday Home, but in fact, the
adventures and good friends outweigh the negatives. That and Mr. Yet sort of
requires the cold to survive.
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| A postcard fromTom Gauld's book Robots, Monsters, etc. Source: tomgauld |
Author's Note
A few motifs were taken from the above map (please see the link in the caption for further information). The motifs include the axeman, bear, ogre, swamp gas, escaped convict, angry birds, and the witch). The ogre reminded me of a Yeti and boom..the main character was born. Also, I just got back on vacation from Florida where it was much warmer than Oklahoma and a little less landlocked. This fact helped inspire me with the vacation part of the story. The rest just came to me as I used the motifs to fuel my creativity. Hope you enjoyed!
I love the map that you showed along with your story! It’s funny! I found your story to be entertaining. It was creative and fun! I felt bad for the axeman that Mr. Yet broke his axe in half, but I was also relieved that Mr. Yet was able to avoid the wrath of the axeman and avoid being chopped to bits, because being chopped to bits does not sound fun at all.
ReplyDeleteYou're the first person that I've seen do the map story! I was nervous about trying it myself, so I think it's awesome that you went for it. I'm glad that you made your main character a Yeti because based on this map a regular person would have a hard time surviving here! Thankfully Mr. Yet was able to the axeman's wrath. Awesome story!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your storytelling stories, especially the one about Mr. Yet. I typically am the kind of person that likes fairly serious stories and what not, however, the story about Mr. Yet was enjoyable. I thought the way that you incorporated elements from “Map of the Area Surrounding Out Holliday Home” was clever. I think that it shows you are a quick thinker and are able to conjure something up with fairly little thought.
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