Week 14 Story: A Tale of Two Stories

There once was a hideous Beast who stole a baby from the king and queen of a great palace. The little princess was a girl named Belle, and the Beast had kept her in a lonely tower all her life. The Beast was friendly towards her, and acted as if she were his own child by feeding her, teaching her life lessons, and cleaning up after her. However, he would never let her out of the tower. He had said it was for her own safety, but in reality he was scared of losing her.

There was only one window in the entire tower, and it was at the very top, where Belle stayed. Belle had beautiful golden-brown, long hair, and anytime the Beast went out to hunt or run errands, he would have to climb down Belle's hair. Every time he wanted to come back up to the tower, he would yell "Belle, let down your hair!" One day, when she was older, a prince from a neighboring kingdom happened to travel through the forest with the tower, in which Belle was staying. He soon saw the Beast call Belle from down below to let down her hair, and he saw how the Beast was able to climb up the hair all the way inside the tower. He was immediately intrigued and the next day, he waited until the Beast left the tower, then called to Belle from down below. Immediately, Belle let down her long hair and the prince climbed up.

Belle was extremely startled, as she had never seen anybody else in her life but the Beast. She, too, was intrigued by the handsome prince. He convinced her that he was a good person and asked her to marry him. She wanted to, but she was afraid of what the Beast may say. The prince convinced her to run away with him, so she did.

Back at the prince's kingdom, Belle was welcomed with open arms. Everybody loved her and thought she was well suited for the prince. After a long day of touring the kingdom and finding out there was much more to life than her little tower, Belle found a magic mirror in the prince's room. The prince told her it would show her the thing she wanted to see the most in that moment. She immediately thought of the Beast. When the mirror drew up an image of the Beast, Belle saw him in pain. He had fallen over and looked very ill, and was lamenting about losing Belle.

Distraught over what had happened to the Beast that had card for her for years, the princess immediately traveled to the tower once again, threw her hair up to the window, climbed up, and found the Beast trembling on the floor. Immediately, the Beast was engulfed in puffs of white smoke and when it cleared, a handsome man stood before Belle.

He quickly explained how a witch had cursed him long ago, causing him to transform into a hideous beast, and that he would only be released from the curse when someone actually cared for him like family. Belle had grown to care for him, and although she ran away from the tower to be with the prince that rescued her, she always had a special place in her heart for the Beast who had raised her.

Source: The Disney's Belle and Rapunzel.

Bibliography: Thomas Crane's Italian Popular Tales.

Author's Note: As many of you may have guessed, I have combined aspects from two fairy tales into my story for this week: that of Beauty and the Beast and that of Rapunzel. The Italian Popular Tales I read had different versions of these stories; Zelinda and the Monster and the Fair Angiola. In Zelinda and the Monster, the father of three daughters asked what everyone wanted as a present, and the first two haughty daughters asked for something expensive, while the youngest, Zelinda, asked for a simple rose. In getting her that rose, a fearsome Beast mistook the father for a thief and asked for either him or his daughter to stay with him. Zelinda decided to stay with him and the Beast treated her nicely and even asked her to marry him. She said no at first, then when she saw her father in pain in a magic mirror, the Beast said he would let her see her father if she promised to marry him. She did so, and when she got back, the Beast got turned into a handsome prince and he explained how a witch had turned him into a Beast and only someone who loved him for him could release the curse. In the Fair Angiola, a woman stole from a witch, who made her promise to give up her first-born child at the age of 7. The woman agreed, and when the time came, she had to give up her daughter Angiola to the witch. The witch kept her in a tower and cared for her as her own. One day, a prince came by and convinced Angiola to marry him. She consented, and gave all the furniture in the room something to eat so they would not tell the witch where she went. The broom in the corner was not seen, so he didn't get any food. When the witch got back, the broom is the one who told her where Angiola went. The witch found her and turned her face into a dog. A few months later, an actual dog came and helped Angiola get her beautiful face back with the witch's consent and the prince and Angiola got married. I took both of these and combined the stories to make one. This author's note is really long but I had to explain the context behind both!

Week 13 Story: Beowulf Returns

Nobody had seen Beowulf for years. After he had defeated Grendel's mother, he had simply left the kingdom. It's almost as if he had a feeling that nothing would attack the kingdom in his absence. He had told no one about where he was going or what he was going to do for the rest of his life. He simply left without saying goodbye to anyone.

At first, people were upset and confused. Beowulf had grown up around them and defeated monster after monster for them. He was always there to save the night and kept the people safe. When he left, everyone was forced to think of the question: Who will protect us now? There were armies in place for the kingdom, but everybody knew the monsters that had attacked the kingdom in the past were beyond the soldiers' capabilities.

The first few months were difficult for everyone to adjust and to get over the fear that someone or something was going to attack them. After that, people began to live their normal, fearless lives, and were able to go about daily activities without being afraid. Although Beowulf was not present, everybody still missed him and families throughout the kingdom prayed for him every day.

On one cold, winter night, there came a visitor to the castle. His shirt was completely ripped to pieces and one of his pant legs were cut short. He seemed to be a homeless person, and King Hygelac was about to throw him out of the castle, when the Queen, Hygd, stopped him. Something in his face caught the queen's interest, and she told him to come inside to tell his story.

Once inside, the visitor refused food or water. He began his story:

"Great king, I have no name and am but a poor escaped slave from a Frankish galley, and I am seeking my own home in the Northland. Along my journey I discovered, sleeping, the hugest dragon, surely, in all the wide world. At first I was so overcome with fear that I fled from the place. But after a while, when I got back my breath, I went back to the sleeping dragon to observe. The dragon was laying on a heap of treasure, so many gold and jewels. I went to grab some, and in doing so, I awoke the beast. I fled immediately, but not before I saw his glowing yellow eyes. I would not be surprised if he has found my scent along my journey and has followed me here. Please save me, Great King of Geatsland."

The visitor was immediately taken inside and given a bed to rest on, for although he may have caused a dragon to awake, he had warned the kingdom in advance. 

The next few days were full of chaos, as everybody had heard of the news that a dragon may come to destroy their home. People were afraid and wished and wished that Beowulf was here to defeat him. The armies were getting ready with all the weapons they could find and placed extra protection around the entire castle.

Finally, on the third night since the visitor arrived, one of the guards spotted the dragon flying above the castle, circling it as if he wanted to see how many people he would get to kill. As soon as the dragon was close enough to shoot, the soldiers began shooting arrows at it, trying to wound him at the least. They found that every arrow they shot just bounced right off of the dragon's scales. 

The dragon's tail swiftly snipped trees in half as he was flying around in the forest and around the kingdom. Then came the fire. The dragon expelled a huge breath of fire on the land, causing many homes and cabins to be destroyed. Finally, when all hope was beginning to fade away, the dragon let out a piercing shriek. Everybody looked up, and they saw the dragon's head fall to the ground, while his body slowly withered for a minute, then fell back lifeless. 

The kingdom was astonished. Just a second ago, they were all about to lose their lives and were running out of resources, and now, the dragon had just magically been destroyed? No way. With another glance up, the people of Geatsland saw Beowulf standing on a hill, sword in hand, looking at the castle and everyone in it. With a swift nod, he turned around and fled into the forest once again. 

Bibliography: Beowulf Unit; the Arrival of the Dragon.

Author's Note: I decided to retell part of the Beowulf stories, mainly the part of the dragon. The original story mentioned how Beowulf had been gone for years, then came back after his adventures in the Danes. He was greeted with immense respect and festivals, and everything was calm until one night, a visitor came to the kingdom and spoke of how he saw a dragon laying on a heap of treasure. The visitor explained the story of how he came across from the dragon and Beowulf and the whole kingdom soon went to slay the dragon and find all the gold. Beowulf ends up dying near the end. In my story, I focused more on how Beowulf didn't come back after defeating Grendel's mother and only comes back when the dragon is attacking the kingdom. Also, I took the part where the visitor is talking about his encounter with the dragon and changed up a few parts of it. Some of the wording I took directly from the original story, while the other parts I came up with my own little backstory. Hope you al liked this rendition of Beowulf :)

Week 10 Story: The Origin of Kut-O-Yis

The first memory I have is quite odd. All I remember is opening my eyes and seeing an old couple, a man and a woman who both looked like they hadn't eaten anything in months. Their faces were filled with confusion, adoration, and sadness. Their eyes had a very innocent look in them, and I could immediately sense the goodness in them. I felt the woman pick me up as the couple began talking about how to hide me so that "he" wouldn't find me and kill me. I had no idea who "he" was. All I knew was that they planned on lying to him and telling him that I was a girl, instead of a boy, so that he would be more inclined to let me grow into my adult years. The last thing I heard that day before closing my eyes was them giving me a name: Kut-O-Yis, the Blood Boy.

After my fourth day with them, I spoke to the old woman and told her, "Hold me in turn to each one of these lodge poles, and when I come to the last one I shall fall out of my lashings and be grown up." The woman did as I said, and when I was held to the final pole, I was already a grown man. Now I could finally do something about the couple's situation. I looked out the window of their lodge and saw another lodge with an abundant supply of food hanging outside. 

I then asked the couple, "Why do you not eat? There is so much food across the yard. If you want, I can go ask those people for you." 

"Shhhhhh!" Said the woman. "Our son-in-law lives over there with our three daughters. He does not give us any food to eat and he forbids our daughters from doing so as well. The only reason we are alive is that our daughters sometimes find a way to sneak around and throw us some food once in a while."

At this, I became very angry. What kind of a family doesn't provide for each other and simply REFUSES to let the others eat? Anyway, I thought of a plan to teach the son-in-law a lesson. I told the old man to show me where they usually hunt for food, so that the next day, we could get there before the son-in-law, kill some buffalo, and hang it outside our home for once. 

The next day, I awoke the old man right before dawn and we set out to find the buffalo. Within a few minutes, we found one and I killed it. Shortly after, we could hear another person coming. It was the son-in-law. I quickly hid behind a bush so the son-in-law wouldn't know what was about to hit him. I heard the son-in-law look at the old man and scold him for going to hunt without him. I also saw him pull the dead buffalo out from under the old man and push him aside. Right when the son-in-law turned his back to go back home, I shot an arrow at him. It went straight through his back and came out through his chest. He died instantly.

"Now," I said to the old man. "You can take what is rightfully yours."

We quickly told the wife and the daughters about our victory and how they were finally free from the son-in-law's evil hands. The amount of gratitude that the family showed me truly made me realize how I changed their lives for the better. The whole time I was devising a plan against the son-in-law, I was doing it because I was angry at him for treating his family how he was. I never even imagined how big of an impact I was making until it was over. That was the moment I decided to save lives for a living. Nowadays, I travel to other cities and purposely look for trouble, so that I can free any souls that are captured by evil beings. 

Source: A Native American camp.

Bibliography: Kut-O-Yis, the Blood Boy.

Author's Note: This story was inspired by the Blackfoot Native American stories, namely the Kut-O-Yis stories. In it, an old couple lived with their three daughters. Along came a brave hunter who would help the family hunt and give them food. Eventually, the couple decided to marry their daughters to the man. After a while, however, the son-in-law got more stingy and stopped providing for the couple. The two oldest daughters also wouldn't give them anything; only the youngest daughter sometimes sneaked food into the old couple's house. One day, the old man was able to sneak a clot of blood from a wounded buffalo into his quiver without the son-in-law noticing. He quickly went home and told his wife to set up a kettle so they could cook it. Suddenly, they hear a baby crying from inside the kettle. They know the son-in-law will soon hear a baby crying and kill it if is a boy, and that the son-in-law will want to benefit from having another wife, so they pretend the baby is a girl. They call the baby Kut-O-Yis, or a clot of blood. The child speaks to the old woman on the fourth day of being born and tells her to place him against the poles (I copied that dialogue from the story directly). He suddenly grows into an adult and devises a plan to get revenge against the son-in-law. Kut-O-Yis and the old man go hunt before the son-in-law one day, and when he son-in-law comes to take the buffalo and tries to kill the old man, Kut-O-Yis kills him and also punishes the daughters for not being more sympathetic towards the old couple. The rest of the story involves Kut-O-Yis traveling to different cities and saving other people or animals from evil things. I decided to keep the story very similar to the original, but changed it to Kut-O-Yis's point of view instead of it being in the third person. I also made all three daughters more sympathetic towards the couple, instead of just the youngest.

Week 9 Story: The Python of Pune

Long ago, there was a mighty python in the city of Pune, India. The python was said to be enormous, like a dragon. It was said to be one hundred feet long and apparently was curled up in a cave for years. It would only wake when it smelled the flesh of humans. Wild animals still inhabited the area around the cave, but as soon as a human or a group of travelers passed by, the python would stick its head out of the cave and devour them.

One day, a lonely traveler who was exploring different forests in India ended up in the city of Pune. He had not heard the story of the python as of yet, but as soon as he entered the forest, some squirrels came scurrying up to him. 

"Mister! Mister! Do not tread here any further, for a great python awaits you!" 

The traveler was quite surprised. He replied, "Hello little furries! What do you mean, a great python? I have defeated many obstacles in my life, and I am sure I can calm down a python easily."

"No no, mister! You do not understand. This python is not like any other. His body is the size of the entire land, but he is always curled up! You will not see him coming until he has already eaten half of you."

At this, the traveler scoffed. There is no way the squirrels were serious. He thought they were exaggerating, so he went on about his way, despite the squirrels' concerns.

Along the way, he came across a group of cheetahs. They too, were surprised to see a human in the depths of the forest. They began shouting at once.

"Mister, what brings you here?!" "Have you not heard of the tragedies of this area?!" "Retreat back to your home, please, for your sake!"

At this, the traveler was even more confused and surprised. The squirrels had said the same thing, but they were small animals. They could be easily defeated by many things. But cheetahs are extremely fast. If a python lived here, couldn't the cheetahs outrun them, or save the humans by carrying them on their back and sprinting across the forest? The traveler reassured them that he could easily fight off a python, as he had dealt with and calmed down many snakes in the village back home. 

After an hour of trying to persuade the traveler to go back home, the cheetahs finally gave up and decided to let the man see for himself. 

Not longer than half and hour after his encounter with the cheetahs, did the man walk by the cave in which the python was curled up and sleeping. The scent of the man reached the snake, and suddenly the ground shook, as if someone had taken the planet in their hands and jumped with it. He turned, and what he saw almost made him pass out. The python, like the other animals had warned him, was NOT an ordinary snake. His head itself was bigger than the tree next to the cave. With one swift move, he quickly gobbled up the traveler. He had not listened to the animals that had tried to help him, and therefore was given a cruel fate.

Source: The Mighty Python of Pune.

Bibliography: Japanese Fairy Tales (Ozaki) Unit. 

Author's Note: This story was inspired by the Japanese Fairy Tales, namely the story The Goblin of Adachigahara. In it, a goblin disguised itself as an old woman. A priest passing by needed a place to stay, so he asked her for accommodation. She reluctantly agreed, and told him not to go inside a certain door while she went out. He listed to her, but got very impatient so he headed to the back room where he wasn't supposed to go. As soon as he opened the door, he fell back, terrified. In the room, there were piles of dead men's bones. He immediately ran out of the house, and the goblin found him. They ran through the forest until dawn, when suddenly the goblin vanished. The priest then realized he met the Goblin of Adachigahara, a monster he never believed to be real. I decided to change this story quite a bit, but kept the parts where a traveler was passing through a forest and the part where he didn't believe the story of a monster until the end. I decided to make the monster a python, and chose the city of Pune, India just because it started with the same letter as python and it sounded cool :-) I hope you all liked my retell!

Week 7 Story: How People First Learned to Study

Long ago, there were these students at OU who never knew how to study, or what studying even was for that matter. The only way to pass a test or a class was to pay attention in class. A particular group of students (two brothers and two sisters) hardly paid attention in class, and therefore failed all of their tests. Eventually, getting tired of seeing terrible grades on their assignments, these four students decided to switch universities and go to the University of Texas in Austin. After only two days there, the students realized that was not their home. Despite their terrible grades, OU was always more fun and they all fit in at OU. So, they came back. 

Their grades did not improve, but they had a new tactic in mind. The next time they failed a test, they blamed it on the group or organization that they hung out with last. They said it was their fault they were distracted in class and therefore they should fail the next test. 

First, the group blamed it on the engineering students since they had gone to the Engineers club meeting the previous night. They told them all their grades would be transferred to them. The engineering students tried extra hard to pass their next test, but ended up failing due to the amount of stress put on them. They, in turn, blamed the law students, as they had all met up for dinner the night before. The law students were told that all the bad grades would be transferred to them now.

On their way home the night before the next test, the law students got in a minor car accident. Someone from the International Studies department had hit their car as they were looking at their phone while driving. The law students ended up failing their test, and then told the international studies students that all of the grades would be transferred to them. 

The International Studies students were quite worried and tried paying extra attention in class in order to pass. They held the burden of three other groups of students, so naturally, they were under a lot of stress. They ended up failing their test as well. However, they remembered that on the previous day, one of the students in the Philosophy department bumped into a student from the International Studies department during lunchtime. The international studies students blamed the philosophy students and told them all of their grades would be passed on to them. 

The philosophy students, being very wise and thoughtful, had a meeting to decide what best way to get a good score on their next test. They ended up with a few solutions, but ended up choosing one: they were going to review the material that the professor went over in class, but at home. They were going to quiz one another to see if the others knew what the material was about. They ended up passing their test with flying colors! One by one, they taught all the groups on campus how to review material at home after it has already been stated in class. They helped everyone pass their next test and eventually everybody had good grades on their reports. When students nowadays think of this process, they call it "studying" and it is something college students have to do everyday in order to stay on top of things.

Source: An accurate description of today's "studying." :-)

Bibliography: West African Folktales Unit; How Mushrooms First Grew. 

Author's Note:

This story was inspired by the West African Folktales Unit, namely the story How Mushrooms First Grew. In the story, two brothers were in a lot of debt, so they became robbers. Then, they were embarrassed and guilty of their evil deeds, and went back to building a farm. However, a bushfowl came along and ate all the crops, thus ruining their harvests. The brothers caught the bushfowl and transferred all their debts to the bushfowl. The bushfowl decided to lay eggs and sell them to gain money and repay debts, but a hurricane swept a branch off of the tree where the eggs lay, therefore destroying the eggs. The bushfowl now blamed the tree and transferred all debts to it. This went on and throughout the story, an elephant, hunter, tree-stump, and ants got blamed. Finally, the ants held a council to figure out the best way to repay all the debts. They decided to weave pure linen thread and sell it to make profits. They spread out the linen in the ground and as it got sunlight, they grew into what we now call mushrooms. I changed the story by placing it in a more modern setting, such as OU. I had four students start off the debt with bad grades, and pass it on until it got to the philosophy students, who represented the ants and figured out a way to get back on track. Hope you all liked the story :)

Week 5 Story: The Doctor Meets Sinbad

The Doctor was ready for a new adventure. Although he missed his latest companion, he decided it was much safer if he traveled alone for a while. He hadn't really accepted any companions since his last regeneration, and since he usually relies on them to pick a time and place to travel to, the Doctor was not sure where to go. He closes his eyes and pulls the lever of the TARDIS, hoping he ends up somewhere with good food. 

When the doctor lands, he steps out onto a beautiful island, but with no people! Immediately he knows something is wrong... He goes to explore the area and comes across little creatures, about two feet tall, with reddish fur. They all seem to be running away, while quickly gathering pieces of fruit for their boats. He goes in the direction they came from, to see why they were running. In the distance, he sees a magnificent castle. When he enters, he is standing in what would be a beautiful garden.. if there were not piles of bones covering all of the grass. As he walks around a corner, he then sees hundreds of men tied to a long stick, above a fire pit. It looks like they are in the process of being roasted to eat! But who has done this? And how? 

Suddenly, the doctor hears a roar of thunder. Wait, no. Not thunder. It's footsteps. The Doctor quickly hides behind a bush, pulls out his sonic screwdriver, and aims it in the direction of the sound. He begins to see a shadow of the creature, and soon realizes that he is in the home of a giant. The giant was as tall as a palm tree, had one eye which flamed like a burning coal in the middle of his forehead, had long and sharp teeth, and had nails as sharp as knives. 

The giant hadn't seen the Doctor yet, so he also didn't see that the Doctor was slowly recharging his sonic screwdriver with the power to knockout any creature he came across. As the giant turned his back to the Doctor and began to lower the stick with the men tied to it, in order to roast them, the Doctor slowly creeped up behind the giant. If he even stepped on one bone or made even the slightest of sounds, the giant would immediately turn around and snatch him up for lunch. 

In one swift move, he jumped out to where he had a clear shot at the giant's back, and pressed his sonic screwdriver. A green light shined into the giant's back like a laser, and made him fall to the ground, unconscious. He quickly untied a few men, who untied a few more men, until everybody was free. Everybody was talking at once, astonished at their good luck. The Doctor led them to the TARDIS, and one by one, everybody went inside. 

Their faces lit up as they explored the police box that was bigger on the inside. They couldn't believe it! What sort of magic was this? Where did the Doctor obtain this? How did he get on the island? They were all asking these questions frantically; they had never seen such a thing!

The Doctor simply smiled. "Take me to your home. I'll tell you everything."

Source: The inside of the TARDIS (it's bigger on the inside!)

Source: The outside of the TARDIS.

Bibliography: Andrew Lang's The Voyages of Sinbad [The Giant].

Author's Note:
This story is a mix of a Doctor Who theme and one of the stories in the Voyages of Sinbad. In the Voyages of Sinbad, Sinbad the sailor goes on many adventures and experiences near-death encounters. In this particular story, he ends up on an island with his sailors and realizes that the castle they stepped into is the home of a giant. They see human bones everywhere, so they lay down and pretend to be dead. The giant eats the fattest one first, then every day after that he eats another sailor. Suddenly, Sinbad has a plan to escape. He tells the others, and they spend the day building rafts. At night, they lodged a stick into the giant's eye, so that they could escape. They run away on their rafts and escape the giant. I incorporated the Doctor Who aspect into it because the Doctor goes and saves people on different planets, different countries, etc. I figured I would put him in the story by saving the sailors, instead of Sinbad being the main character. I didn't change much, and I got the description of the giant from the story. Hope you all liked this version! :)

Week 4 Story: Jasmine and the Wonderful Jewel

Young Jasmine had heard of a wealthy prince near her home, but never gave much thought towards it. One day, however, she heard a commotion in the streets below. It was the prince, Aladdin, riding in a carriage, throwing out money, jewels, and food to the poor people surrounding him. Jasmine immediately fell in love. She could not believe her eyes! Before her was the most handsome man she had ever seen, draped in colorful and silky robes.

She longed to meet Aladdin ever since then. She would turn and toss in bed, aching to see him one more time. Aladdin would come to the streets to hand out money, jewels, and food every month, so the next time he came, Jasmine was one of the first people downstairs to greet him. She waited and waited to hear the elephants pulling the carriage and for Aladdin to appear. Finally, she heard the thumping of the elephants and once they got closer, Aladdin stepped out of his carriage and began throwing out loaves of bread, bags of coins, and jewels into the crowd. Jasmine caught one of each, but the thing she wanted most was  she was delighted! However, once Aladdin left, she was sad once again. When would she be able to meet her prince? When would he acknowledge her?

She went back to being anxious and sullen, and wore the necklace she caught from Aladdin everyday. One day, she was missing Aladdin more than usual, and when she took off her necklace, she began stroking it as she daydreamed about meeting her prince. Suddenly, the room filled with pink smoke and a creature emerged from the necklace that Jasmine was holding in her hand! 

The creature was a genie, and she looked so elegant and powerful that Jasmine was paralyzed in fear. The genie looked at Jasmine and spoke. "I am the slave of the necklace, and I shall obey thee in all things." Jasmine only wanted one thing, and that was to meet Aladdin. She then ordered, "Deliver me to Aladdin!" And the genie took her to Aladdin. 

Meanwhile, Aladdin laid in his chambers. He suddenly saw huge puffs of pink smoke rising out of nowhere. When the smoke cleared, he saw the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life. She stood in front of him, staring back with the same amount of love. Aladdin could not believe it! Who was this woman, and how did she appear inside his room all alone? He immediately ran to her and caught her in his arms. There they met, there they fell in love together, and there they got married a few months later.

Source: Illustration of Aladdin's and Jasmine's wedding.

Bibliography: Arabian Nights.

Author's Note: This week, I read the Aladdin stories from the Arabian Nights unit. In the original story, Aladdin gets trapped by his uncle in a cave, who left him a ring. Aladdin began rubbing the ring, and a genie appeared who said he will obey him in all things. He asked him to get him out of the cave, and then went home. One day, he saw a beautiful princess, who was the Sultan's daughter, but since he was poor, he would have no way of marrying her. He asked the genie to make him look like a wealthy man and build a castle for him and the princess. Eventually, they got married and they lived happily until Aladdin's uncle came back and realized he was using the genie to make him appear wealthy. The story continues, but for my story I only used that part. I switched it around to where the princess (Jasmine) was in love with Aladdin from afar, and made the necklace the object with the genie in it. I made up the ending, where she gets transported into Aladdin's room and everything. I hope you all liked my version :)