2. This story has a sad ending. Rewrite the ending so that it ends happily without
losing the message that it is meant to convey.
Answers
The story of mehouviu and morusa is an Angami Naga folktale.
Morusa is a handsome and wealthy man. He was a great warrior. He would go hunting the enemy warriors and get home the heads of the enemies.
Mehouviu was a young woman in a neighboring village. The most beautiful one.
Morusa and Mehouviu were betrothed but haven’t seen each other yet for various reasons.
Morusa wanted to prove himself to his to-be-wife. He decides to offer her a gift of a human head to prove himself.
Actual Ending:
Not knowing that the beautiful woman is his to-be-wife, he killed her and grabbed her head as a wedding presentation to Mehouviu.
Happy ending:
He decides to attack the woman as this beautiful head with the most beautiful hair would be a splendid tournament. He paused. “Do I really have to do this?”, he thought. He was a warrior and a fearless man. So he said to himself, “of course yes!, what better gift can I offer to prove myself”. His mind was fighting with his heart.
With his mind full of thoughts, he headed towards the girl with a hand on his dagger. The girl gave herself a wave towards him and said, ‘’oh what a good sign!, I see a warrior”. He was puzzled but he continued with his murdering instincts. He thought to himself, “Her eyes my goodness!, but will I be able to keep them open after I kill her?”. His thoughts filled with cruelty and selfishness continued.
But somewhere in him lied humanity. He thought, “Maybe those beautiful eyes remain beautiful only if they live, maybe a family is waiting to see those mild, sharp and pleasant eyes again”. He decides himself to postpone the event.
He heads back home disappointed, a failed day. But when he meets Mehouviu, how overwhelming his heart would turn out to be. His humanity won over his selfishness, only to give him a lifetime of joy.
Or short form:
Mehouviu and Morusa is a foke tale of Nagaland. At the ending of this short story, Morusa cuts off the head of a women and he wanted to gift it to his beloved Mehouviu.
But he did not recognize that he has cut the head of his beloved. But if you want to end this story with sweet notes then you can write it as Morusa was attracted by the long hair and the stunning eyes of Mehouviu.
He cannot control his feeling for his beloved one and they both decided to marry each other to sustain their ever ending relationship.