Question

Rajeev decided to write a story but could not complete the story as he lost interest. Complete his story
on the basis of the start given below.
Once upon a time, the lion, the king of the forest, was celebrating his birthday. All the animals and birds
of the forest were to participate in the grand function. But the camel refused because...​

Answer 1

Answer:

Upon finishing the above paragraph,

I leaned back, only to hear Dharma Dan

(my favorite animal puppet) singing

from his perch above my desk, “Splish,

splash, I was taking a

bath…” I laughed out

loud (LOL) and he

shouted in Japanese,

“Harakambo, bocha,

bocha.” I didn’t know he could speak

Japanese! I almost wished I had a hose

that I could douse him with. He has such

a mouth! I had better move on to my

second story.

This story is adapted from a sermon

I heard given by a Unitarian minister that

was about how the idea of the coming

of the Messiah influenced a monastery.

I have put the story into a Buddhist

context by using the idea of Maitreya,

the future Buddha. The story is about a

dysfunctional monastery where the

monks, being human beings, fell into

complaining and criticizing each other

for every little thing. The nearby village

started reducing their support of the

monastery and over time, the very

continuance of the monastery was in

danger. The monks held another

meeting. Grievances were aired,

suggestions made, but as usual, no

resolutions were forthcoming. This time

they had invited a leader from the

village, an old woman known for her

wisdom.