Storytelling Week 5: Earth and Fire

Earth, Wind and Fire are the cousins of Sun, Moon and Wind. Sun and Moon were cursed, while Wind was given a blessing by her mother. After hearing of this strange news Earth and Fire traveled home to hear the story from their parents point of view. Earth and Fire were greeted with open arms by their mother and father since, they had been gone so long. Earth and Fire constantly traveled around the world together creating new worlds and helping destroy old ones. Earth and Fire were given a blessing by the great god, Nature, to do the work of his word.

When Earth and Fire returned home, they shared a great feast with their mother and father. They siblings told them about their adventures, the new world they had seen prosper and the old worlds they had destroyed. They did not feel bad for the worlds they destroyed, partly because they had no say in the matter because they were doing the work of the Nature god. Also, because many of the worlds were filled with bad, unholy people. Often, the old worlds would grow even more prosperous after a great fire!

Elements
(Pintrest) 

While the family ate, Earth and Fire could not hold back their curiosity and asked about the dinner with Sun, Moon and Wind at the first sign of silence in the conversation. The parents began to tell the story...

The night the three sisters arrive, the mother and father laid out a beautiful meal with the finest food and wine from the region. The spent all day preparing and making the meal, cleaning the home and arranging flowers. They were excited to see the sisters because they had not seen them for so long. When the heard a knock at the door, it was Moons smiling face they saw. Behind her traipsed in Wind and Sun complaining about the long journey to the house. After, some small talk the five sat down to enjoy the dinner. Moon, mother and father continued making conversation about their village back home, Moon's mother and other topic of inquiry. Sun and Wind's eyes never left their plate and only chimed in to complain about what was happening at home or anything else they disagreed with. The mother and father felt very uncomfortable with the way they were acting, but focused most of their attention on Moon. The conversation was drifting off and the night had grown cold and dark. The mother and father suggested the three sisters hurry home before it got any later in the night. But, before they Moon asked the mother and father for any leftover food that she could bring to her mother. Of course, they obliged and sent Moon home with a basket full of food. As they expected, Sun and Moon didn't say thank you before they left.

"And, that's the last we heard from them. Until, we heard from their mother."



AUTHORS NOTE: This is a story influence by the Indian Fairy Tale The Sun, Moon and Wind. I really liked the personification of the different nature things, so I decided to tell the story from a different perspective but still keeping it in the family.