Week 5 Story: The Lumberjack



There once lived a hefty lumberjack in the mountains of Utah. He had a great passion for cutting trees that went deeper than just the wood. When he was a young boy his father started teaching him the ways of cutting lumber. He admired his father and had made the decision from a young age that he would be a lumberjack too.

Fast forward 30 years and jack was a well-known lumberjack in the tree cutting community. Everyone in the community wanted to gift jack something. So, one day one of the local metal smith gifted jack a priceless golden ax. Jack was shocked and was thinking of endless opportunities that this new addition to his tool box would bring. Jack Rushed home and called up his dad. He told his dad about his newest addition and his dad responded by saying do not do something you will regret with it. He responded by saying he would never miss use this amazing gift.

Jack went on with his day and tried out the golden ax. This ax was impeccable, it could cut down the thickest trees with out fatiguing jack at all. Jack cut down so many trees with this new ax that It brought his yearly revenue up by twenty-seven percent. Jack started thinking as he was cutting the wood of what if there was more. Jack thought of many of things that he could do with the ax. The final decision was that he would go to the pawn shop and make a big profit on the ax. He told his dad what he was planning, and the dad did not think this was a good idea. Jack looked past his dad’s advice and drove into town to sell the ax.

Fast forward 2 months jack was living large, but little did he know this would only last for a short amount of time. Jack blew through the money until he had nothing. Jack did not know what to do so he turned to his father. When his father answered his father turned away and said I advised against this poor decision you have made, now you will have to go back to what you were doing before the golden ax. Working hard towards every pay check to live. Jack came out of that conversation knowing he had messed up and that if he had not thought about wanting more and taken the golden ax for granted, he would not be in this position. So, Jack went back to his old ways and worked hard towards his pay check and never took a gift for granted again.

(Picture is of an axe. Source: Axe)

Authors notes:
The Fable I wrote this story over was the Poor man and the Flask of oil. This story came from Bidipai. This story was a simple story of greed and thinking too much of what could be. In the story the old man had a kind neighbor that gave him a small flask of oil. He was grateful for the kind gift and put it on the shelf. He began to think of what else he could have if he sold this gift. But he messed up and the oil got knocked over and spilled, so he was back to having nothing and being poor. What I got from this story was that you should be thankful for what you have, and don’t take it for granted.

Comments

  1. UnknownFebruary 15, 2019 at 2:37 PM

    Hey Drew,

    First of all, this was an all around awesome story. You did a great job of grabbing your reader’s attention and maintaining it throughout the story. Your character development was pretty exceptional. Your author’s note provided good information to those unfamiliar with the original story. It was so cool to see how you went from the original to this retelling. Great work.

    -Andy

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  2. Kevin MonrealFebruary 17, 2019 at 1:43 PM

    Hello Drew,

    I wondered where you got the inspiration to write about a lumberjack. It was definitely and interesting story. I can't believe that Jack pawned his golden ax. I really liked the message that the story portrays.

    The story was excellent but I did notice a lack of commas, leading to some run-on sentences. I also saw that you did not quote some of the dialog.

    Best,
    Kevin

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  3. Kate DeLeonFebruary 18, 2019 at 9:02 AM

    Hi there Drew,

    I was unfamiliar with this fable to begin with, but your author's note was informative and I could see how you kept the structure of the story the same. I like that you set it in a different place and time, but you were still creative with the setting. The story was easy to follow, and I enjoyed the imagery of the golden axe.

    -Kate

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  4. Moriah C. March 29, 2019 at 6:45 PM

    Drew,

    I am so impressed by your ability to reimagine stories in the most unique way possible. One spelling error that I found: miss use should be misuse. Other than that, the story was super clean and neat. A simple and straighforward telling of a great moral. After reading your author's note, I was even more impressed of how you took that simple message and fleshed it out in such detail. Great job!

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