Storytelling - week 15

The Hardworking Man

There was once a man who worked in the oilfield. He worked all day and all night and earned so much money that his boss began to resent him. "You are working too much, and now I have to give you all my money," he said. He scolded the man and made him move to a different rig where he did not have to pay him for his hard work.

A company man heard about the hard working man, and sought after him. He respected the man for his hard work and offered him a job on his site. He told the man that if he worked non stop for the next three years, he will receive his own company. The man agreed. The man knew the struggles he may face while working non-stop. "How will I eat, or drink, or sleep?" he asked himself. He thought long and hard about how he would make this dream come true. He then had an idea..

To help him achieve his goal, he recruited three other rig hands to help him work. The rig hands agreed to help him only if they could be company men of his new business. He agreed. While the man worked, his helpers fed him and gave him water, and they moved his body while he slept so he could still accomplish his mission. The man worked as he said he would, and within three years he had his own company.

The man was very successful and hired all three rig hands as company men of the business. Together they ran the most successful oil company in Russia.

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Author's Note: This story is based off of the Brothers Grimm series. The original was a daughter, who hated to spin flax, and refused to do so. Her mother grew angry towards her daughter for not spinning and beat her. The queen heard her cries and asked what was wrong, embarrassed of her daughter, the mother lied and said she could not stop spinning and there was not enough flax to keep up. The queen took the daughter and told her to spin all the flax in the kingdom, and if she were to do so, she could marry the prince. The daughter knew she could not do all the spinning alone, so she found three spinsters to help her. Each spinster was very unappealing and had ugly features that were caused by spinning constantly. The spinsters agreed to help the daughter as long as they could be in the wedding. She agreed and once the wedding had began, the prince asked why the spinsters were so ugly, and when he learned their features came from spinning, he told his new wife she never would spin again. I wanted to provide a twist that allowed the characters to be honest and hard working. I hate the idea of people using others and lying to get what they want. My characters worked for what they received and lived happily ever after.