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Two Old Women: Book Review

One day, I was browsing the bookshelves of my local library looking for something interesting to read. There’s one particular shelf in an adult section of the library that I like to browse all the time, and it’s one that has books of myth, folklore, and fairytales . I eventually found a book that I had never heard of or read before; Two Old Women . Two Old Women is a book written by Velma Wallis . It is an Alaskan legend of the Gwich’in people that Wallis’s mother told her after they had finished collecting firewood (p. xi). According to Wallis, her mother had told her this story because of an earlier conversation they had while collecting firewood (p. X.) Wallis was amazed by the fact that her mother still collected her own firewood despite being in her early fifties, and despite the work being physically difficult for her (p. xii) According to Wallis, the elders amongst her people would work until they couldn’t move or until they died (p. xii). After talking about these things, her ...

The Story Wasn't Supposed to End Like This


The story wasn’t supposed to end like this.

It was supposed to have an ending of perfect bliss

With the whole kingdom joyful that the dragon was dead

And with the princess and knight being happily wed.


It was supposed to end with the dragon slain,

With the knight earning the title of Dragon’s Bane

With him riding his noble steed in a gallant parade

After valiantly accomplishing his noble crusade.


It was supposed to end with the princess set free

From the dragon that placed her in captivity

In his dark, smokey, and gloomy cave

Which the princess once dreaded would be her grave.


It was supposed to end with the brave knight

Surviving his brutal but courageous fight

With the dragon that kidnaped his beloved

By piercing the dragon’s heart and spilling its blood.


That was how the story was supposed to end.

But on the road to write the story, I came to bend.

One idea led to another, and after writing the last chapter

I thought my story was better without the happily ever after.


Now the knight is dead, but the princess is alive.

She is grieved, but knows her kingdom must thrive.

She helps her people rebuild and rise from the ashes

The dragon left behind before the knight gave him slashes.


It is strange how stories tend to unfold

Until a completely new story is told.

Sometimes I don’t know what story I will write

Until I put ink to paper in the middle of the night.


The story wasn’t supposed to end like this.

It was supposed to have an ending of perfect bliss.

Though the ending I ended up with is bittersweet,

In the end it makes my story feel more complete.

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