The Archer who shot down the Sun
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A long time ago in the Ancient World, there was a master archer.
He was a skillful archer with impeccable strength and accuracy.
Although he was a young man, he liked to boast to his fellow archers that he came from a long family history of superb archers.
The other archers simply shrugged off his arrogance, because they knew part of the reason why he could shoot so far and so accurately was because someone else made his bows and arrows.
Then one day, the Archer decided to prove himself to his critics. He modified his own bow and arrow to have incredible range. As an ultimate demonstration of his superiority, he would aim at the Sun.
But instead of announcing this to everyone, he kept it quiet. For fear of humiliation, he wanted to reveal his actions only AFTER he has successfully shot the Sun.
So he took a hard look at the Sun, pulled back on the recurve and...
*ZOOOK!*
The arrow flew straight into the Sun. He did it!
However, to his horror, the Sun then exploded into hundreds of pieces and spread deadly debris throughout space.
The following "day" not only was there no Sun, but deadly debris was raining from the sky and becoming a hazard to everyone.
The other archers protested angrily "Why did you shoot down the Sun? Now we will always have darkness, interrupted by random flashes of deadly rain!"
The Archer replied condescendingly "Hah! You guys are just jealous that I can hit the Sun."
In reality, a few of the other archers could have hit the Sun years ago, but restrained themselves to avoid an environmental catastrophe. They tried to explain this, but the Archer simply ignored them.
He simply hummed a victory tune to himself.
While the sky came down in pieces around him.
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i rem the story of this guy who shot down 9 suns in a legend
wads his name ar -
Robin Hood.
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Erm,care to elaborate further?
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Hou Yi.Originally posted by pierre^^:i rem the story of this guy who shot down 9 suns in a legend
wads his name ar -
robin hood dun shoot sunOriginally posted by TaCTiCAL999:Robin Hood. -
and why is this topic in Speaker corner aniway?
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These "parables" seem more like the propangada of a particular worldview rather then encouraging any form of reflecting on actual values or actual independent thinking on the reader's part.
Not worth most people's time to read. -
Haiz...Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:These "parables" seem more like the propangada of a particular worldview rather then encouraging any form of reflecting on actual values or actual independent thinking on the reader's part.
Not worth most people's time to read.
Hopefully you understood what the stories meant.
As your criticism "propaganda of a particular worldview" please suggest how to write stories that are "worldview independent".
Many times the stories are the direct reflection of the absurdities of reality, and not my opinion of how it should be.
As for independent thinking, I leave that to the readers. The stories are just for fun. -
robin hood shoot apple lah....Originally posted by pierre^^:robin hood dun shoot sun
remember he was asked to shoot the apple on top the head of his son
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reminds me of George Bush..somewhat
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hou yi story is like tad 1 meh?.. i thot got 10 sun tad 1
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oh...the one who chopped down an apple tree with the chainsaw and got slapped by his old man and turnecd deaf one, right?Originally posted by alexkusu:reminds me of George Bush..somewhat
that one i know...
later in his life, he wrote many musical pieces and also invented light bulb -
i meant..his son lehOriginally posted by Mospeada:oh...the one who chopped down an apple tree with the chainsaw and got slapped by his old man and turnecd deaf one, right?
that one i know...
later in his life, he wrote many musical pieces and also invented light bulb
n his failed wars, kyoto protocol..
i tot the apple one is George Washington..no? -
Originally posted by alexkusu:i meant..his son leh
n his failed wars, kyoto protocol..
i tot the apple one is George Washington..no? -
tt one brad pitt la..Originally posted by Mospeada:oh...the one who chopped down an apple tree with the chainsaw and got slapped by his old man and turnecd deaf one, right?
that one i know...
later in his life, he wrote many musical pieces and also invented light bulb -
the 1 who turn deaf is mozart n da 1 hu invented light bulb is thomas edison la
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tmdOriginally posted by Mospeada: 
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mozart was not deaf lah.....Originally posted by lolxzxz:the 1 who turn deaf is mozart n da 1 hu invented light bulb is thomas edison la -
i thot that was tom cruiseOriginally posted by Xtrider:tt one brad pitt la.. -
speakers corner?
gave me the impression that mm lee or smt was an archer -
yah meh?.. got 1 is deaf 1 is hu?Originally posted by Mospeada:mozart was not deaf lah..... -
Originally posted by alexkusu:tmd
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beethoven laOriginally posted by lolxzxz:yah meh?.. got 1 is deaf 1 is hu? -
oh...i forget liao la.. cos last time in music class always slp 1