individual ideas development

I chose Mercury and the Woodman as my fable story and i start to make it modern.

First idea that i had was that a businessman drop his handphone into the bin. but i thought that it did not really work out.

The second idea was a child who ate ice cream and drops his penny into the drain. but i did not really like it because it is hard to find a child as a cast and is hard to film the drain.

The last idea I prefer the most. Is about the same concept but just portray in a different way.

The story goes like this

There was an auntie who won 3rd price for lottery ticket. On the way to go collect her money, she sneeze and accidentally threw away the ticket with the used tissue. She panicked and start trying to find way to take the ticket out.

A beggar near by saw what was happening. He then went over to help her out. the first ticket he picked up, was the first price ticket. but auntie said it wasn't hers. 2nd time the beggar picked up was the 2nd price ticket. she still say it wasn't hers. the 3rd time was the ticket that auntie threw in. She thank him with excitement. because of her honesty, the beggar gave her the first 2 tickets too.

She was so excited that she went to tell her friends at during a gossip session at the coffee shop. 1 of her friend thought that is a good idea and try to buy the same no. and do the same thing.

But once the beggar brought up the first ticket, she admitted that is hers. the beggar was angry with her dishonesty and tore the ticket infront of her and walk away.

The Man and the Serpent

The Man and the Serpent

 A Countryman's son by accident trod upon a Serpent's tail,
which turned and bit him so that he died.  The father in a rage
got his axe, and pursuing the Serpent, cut off part of its tail.
So the Serpent in revenge began stinging several of the Farmer's
cattle and caused him severe loss.  Well, the Farmer thought it
best to make it up with the Serpent, and brought food and honey to
the mouth of its lair, and said to it: "Let's forget and forgive;
perhaps you were right to punish my son, and take vengeance on my
cattle, but surely I was right in trying to revenge him; now that
we are both satisfied why should not we be friends again?"

 "No, no," said the Serpent; "take away your gifts; you can
never forget the death of your son, nor I the loss of my tail."


 Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

http://www.aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?3&TheManandtheSerpent

Mercury and the Woodman

Mercury and the Woodman

A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe,
glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water.
As he stood by the water's edge lamenting his loss, Mercury appeared
and asked him the reason for his grief. On learning what had happened,
out of pity for his distress, Mercury dived into the river and,
bringing up a golden axe, asked him if that was the one he had lost.
The Woodman replied that it was not, and Mercury then dived a second
time, and, bringing up a silver axe, asked if that was his. "No,
that is not mine either," said the Woodman. Once more Mercury dived
into the river, and brought up the missing axe. The Woodman was
overjoyed at recovering his property, and thanked his benefactor
warmly; and the latter was so pleased with his honesty that he made
him a present of the other two axes. When the Woodman told the story
to his companions, one of these was filled with envy of his good
fortune and determined to try his luck for himself. So he went and
began to fell a tree at the edge of the river, and presently contrived
to let his axe drop into the water. Mercury appeared as before, and,
on learning that his axe had fallen in, he dived and brought up a
golden axe, as he had done on the previous occasion. Without waiting
to be asked whether it was his or not, the fellow cried, "That's mine,
that's mine," and stretched out his hand eagerly for the prize: but
Mercury was so disgusted at his dishonesty that he not only declined
to give him the golden axe, but also refused to recover for him the
one he had let fall into the stream.


 "Honesty is the best policy."

(http://www.aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?sel&MercuryandtheWoodman)

First day

We got our project brief and got into our groups..

my group than narrowed down to 2 choices.. Mercury and the Woodman or The men and the Serpent.