This story takes place in a forest
on the outskirts of a country called Roland’s Land. In the forest was a small
cottage, and in lived a gentle giant, Kanoki. Kanoki is a dark giant who had quite
the reputation for his divine art skill, pottery. Kanoki could make just about anything from a small
plate, a size fit enough for a mouse, to a giant vase, big enough to be a
house. Kanoki fascinates with nature, it is what fuels his passion and channel
his love through the expression of pottery.
It was a beautiful morning and everything started to come to life, from the birds singing in their nests, to the flowers awakening from their slumber. Kanoki still asleep was suddenly awoken by a thud. At first he thought it was a squirrel breaking an acorn, or a woodpecker starting early. So Kanoki decides to ignore it and go back to sleep. The noise came back again, and it got louder and louder. Soon Kanoki got frustrated after an hour and decided to go and investigate.
Kanoki walks outside to only discover that the noise wasn’t coming from anywhere near his cottage. The thud was creeping threw the woods like a snake in the grass. Wide awake and irritated, Kanoki marched through and was on the prowl. After a while Kanoki has yet found the culprit behind the noisemaking. All of the sudden he saw an opening at the end of the forest and ran for it. Blasting through the thick brushes Kanoki discovered another obstacle to overcome, Gaspus River.
Gaspus River is the largest body of water that ran through the lands and is merciless. The river is a mile width apart, and the current is vicious. Looking at the other side of the river Kanoki spotted out a figure. The figure seemed to be moving and dancing about with an object. That was it, the root of the thud came from that figure, and the only thing standing between Kanoki and the other person was the river. Walking down the banks of the river to find his way across, Kanoki spotted a canoe anchored offshore in the distance. Kanoki quickly bolted towards the canoe and found that no one was nearby. Without hesitation Kanoki jumped in and started to paddle.
After minutes of paddling and not one inch budged forward Kanoki realized he forgot to untie the canoe from shore. Looking back at the chain leading on shore he could not find the end of it. So he decided to pull the chain in, but it was stuck on something. Kanoki got out of the canoe and found the end of the chain, and came to a shocking end. The end of the chain led to what appeared to be a human head. This was no ordinary human head. Kanoki still frozen by the unpleasant site, he decided to pick the head up and bring it on board. Some reason though Kanoki could not even budge it, it was heavier than anything he has ever lifted before. All of the sudden a noise busted out, “No one shall ever cross, no one ever will, not until you cease my chill!”
Startled, Kanoki jumped back and yelped. Confused and frighten there was no one in site and no one to be found. “Where are you? Show yourself!” he yells. Looking and on his guard, there seemed to be nothing. All of a sudden a voice from right below screamed “Down here!” Cautiously looking down finally saw the head, both eyes gazing upon Kanoki and mouth wide open. “Who are you and what do you want?” demands the head. “I am Kanoki and I am here to cross the river, may I take the canoe?” stuttered Kanoki. Irritated the Head responds, “Did you not hear me the first time? Not until you cease my chill will you ever pass.” Puzzled Kanoki asks, “What are you talking about?”
Sighing his eyes the head spoke again, “Listen, my name is Guano, I am the keeper of this canoe, and in order for you to use it, you must do what I ask. All I want is a blanket to keep me warm at nights” Even more confused than before Kanoki asks “Where do I even go to get such a thing this far out? I am way out from society and I am nowhere near my home, where shall I ever find something like that?” Gauno turning his head up the banks says, “There’s a small town up the river bank, and when I mean small, I mean you can crush this place with one step. So please be careful of where you step.”
After making a deal with the bizarre creature Kanoki stomps on off down the river bank. After hours of searching there was no village to be found. Kanoki was beat and exhausted and decided to rest for a while. After a good sleep he opened his eyes to find the answer to his hunt, a little guy the size of his big toe sitting on a log right in front of him observing Kanoki in his deep slumber. Yelling with excitement the little guy yells, “Well howdy!! My name is Jeremiah!! How may I be of service to you big guy?!” Kanoki replies “I’m looking for your village, can you bring me there?” Jeremiah stands up with a mischievous look in his face and snares,” Sure I’ll take ya, but it’ll cost ya, you got big money big boy?” Hastily running through his pockets Kanoki was only able to find his wallet filled with nothing but worthless coins and a small vase he has been working on. “Yeppers!!!! Why don’t you look at that?! Say there mighty kind fellow, you give me them giant coins the size of my wife and you got yourself a deal!” Without hesitation Kanoki handed him the coins, and the two went off.
“So what brings you to our town giant?” asks Jeremiah. Kanoki finally comfortable again replies “Well I was told I am able to find a blanket here.” Jeremiah replying enthusiastically ,” Well giant, you came to the right place, we are just the best sewers in these neck of the woods, but there’s one problem, you got chestnuts?” Confused and troubled again Kanoki doesn’t even know what a chestnut is. A little silent was there for a couple a moments to only answer the question of the little guy. Jeremiah making sure he doesn’t lose his new friend comfortably says,” It’s all right we’ll get you some, we don’t have use for money up here, we live off the land. I only wanted your coins cause I collect coins from all across the globe and your selection looks mighty pretty might I add!!”
As they were walking down the bank Jeremiah ghasps with astonishment “Why won’t you look at that?! There they are!!! There are them chestnuts.” Surprised and eager, Kanoki looks to find brown looking balls as far as he could see. “How much do I need for a blanket?” asks Kanoki. “Well how big of a blanket we talking about?”askss Jeremiah. With a little hesitation Kanoki replies,” well about up to my knees?..” Realizing how big this is even for a little guy like Jeremiah, Kanoki just grabbed as much chestnuts as he could to fill up his pockets, that way there’s no way they can refuse him.
Once Kanoki gathered all the nuts, he and Jeremiah walked into town, and by that just Jeremiah. Kanoki towered over the entire city like a skyscraper. All of the sudden people started gathering out with amazement stopped to look at the giant. Kanoki standing there like he was on top of the world said“I need a blanket and I need it now,” and emptied out his pockets and flooded the city with chestnuts. The village stood there in awe and couldn’t believe what they saw, the giant or the fact that they have a lifetime supply of chestnuts. All of a sudden a crackled voice screamed over the city and said, “It ain’t worth nothing!! Now that our storage is broken and nowhere to hide the nuts! You pretty much fed the animals.” The town looked down in despair and came to realization that it is true, their nuts aren’t worth nothing it they keep getting taken the minute it enters their land.
“Let me see your storage area, I think I can help, “ says Kanoki. So the town goes to show him their broken storage. The storage was nothing other than a small bowl big enough to fit maybe one, or even two chestnuts on. Kanoki saw that the bowl was cracked in half and they have nowhere else to store the nuts. “I have an idea,” gasps Kanoki. He quickly reaches into his pocket and pulls out his vase that he has been carrying around. “Take this, you can store your nuts in here, nothing can ever get in or get out as long as you have this. You guys are the only ones small enough that can get through the entry, so why not be the only ones that can get to your chestnuts?”
Once again the crowd was pleased with the giant and started to go to work. All the folks started gathering around and grabbed all their sewing material. They worked together like one machine and within minutes the blanket was all coming together. Only after a couple of hours the strings that the town had flying around came together as one comfortable bed sheet. The village was so grateful for the giant that they didn’t just send him off with just a blanket. The village came together and made one more gift for the road. The gift appeared to be some stick with lines written all over. Shouting out of the crowd was the upbeat voice of Jeremiah,” This is the secret to our success, the ruler! It can help you out how ever you want it too! It can tell you how big or small something is! How do you think we get all them blankets the size of our town done?!”
Kanoki gathered both his gifts and started back off on his journey, forgetting even why he was all the way out there to begin with. Walking down the banks smiling as happy as can be it finally hit him again, the thud. Coming back like a haunting nightmare, the thud came back with an ever so vengeance. After a walk back of grunting and grinding of the teeth Kanoki finally reached Guano again. “Here’s your blanket to cease your chill!!” yelled the frustrated man. “All right excellent, here you go, let me first of all mark you before you get on the canoe,” says the pleased head. “What do you mean?” says the confused giant. “I mean, put your hand down here so I can put a mark on you, you want to cross don’t you?!” says Guano. Irritated as can be Kanoki rests his hands next to Guano. Suddenly the head leaped off the ground and underneath a green rock carved out in beautiful designs. Guano made a leap onto the hand and back to its original spot before Kanoki could even flinch.
Withdrawing his hand quickly thinking it was crushed Kanoki discovered a red mark was on his hand. Kanoki couldn’t understand the mark but only knew it was his ticket across the river. Suddenly the chain that was once attached to Guano and the canoe started to disappear, link by link. Looking down to thank the head for his help it too had disappeared. Kanoki quickly rushed and jumped in right before it started taking off. All of the sudden a giant feather sprouted out of the bottom of the canoe as if a sail on a sailboat. The canoe started ripping through the river like scissors going through paper. Kanoki gripping to the sides of the canoe held on for dear life and saw his own flash right before him.
As soon as the canoe touched land again Kanoki jumped out of there as swift as a kid running out of his last day of school. All of the sudden a comfortable voice out of nowhere shouted,” Not bad rookie!! Get ready for round two when we have to go back. Oh like I said, I go where ever this stupid pile of wood goes, so don’t worry about me.”
All of sudden, THUD! THUD! THUD! This was it, this is what Kanoki has been waiting for the entire day, to silent the man that ruined his. Before he goes out bursting Kanoki wants to see the mystery man so he isn’t completely blindsided. Enraged and ready to go he peeks through the bush to what appeared to be not a man, but a boy. There the kid was, dressed up in jeans, what appeared to be sandals, long sleeve, scarf and a hat. The kid was happy and prancing around the field with the instrument he loved more than anything, the drum. Instead of see the kid Kanoki saw somebody else, himself. He thought to himself that everybody starts somewhere and everybody is going to make mistakes in the beginning. He sees this kid having a passion and a love for something, just as he did with pottery when he was young. To destroy this kid’s dream would only mean destroying himself too, so he sustained himself and went back home.
Kanoki could have ended those terrible beats; he could’ve made his life a whole lot easier if he would have stopped that kid from playing. Soon enough the terrible beats soon turned to rhythm as the years went on and Kanoki was happier than ever.
13 item lists that are in the story:
1. Kanoki= The African statue
2.Guano/ the head= The head
3.Chestnuts gathered for the village= The chestnuts
4.Coins Kanoki gave to Jermiah=The foreign coins
5.Blanket Kanoki got= The Blanket
6.Wallet Kanoki has= The Wallet
7.The green carved rock on the bottom of guano that makes the “mark”= The Chinese stamp
8.The small village= The small village
9.The canoo with the feather that came out like a sail= The canoe with the feather in it
10.The ruler that the small village gave the Kanoki= The ruler
11.The bowl that the small village used to store chestnuts= The small African bowl
12.The vase that Kanoki gives to the small village= The vase
13.The young boy playing the drums= The statue of the person wearing clothing, such as a scarf, a hat, long sleeve, shirt, and was beating on the drum.
It was a beautiful morning and everything started to come to life, from the birds singing in their nests, to the flowers awakening from their slumber. Kanoki still asleep was suddenly awoken by a thud. At first he thought it was a squirrel breaking an acorn, or a woodpecker starting early. So Kanoki decides to ignore it and go back to sleep. The noise came back again, and it got louder and louder. Soon Kanoki got frustrated after an hour and decided to go and investigate.
Kanoki walks outside to only discover that the noise wasn’t coming from anywhere near his cottage. The thud was creeping threw the woods like a snake in the grass. Wide awake and irritated, Kanoki marched through and was on the prowl. After a while Kanoki has yet found the culprit behind the noisemaking. All of the sudden he saw an opening at the end of the forest and ran for it. Blasting through the thick brushes Kanoki discovered another obstacle to overcome, Gaspus River.
Gaspus River is the largest body of water that ran through the lands and is merciless. The river is a mile width apart, and the current is vicious. Looking at the other side of the river Kanoki spotted out a figure. The figure seemed to be moving and dancing about with an object. That was it, the root of the thud came from that figure, and the only thing standing between Kanoki and the other person was the river. Walking down the banks of the river to find his way across, Kanoki spotted a canoe anchored offshore in the distance. Kanoki quickly bolted towards the canoe and found that no one was nearby. Without hesitation Kanoki jumped in and started to paddle.
After minutes of paddling and not one inch budged forward Kanoki realized he forgot to untie the canoe from shore. Looking back at the chain leading on shore he could not find the end of it. So he decided to pull the chain in, but it was stuck on something. Kanoki got out of the canoe and found the end of the chain, and came to a shocking end. The end of the chain led to what appeared to be a human head. This was no ordinary human head. Kanoki still frozen by the unpleasant site, he decided to pick the head up and bring it on board. Some reason though Kanoki could not even budge it, it was heavier than anything he has ever lifted before. All of the sudden a noise busted out, “No one shall ever cross, no one ever will, not until you cease my chill!”
Startled, Kanoki jumped back and yelped. Confused and frighten there was no one in site and no one to be found. “Where are you? Show yourself!” he yells. Looking and on his guard, there seemed to be nothing. All of a sudden a voice from right below screamed “Down here!” Cautiously looking down finally saw the head, both eyes gazing upon Kanoki and mouth wide open. “Who are you and what do you want?” demands the head. “I am Kanoki and I am here to cross the river, may I take the canoe?” stuttered Kanoki. Irritated the Head responds, “Did you not hear me the first time? Not until you cease my chill will you ever pass.” Puzzled Kanoki asks, “What are you talking about?”
Sighing his eyes the head spoke again, “Listen, my name is Guano, I am the keeper of this canoe, and in order for you to use it, you must do what I ask. All I want is a blanket to keep me warm at nights” Even more confused than before Kanoki asks “Where do I even go to get such a thing this far out? I am way out from society and I am nowhere near my home, where shall I ever find something like that?” Gauno turning his head up the banks says, “There’s a small town up the river bank, and when I mean small, I mean you can crush this place with one step. So please be careful of where you step.”
After making a deal with the bizarre creature Kanoki stomps on off down the river bank. After hours of searching there was no village to be found. Kanoki was beat and exhausted and decided to rest for a while. After a good sleep he opened his eyes to find the answer to his hunt, a little guy the size of his big toe sitting on a log right in front of him observing Kanoki in his deep slumber. Yelling with excitement the little guy yells, “Well howdy!! My name is Jeremiah!! How may I be of service to you big guy?!” Kanoki replies “I’m looking for your village, can you bring me there?” Jeremiah stands up with a mischievous look in his face and snares,” Sure I’ll take ya, but it’ll cost ya, you got big money big boy?” Hastily running through his pockets Kanoki was only able to find his wallet filled with nothing but worthless coins and a small vase he has been working on. “Yeppers!!!! Why don’t you look at that?! Say there mighty kind fellow, you give me them giant coins the size of my wife and you got yourself a deal!” Without hesitation Kanoki handed him the coins, and the two went off.
“So what brings you to our town giant?” asks Jeremiah. Kanoki finally comfortable again replies “Well I was told I am able to find a blanket here.” Jeremiah replying enthusiastically ,” Well giant, you came to the right place, we are just the best sewers in these neck of the woods, but there’s one problem, you got chestnuts?” Confused and troubled again Kanoki doesn’t even know what a chestnut is. A little silent was there for a couple a moments to only answer the question of the little guy. Jeremiah making sure he doesn’t lose his new friend comfortably says,” It’s all right we’ll get you some, we don’t have use for money up here, we live off the land. I only wanted your coins cause I collect coins from all across the globe and your selection looks mighty pretty might I add!!”
As they were walking down the bank Jeremiah ghasps with astonishment “Why won’t you look at that?! There they are!!! There are them chestnuts.” Surprised and eager, Kanoki looks to find brown looking balls as far as he could see. “How much do I need for a blanket?” asks Kanoki. “Well how big of a blanket we talking about?”askss Jeremiah. With a little hesitation Kanoki replies,” well about up to my knees?..” Realizing how big this is even for a little guy like Jeremiah, Kanoki just grabbed as much chestnuts as he could to fill up his pockets, that way there’s no way they can refuse him.
Once Kanoki gathered all the nuts, he and Jeremiah walked into town, and by that just Jeremiah. Kanoki towered over the entire city like a skyscraper. All of the sudden people started gathering out with amazement stopped to look at the giant. Kanoki standing there like he was on top of the world said“I need a blanket and I need it now,” and emptied out his pockets and flooded the city with chestnuts. The village stood there in awe and couldn’t believe what they saw, the giant or the fact that they have a lifetime supply of chestnuts. All of a sudden a crackled voice screamed over the city and said, “It ain’t worth nothing!! Now that our storage is broken and nowhere to hide the nuts! You pretty much fed the animals.” The town looked down in despair and came to realization that it is true, their nuts aren’t worth nothing it they keep getting taken the minute it enters their land.
“Let me see your storage area, I think I can help, “ says Kanoki. So the town goes to show him their broken storage. The storage was nothing other than a small bowl big enough to fit maybe one, or even two chestnuts on. Kanoki saw that the bowl was cracked in half and they have nowhere else to store the nuts. “I have an idea,” gasps Kanoki. He quickly reaches into his pocket and pulls out his vase that he has been carrying around. “Take this, you can store your nuts in here, nothing can ever get in or get out as long as you have this. You guys are the only ones small enough that can get through the entry, so why not be the only ones that can get to your chestnuts?”
Once again the crowd was pleased with the giant and started to go to work. All the folks started gathering around and grabbed all their sewing material. They worked together like one machine and within minutes the blanket was all coming together. Only after a couple of hours the strings that the town had flying around came together as one comfortable bed sheet. The village was so grateful for the giant that they didn’t just send him off with just a blanket. The village came together and made one more gift for the road. The gift appeared to be some stick with lines written all over. Shouting out of the crowd was the upbeat voice of Jeremiah,” This is the secret to our success, the ruler! It can help you out how ever you want it too! It can tell you how big or small something is! How do you think we get all them blankets the size of our town done?!”
Kanoki gathered both his gifts and started back off on his journey, forgetting even why he was all the way out there to begin with. Walking down the banks smiling as happy as can be it finally hit him again, the thud. Coming back like a haunting nightmare, the thud came back with an ever so vengeance. After a walk back of grunting and grinding of the teeth Kanoki finally reached Guano again. “Here’s your blanket to cease your chill!!” yelled the frustrated man. “All right excellent, here you go, let me first of all mark you before you get on the canoe,” says the pleased head. “What do you mean?” says the confused giant. “I mean, put your hand down here so I can put a mark on you, you want to cross don’t you?!” says Guano. Irritated as can be Kanoki rests his hands next to Guano. Suddenly the head leaped off the ground and underneath a green rock carved out in beautiful designs. Guano made a leap onto the hand and back to its original spot before Kanoki could even flinch.
Withdrawing his hand quickly thinking it was crushed Kanoki discovered a red mark was on his hand. Kanoki couldn’t understand the mark but only knew it was his ticket across the river. Suddenly the chain that was once attached to Guano and the canoe started to disappear, link by link. Looking down to thank the head for his help it too had disappeared. Kanoki quickly rushed and jumped in right before it started taking off. All of the sudden a giant feather sprouted out of the bottom of the canoe as if a sail on a sailboat. The canoe started ripping through the river like scissors going through paper. Kanoki gripping to the sides of the canoe held on for dear life and saw his own flash right before him.
As soon as the canoe touched land again Kanoki jumped out of there as swift as a kid running out of his last day of school. All of the sudden a comfortable voice out of nowhere shouted,” Not bad rookie!! Get ready for round two when we have to go back. Oh like I said, I go where ever this stupid pile of wood goes, so don’t worry about me.”
All of sudden, THUD! THUD! THUD! This was it, this is what Kanoki has been waiting for the entire day, to silent the man that ruined his. Before he goes out bursting Kanoki wants to see the mystery man so he isn’t completely blindsided. Enraged and ready to go he peeks through the bush to what appeared to be not a man, but a boy. There the kid was, dressed up in jeans, what appeared to be sandals, long sleeve, scarf and a hat. The kid was happy and prancing around the field with the instrument he loved more than anything, the drum. Instead of see the kid Kanoki saw somebody else, himself. He thought to himself that everybody starts somewhere and everybody is going to make mistakes in the beginning. He sees this kid having a passion and a love for something, just as he did with pottery when he was young. To destroy this kid’s dream would only mean destroying himself too, so he sustained himself and went back home.
Kanoki could have ended those terrible beats; he could’ve made his life a whole lot easier if he would have stopped that kid from playing. Soon enough the terrible beats soon turned to rhythm as the years went on and Kanoki was happier than ever.
13 item lists that are in the story:
1. Kanoki= The African statue
2.Guano/ the head= The head
3.Chestnuts gathered for the village= The chestnuts
4.Coins Kanoki gave to Jermiah=The foreign coins
5.Blanket Kanoki got= The Blanket
6.Wallet Kanoki has= The Wallet
7.The green carved rock on the bottom of guano that makes the “mark”= The Chinese stamp
8.The small village= The small village
9.The canoo with the feather that came out like a sail= The canoe with the feather in it
10.The ruler that the small village gave the Kanoki= The ruler
11.The bowl that the small village used to store chestnuts= The small African bowl
12.The vase that Kanoki gives to the small village= The vase
13.The young boy playing the drums= The statue of the person wearing clothing, such as a scarf, a hat, long sleeve, shirt, and was beating on the drum.
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