And Lo! For the lord, our God, had heard of the death of the one beloved by him, John the Baptist, whom hath baptized our lord while he hath been just a babe in swaddling cloths. Our God wished to be alone to pray and meditate on his miracle. And Lo, our Lord and Savior bid farewell to his disciples as they set off across the Sea to Galilee.
And Lo, behold the Sphinx observed the Lord, Our God, as he traversed the sand. Jesus hath no attempt made to conceal his footprints that appeared in the sand. The Sphinx delighted in remembrance of the tricks he hath wrought before.
The Spinx watching Jesus
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And Lo, it doth hold his weight! The Lord walketh on water without sinking into it! A jealous knot grew in the belly of the sphinx as he determined he must know how Jesus achieves this trick. Thus the great Sphinx lifted his wings and flew out in front of our lord.
Jesus walking on water
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“Why doest thou fly in my way?”
The Sphinx smiled thus plainly. “I would know the nature of your ability to walk on water.”
“Get the behind me, Satan,” cried Jesus impatiently, “I am on God’s errand!”
“Dear Savior, thou credit me too much. Satan I be-eth not. Too much work. I am simply a lowly Sphinx who wishes to walk on water as well.”
“Thou art an evil of temptation. I should smite the now and be done with ye,” grumbled Jesus.
“Oh now, good Savior, that wouldn’t be saving anything,” grinned the Sphinx
“It would be saving me from having to talketh with thou,” retorted Jesus.
“I simply wish to know, how thouest come to not sink in the waves.”
“Thou may ask how one breathes, how one thinks, or how one sleeps. The answer lies in the question.”
The Sphinx then was tickled at this reversal. “Now, Jesus, my lord, becometh the riddler.”
Jesus thus then waved the creature a dismissive wave. “Be gone creature.”
And Lo, the Sphinx did turneth to see the ship far out to Sea. “Thy ship is getting further away, best to tell me how you are performing this miracle thus leaving thou to thy journey.”
And Lo! Jesus was exasperated with this creature. “Fine, I walketh on stepping stones. Behold, there, just under the waves. I simply see them and walk.”
And Lo! The sphinx gazed upon the water and saw the dark outlines under the waves and knew the source of the miracle.
“Ha! I see how thou performest a miracle without magic!”
“Now let me be, thou mangy quarter feline, I must get my miracle watch!”
“Farewell, good Jesus, I shall also walk on water.”
And with that, the great beast of man, lion, and feathered bird alighted on the water but found no solid footing. The dark place hath been simply a fish under the waves. The beast thus tumbled in.
And Lo! The beast did not know how to swim. Hence our Lord, Jesus, watched the simple being flounder in the water with the smallest smile of satisfaction.
“Thou hast tricked me, thy quick witted Savior! There be-eth no stepping stones here.”
“No, beast of temptation and spite! I walketh on water because I am the Son of God and the Servant of Humanity. I walketh on water because I be-eth divine. Thou be-eth not divine and thy poisoned soul will pull you under the waves!”
And the Truth was spoken as the beast floundered in the sea his body hath sunken under the waves and he sputtered out a cry for help.
“Great savior, please forgive my foolish ways. Please help me in my time of need and let me feathers once more touch the sky.”
And our Lord God reflected on these words and a pained expression greweth on his face. Our lord contemplated on what the price of being good was.
“Please doeth not forsaken me, my Lord!” And with that the great Sphinx’s head did not appear above water again.
And our Lord Jesus, taking pity on the soul of his tempter, reached out a hand and pulled the great beast from the waves. He thrusteth him skyward and the great Sphinx quickly shooketh the water from his feathers and alighted into the sun.
And Lo! Jesus was exasperated with this creature. “Fine, I walketh on stepping stones. Behold, there, just under the waves. I simply see them and walk.”
And Lo! The sphinx gazed upon the water and saw the dark outlines under the waves and knew the source of the miracle.
“Ha! I see how thou performest a miracle without magic!”
“Now let me be, thou mangy quarter feline, I must get my miracle watch!”
“Farewell, good Jesus, I shall also walk on water.”
And with that, the great beast of man, lion, and feathered bird alighted on the water but found no solid footing. The dark place hath been simply a fish under the waves. The beast thus tumbled in.
And Lo! The beast did not know how to swim. Hence our Lord, Jesus, watched the simple being flounder in the water with the smallest smile of satisfaction.
“Thou hast tricked me, thy quick witted Savior! There be-eth no stepping stones here.”
“No, beast of temptation and spite! I walketh on water because I am the Son of God and the Servant of Humanity. I walketh on water because I be-eth divine. Thou be-eth not divine and thy poisoned soul will pull you under the waves!”
And the Truth was spoken as the beast floundered in the sea his body hath sunken under the waves and he sputtered out a cry for help.
“Great savior, please forgive my foolish ways. Please help me in my time of need and let me feathers once more touch the sky.”
And our Lord God reflected on these words and a pained expression greweth on his face. Our lord contemplated on what the price of being good was.
“Please doeth not forsaken me, my Lord!” And with that the great Sphinx’s head did not appear above water again.
Jesus heping hand
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And our Lord Jesus, taking pity on the soul of his tempter, reached out a hand and pulled the great beast from the waves. He thrusteth him skyward and the great Sphinx quickly shooketh the water from his feathers and alighted into the sun.
"Great lord of humanity, I thank thee for your grace.”
“Remember my charity to thee and provide that charity to others. Cease thou immoral jokes and praise the works of the righteous.”
“So shall I do my Savior, till my last breath.” With that the great beast flew off shining his feathers in the sun.
And the lord god, looked back at the boat that had been caught in a storm, and saw then the fact that the fool, Peter, had attempted to walk on water to bring the miracle watch back and was sinking himself. Jesus sighed and began to run to help his poor simple profit.
The Crow That Thought He Knew from Eastern Stories and Legends 
by Marie L. Shedlock
“Remember my charity to thee and provide that charity to others. Cease thou immoral jokes and praise the works of the righteous.”
“So shall I do my Savior, till my last breath.” With that the great beast flew off shining his feathers in the sun.
And the lord god, looked back at the boat that had been caught in a storm, and saw then the fact that the fool, Peter, had attempted to walk on water to bring the miracle watch back and was sinking himself. Jesus sighed and began to run to help his poor simple profit.
Walk on the Ocean
Toad the wet Sprocket
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Authors Note: This story was inspired by the parable The Crow That Thought He Knew. It is about a crow who is learning the art of fishing from a master crow fisher. However he began to think he knew better than the master and tried to fish himself and ended up dying in the water.
I thought that the previous story was fun and decided to continue it with this story. The previous story employed the same two character and is on this blog at The Lost Versus. I wanted to continue this story because it brought a laugh to a couple people and it was fun to write.
by Marie L. Shedlock
Hello again, Sean!
ReplyDeleteI thought your storytelling for this week was incredibly interesting! I loved the vernacular you used for your narrative—very King James Version. Your descriptions were wonderfully vivid, and your dialogue flowed smoothly. The part where the Sphinx tells Jesus he isn’t Satan (“too much work”) made me laugh out loud.
Your Author’s Note definitely intrigued me. I wondered at the line about Jesus being “done with [that] foul creature,” and it made so much more sense when I realized there was another story! I will be taking a look at it next!
Hi Sean! I loved this story and how you combined scripture into using one of the stories of Jesus and his miracles. The silly Sphinx should have known better than to confront Jesus let alone imitate him. However, in the end, he did learn a valuable lesson and the Lord did not abandon him in his time of need despite his untrusting heart. The ending was great with how you tied in Paul also falling into the water just as it is depicted in the Bible. It's funny how Jesus has to do all this saving as usual! Well written!
ReplyDeleteYour storytelling style is very interesting. The old style of writing works really well with your story. I like that you have the lord and the sphinx in the same story. It’s a neat mash up of two different religions and worship that usually do exist together in the same place or time. I also like that the ending has the lord saving him in the end.
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