Week 6 Storytelling: Fat Cat Hanuman

        “I must catch this mouse!” Hanuman thought as he ran around the streets of Lanka. He had transformed into a cat in order to be incognito while in Lanka searching for Sita, however, it was now backfiring on him. Hanuman, although powerful, was having the natural, overpowering thoughts of a cat. All he wanted to do was eat, sleep, and chase mice. This proved to be a problem for Hanuman because he kept getting side tracked from the mission of determining the location where Ravana was keeping Sita hostage. Although, one day his cat-like instincts proved to be just what he needed to locate Sita....

            Exhausted from chasing a mouse around the town square of Lanka, Hanuman decided to take a long nap, however, he was brutality interrupted from his nap by a heavenly, appetizing smell. Was it steak? Was it fish? Hanuman had to investigate, so he got up and put his trusty nose and taste buds to work. Hanuman tracked the smell across the entire town of Lanka. He tracked it across rivers and streams until he tracked it to a large house on a hill just outside of the city. Licking his lips, Hanuman ran up to the door, eager to get his paws on whatever smelled so good. However, he was immediately stopped in his tracks when he saw the decorative sign on the front door that read “Welcome to Ravana’s House!” in fancy letters and coloring. Hanuman had ironically used his lazy, fat cat-like instincts to find Ravana’s house where Sita probably was! However, cats have a hidden side behind their lazy, fat exteriors… they are naturally sly animals. Hanuman went into stealth mode and slowly opened the door to Ravana’s house. Although the delectable smell of a prime rib was stronger than ever, he did not let this distract him from the task of finding Sita. As Hanuman made his way to the kitchen, he saw one of Ravana’s wives cooking but could not find any sign of Ravana or Sita. By this point, his fat cat-like instincts overpowered his slyness and Hanuman pounced on the prime rib she was cooking. Ravana’s wife was startled, as Hanuman ate the entire prime rib in one bite. However, instead of getting mad at Hanuman, she was impressed that he ate an entire prime rib in one, huge bite. Hanuman and Ravana’s wife conversed about the Ravana and Sita situation for a bit and eventually she told Hanuman to go check in the grove for Sita. Hanuman made his way out of the house and into the grove where he saw Sita across the way, however, the prime rib was starting to take a toll on him and before he could move any further, he flopped down on the ground and into a deep cat-nap.

(Hanuman and his counterpart, Garfield/Credit: Blogspot and Wikipedia)

Authors Note: I decided to add some humor to the part of Hanuman taking on the role of a cat disguise while in Lanka searching for Sita. 

William Buck: The Ramayana