#jack and jill
The story of Jack and Jill was never all the way real to me. I never felt like Jack just suddenly falling down and bashing the shit out of himself was really what went down. In fact, I know it didn’t, kind of. It’s was at least one of the following three scenarios. I’m sure of it. Hear me out…
Scenario 1: The real reason Jack and Jill went up the hill was so that they could fuck in peace. Jill was thick and happened to be a pretty wild bitch, and Jack just wasn’t ready for all that…
Scenario 2: Jack and Jill went up the hill to settle an argument. Turns out Jill found out Jack was fucking around, and Jill doesn’t play that shit…
Scenario 3: Jack and Jill went up the hill to indeed fetch a pail of water. However, Jack proves to be quite the savage motherfucker when he steals Jill’s pail and pushes her to her demise. He then quickly switches clothes with Jill and dips the fuck out. When witnesses finally arrive, they see what they think is Jill fleeing the scene and write the song before finding out that Jill’s already on her next-life shit as a result of being swindled by Jack. The song’s already a fucking banger, and everybody knows it. So they decide to charge it to the game and let that boy Jack cook.
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Two kingdoms have been at war for centuries over a single piece of land. A simple hill which housed a magical well. Its waters are said restore health and happiness to those that drink them.
The kings of both kingdoms are both getting old and sick. Both have vowed to never rest until the land is theirs. Both desire some of the waters of this fountain, so their health may be restored and they can continue their fight.
They order their respective children, the prince of east kingdom and the princess of the western kingdom, to secretly undertake the long journey to the front lines to sneak up the hill and retrieve some of the water. Secrecy is a must, lest their enemies move against them.
Alone and in disguise the prince and princess travel their lands. They see the poverty and sadness that the constant war has brought to their kingdom and their people. Their hearts grow cold and hard toward their enemies and the havoc they brought.
In the dark of the night they sneak past the front lines. All alone they climb their respective sides of the hill. Slowly, to not get spotted. Carefully so they dont stumble and fall in the dark.
By the breaking of the dawn they reach the top, and the prince and princess meet each other for the first time.
In their respective disguises, the prince sees this common girl, while the princess sees this common boy. Both declare their need greater, both speak about how their fathers are sick and need the healing power of the water.
As the day approaches they speak of many things as they try to make their case. They speak of their hate for their enemies and the damage the war has brought.
Yet the more they spoke, the more they came to realise many things. Their people are in poverty because of the high taxes their fathers enforced to fund their armies. The people are starving because all the food they grow is sent to feed the soldiers. Homes and villages are in disrepair because every able-bodied young man has been conscripted into the fight. Homes stand empty because family lines have ended on the front lines.
Both come to realise that their enemies are not to blame. The kings are to blame. Their selfish desire to possess and hoard the waters of the well.
How many have died to try and take this land? And if they did take it, how many will die trying to hold it from their enemies?
And would the people, who suffered so much in the name of their king, ever sample any of the sweet waters and see any health and happiness from the magic of the well?
Both conclude that, no, they wouldn’t.
And both knew that, as long as the selfish kings were in power, neither kingdom would ever know peace.
Prince Jack of the eastern kingdom turned his back on his father’s quest and left the common girl to the water. He would take up a new quest. For the good of his kingdom and all of it’s people. The prince would lead the revolution and remove his own father from power.
Princess Jillian of the Western kingdom left the common boy behind to return to her lands, call all of the loyal banners and people to her side that she could. She would not rest until she managed to remove her father from the throne.
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown.
And Jill came tumbling after.
Dorothy Ward - The Bystander - Wednesday 23 December 1908
Dorothy Ward – The Bystander – Wednesday 23 December 1908