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Johnny Gloke was a farmer by trade, but, like a man of spirit, he grew tired of his trade and wished to follow a path that would lead to honor and fame. So for a time he was much fonder of sitting around thinking of what he could do rather than tending the crop.
One day Johnny Gloke was walking around his farm trying to find something to do. He was in the barn and came across a leather football. He walked outside and saw a beehive hanging from a tree about 40 yards away. He wound up and three the football and stuck the beehive right in the middle and knocked it down. He was overjoyed at his success and his heart rose to the doing of the great deed.
He now knew what his path would be to fortune and honor. So he set out to find the best college football program to go play for. He grabbed his football and headed for college.
He came across a college, The University of Oklahoma. Oklahoma needed a quarterback and Johnny Glock knew he was the guy for the job. The school needed championships and the coach was offering fame in honor in exchange for a championship. Johns heart rose to the deed and he offered himself to service.
As the season started Johnny knew he was not the biggest nor the strongest so he had to be smarter and out wit the rest of the teams. Johnny would watch his opponents and figure out different ways to out smart each team and find a way to win. He would stay in the pocket and carefully watch for an opportunity to strike.
At the end of the season came the Big 12 championship. Johnny knew his opponents were tired and used this against them to try and win. He out smarted and out played his opponent and became victorious in bring a Big 12 championship back to Oklahoma. He gained his fame and honor and lived peacefully for small time.
A month went by and Johnny Gloke was then asked to play in the National Championship. His heart sank, as he thought they only wanted one championship but they wanted something bigger and better. Johnny would have to play the best team in the land and Johnny did not know how he would out smart this opponent. Johnny knew the other quarterback was better but rose to the deed anyway because of his previous valiant accomplishment.
As the game started on the very first play the opponents quarterback broke his leg and could no longer play. The other team could not bear the fact that their quarterback could no longer play and did not know what to do. Johnny took advantage of this and won the game.
Thus Johnny Gloke was victorious a second time and lived a life full of fame and honor as the king of Oklahoma.
Author's Note:
The original story was just called Johnny Gloke by Joseph Jacobs. It is an old english fairy tale that features Johnny who was tired of being a tailor and wanted to do something that would bring him fortune and honor. Johnny one day was laying around and killed at least 50 flies with one stoke and made a decision to grab an old rust sword and head for a land where he could find his fortune and honor. He came across a land where the king was offering a place in the castle as well as his daughters hand in marriage for slaying the two giants in the woods. Johnny set out for this but instead of using strength to beat the giants he waited for them to tire and then he surprised them and cut their heads off. He lead the king to believe he defeated them with strength and then the king asked him to take on a rebel army that was going to dethrone the king. Johnny had to say yes and was given a horse to take them on. Johnny fell off the horse and the horse kept running at the army. The horse ran into gallows that wrapped around its neck and kept on. This scared the army into thinking Johnny Gloke who had slain the giants was here to hang them all. Johnny got lucky as they retreated and he was then named king.
I changed the story into a tale of football and kept Johnny's name the same. Instead of defeating giants he won a conference championship with his wit. Upon winning that championship Johnny was asked to play in a national championship instead of facing a rebel army. He would get lucky as he did in the original story and the quarter back would break his leg. Leading Johnny to be victorious and have his fame and honor.
Hi Zach!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I really enjoyed reading your story “The tale of Johnny Gloke.” I liked the layout of your story and I think the image you added complements your story very well. I like how you changed your setting of your story to a football game. I think that was very clever. Overall, I think you did a great job on this story and I can’t wait to read your other stories!