Puck's Reasons Story 3

Puck's Reasons

    Juan had placed the magical book in a secure spot within the cave and proceeded to head back to his camp. When Juan had finally reached his shelter, there in front of him was a very large spool of the finest enamel-colored rope that he has ever seen in his life. This was his gift from the Tooth Fairy for listening to her story.
Juan now has been on the island for two weeks and three days. He was filled up with hope after receiving his remarkable gifts from Tinker Bell and the Tooth Fairy. He knew that having a fundamental belief in his childhood heroines and protectors that one day he will set a drift back to his beloved home and family.
    Now another three days had passed and Juan set out again to look for food provisions and go back to the cave to read another story from his treasured magical book. Juan once again strolled inside of the cave and unsecured the book from its location. He walked over to his comfortable sitting perch and began to open the book. At that moment, He knew that he had to proceed on to the next story of the book which he found was a story about “Puck’s Reasons.”
    Juan began to read the title out loud when a turquoise colored light popped forth from the book and popped Juan on the head. Juan at that moment heard a chuckle from his little assailant and looked up and found floating above his head a pixie boy with pointed nose and ears. Juan looked at him and said, “Why did you do that to me, what have I done to you?” Puck once again popped a good one on Juan’s skull and flittered in front of Juan while he was chuckling with glee. Puck told Juan, “That is what I do to you humans or any living creature. I am, Puck, a mischievous squire of King Oberon and Queen Titiana of the Fairy Land. "
    Puck flittered up to Juan’s head again and popped another blow to this skull and said, “Now listen to my story and I will tell why I am the way I am. I was born to Duke Armando and Duchess Alejandra in the covets of weeping willow trees and clover leaves on the far side of Spring Lake in Fairy Land. When I reached the age of fairy man, my parents had been killed by the Boar Beast of Acorn Hill. When I found them, I vowed revenge to all living creatures for the loss of my parents. However, to add to my misery I fell in love with a beautiful pixie fairy named Tinker Bell. We know what happened with her, she left me for her beloved Peter Pan. Adding to my loss of my parents and now the love of my life, I have wandered around for years in Fairy land playing cruel tricks upon all living creatures. Till one day King Oberon and Queen Titiana sent for me to come to their kingdom, which the King took me in his kingdom and made me his squire. I am truly devoted to him."

Puck with King and Queen

Oberon, Titania and Puck by William Blake,c.1785
    Now I have lived many centuries with King Oberon and Queen Titiana but my loyalty lies truly with King Oberon. My beloved King Oberon asked me to fulfill his quest to help out the Athenian Demetrius by placing purple flower juice in his eyes to put a true love spell upon him. However, I took this chance to take some of my resentment out on these humans and play with their emotions. So on purpose I put the juice in the wrong man's eyes and sent his woman to another lover. It was a spectacular event to sit back and watch. However, King Oberon had heard what happened and I pleaded with him to give me another chance so that I could make right what I had done wrong.
    So King Oberon gave me another chance to reverse the fouled up lovesick spell with the juice of the orange hibiscus flower. But I did not do this right away. I waited till the eve of the fourth night of Hermia's death sentence. When I finally approached the mere mortals to reverse the spell, all of the sudden I was thrown against a mushroom stalk by a powerful force of fairy strength. When I regained my balance on top of the mushroom stool, but much to my surprise I saw, my ex-lover Tinker Bell. She was always stronger than I was and she had heard in Never Land what I had done to interfere with true love. Tinker Bell advised me that she was truly sorry to leave me, but she truly does love me and I will always be in her heart. Then Tinker Bell said in a stern little voice, "If you don’t stop your sinful trickery with all living creatures and mortals, I will come back here and turn you into a slimy slug.
     She proceeded to tell me why she left me for Peter Pan. "I left you, Puck, because I was summoned to help guide Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. It was my duty to watch over them, to guide them and to love and protect them. That is our fairy promise and purpose in life.” Tinker Bell then ordered me to rapidly change the spell before the death hour approached, so not without any feelings I delivered the flower juice in the corners of their eyes. I then turned to Tinker Bell and pleaded for forgiveness and begged her to stay with me, but she replied, “Puck, my fairy life belongs in Never Land, I cannot abandon them.” So I having no remorse or any emotions left in my sprite body yelled at Tinker Bell, “Well, go to Never Land and never come back here again. You continue with your purpose in life and I will continue as I please too.” From that time forward, I continued with my destiny of playing tricks and deceit to all living creatures of either great or small.
    Puck finished his story and explained to Juan, “Now go back to your humble shelter and leave me alone, but when you reach your sleep quarters I will give you a wonderful surprise. Now go and never call upon me again for my life is too busy to stop and help you.” Juan replaced the book back in its secure location at the back of the cave and headed to his campsite rubbing his painful head in dismay.

Original story Link: Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare- A midsummer Night's Dream
Authors: Charles and Mary Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare, 1878.

Author' s Note:

I took this tale of William Shakespeare and kept the original plot about how King Oberon asked Puck to put flower love spell juice in the eyes of Demetrius, but I expanded on Puck's life and and invented his ended love affair with Tinker Bell to cause his reasoning of his actions as being a trickster. I left out the more detailed story of King Oberon's plot against his Queen Titania. I also left out the full story of the mortals' love perils and wrote about Puck's perils in his life. When you read my next story, you will see the Puck will still remain the same.

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