Communist Bedtime Stories

Good evening, Holla Forums.

My young communist daughter needs to go to sleep tonight, but she isn't feeling sleepy yet. She wants to hear one or more of you tell her some communist tales as bedtime stories. These can range from historical events, like the October Revolution, told in the narrative style of fairy tales, to fictional stories with communist undertones, like the story of Pulgasari, the North Korean kaiju who saved feudal Korea from evil imperial lords.

Extra points to anyone who can describe to her the ideal communist utopia following the revolution. My little one is truly inspired by dreams of a future that we can make happen.

Deep in the thick forests of Germany a boy was born named Karl Marx, and when he grew up Karl Marx became the wisest man in all of Europe. He was so wise he was able to see that the inherent contradictions of capitalism would inherently lead to its downfall but a better society would come in its place.

However there were some wicked trolls who wore top hats that did not like him saying this, they thought capitalism was the best system ever and that they got their top hats through their own hard work. And they wrote lots of angry books about how much they didn't like Karl Marx.

Marx however being the wise man that he was refuted all their arguments and cursed them with being eternally super-mad forever after. The end.

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One time there was a tropical paradise called Colombia which had a lot of bananas
Eventually some brave comrades tried to seize the means of production so that they could keep the bananas themselves
So I hired a bunch of death squads to kill the communists and maybe some civilians too
It worked and I got to keep all the bananas
The End

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Let me try a real bedtime fairy tale.

Once upon a time, there was a Kingdom. Kings it big swords and princesses with big dresses held parties every night, dancing until the morning sun came up.
But to give the king his parties, the farmers had to work really hard and had to give a lot of money to the king. The king never invited the farmers to the parties though, and this made the farmers very angry. The farmers wanted to stop the king from bring king, but the king didn't like this. So the king hired some very big and angry bandits to make sure the farmers paid money to the king and didn't stop the Kong from giving parties.

This made the farmers really angry, because the mean bandits would often take more than the money the had to pay to the king. In the cities, a few smart merchants were also mad, because they also wanted to give parties, but had to give a lot of money to the king.

So they went to the farmers and asked them: "is the king also mean to you?". The farmers said yes. The very smart merchants told the farmers that the king doesn't deserve his parties, and that everybody should be able to give parties and not pay money to the king. The farmers agreed.

So on one day all the farmers and merchants took their pitchforks, guns and swords nd wend to the king. The bandits attacked them and they fought and fought, losing many of their comrades. But in the end, they defeated the king and his bandits and banished them from this realm.

Lots of parties were given, and they all shouted "freedom, equality, brotherhood!". The farmers and merchants were very happy. But after some time, the smart merchants got richer and richer. With the king gone, they could now buy houses and factories, and pay farmers to make pretty dresses for them which they could sell for a profit. They invented new machines that could do the work of lots of farmers, which means lots of farmers now had no job anymore. They had to work for the smart merchants. These merchants liked this a lot. They got to have lots of parties and wear fancy to phat and nice clothes.

The people working in the factories got angry. So the merchants paid bandits to make sure the workers didnt do what they did to the king. Two very smart men in germany, mister Karl Marx and his friend Friedrich Engels, were also angry. Engels was the son of a rich merchant, but thought his father was very mean. They wrote a few very big books explaining how the merchants keep their power and said that the workers should stop the merchants like they stopped the king. Lots people agreed. Lots of people tried, but the bandits of the merchants always dropped them.

But a very smart man in Russia, called Lenin, agreed a lot with mister Marx and Engels. Russia still had a king, but also some merchants. The king had killed Lenin's brother for trying to stop him. But after Russia was in a war against other kingdoms, Lenin and the workers managed to stop the king and the merchants. Lenin did his best to help the workers, but Russia was very large, very few people could read and there were not a lot of factories to make things in.

All the kings and merchants send bandits to stop Lenin, but Lenin and his comrades fought very bravely and hard, and managed to stop the bandits.

After long years of working hard, they were still constantly attacked by everyone. At some point a big evil army came from Germany that wanted to kill everybody who was not German. The Russians and their friends fought very hard and lots a lot of their comrades, but managed to save the world from this evil army. The merchants got more and more powerful and kept attacking the Russians and their friends. They had to constantly be on guard and couldn't trust anyone, because anyone could be a secret bandit. After many years of attacks
, the bandits managed to stop the Russians and their friends and the rich merchants stole all the factories the workers had build.

But the merchants keep wanting to give bigger parties, and one day, the workers will defeat them.

weren't tons of peasants royalists during the French Revolution?

Probably but that doesn't matter for the story, there were also revolutionaries among them.

OP here.

Lovely stories you all posted last night. My daughter enjoyed all of them…

… Except yours, . Or should I say Porky.

It's a good thing the story immediately following that one was from . Yours was her favorite. She didn't even feel the need to ask how it ends… She knew it's a story that continues to this day. That really moved her.

Now she's eager to hear more stories from you creative lefty bards. Step right up and share what you got!

Fuck her qt mouth

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source?

How the dicks does one top this? Also, get to writing this as an actual children's book. Stop derping abouy on Holla Forums, and get to work making 1917 accessible to children.

(C85) [Takotsuboya (TK)] Yukiyukite Senshadou Battle of Pravda (Girls und Panzer) [English] [N04h]

one last bump

If I didn't run the risk of dying alone and had children I'd probably read them Tales For Little Rebels, and the Fairy Tale translations of Jack Zipes.

Unavoidable.

Nigga are you serious?

Aw jeez youre making me blush comrades. You really think I should make more stories like that?

Also damn my autocorrect didnt really help me in that story.

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Oh, absolutely, dear comrade. The more children who grow up believing in communism, the greater the odds are against beating the pencil-dicked, ugly teenagers easily brainwashed into joining the alt-right. Keep nurturing your narrative talents, dear bard. You have a gift, and you must share it with those who need it most.

So im reworking my story a bit, ill post it once im done. Im aiming for 2-3 sentences per paragraph, which is the ideal size for a childrens story for the age I was aiming for imo. Kind of struggling with how much detail I should add, since I want to tell them about class struggle and historical materialism, and I dont want to obscure the core message or make it too long.

God i fucking hate that doujin

Ok here it is, please provide critical commentary.
Im trying to think of another topic that could be told in a fairy tale format. Im trying to think of something with a happy ending to even out the balance a bit, otherwise im going to have a very depressing collection of childrens stories on my hands.
It doesn't have to be based on history of course, I could just create a hypothetical anthropomorphic mouse society to fit the story needs.

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The kings and the merchants

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom. Kings with big swords and princesses with big dresses held parties every night, dancing until the morning sun came up.

But to give the king his parties, the farmers had to work really hard and had to give a lot of money to the king. The king never invited the farmers to the parties though and this made the farmers very angry.

The farmers wanted to stop the king from taking their money, but the king didn't want to stop giving parties. So the king hired some very big and angry bandits to make sure the farmers paid money to the king and didn't stop the king from giving parties.

This made the farmers really angry, because the mean bandits would often take more than the money the had to pay to the king. In the cities, a few smart merchants were also mad, because they also wanted to give parties, but had to give a lot of money to the king.

So they went to the farmers and asked them: "Is the king also mean to you?". The farmers said yes. The very smart merchants told the farmers that the king doesn't deserve his parties, and that everybody should be able to give parties and not pay money to the king. The farmers agreed.

So on one day all the farmers and merchants took their pitchforks, guns and swords and went to the king. The bandits attacked them and they fought and fought, losing many of their comrades. But in the end, they defeated the king and his bandits, and banished them from this realm.

Lots of parties were given, and they all shouted "freedom, equality, brotherhood!". The farmers and merchants were very happy. But after some time, the smart merchants got richer and richer. With the king gone, they could now buy houses and factories, and pay people to make pretty dresses for them which they could sell for a profit.

They invented new machines that could do the work of lots of farmers, which means lots of farmers now had no job anymore. They had to work for the smart merchants. These merchants liked this a lot. They got to have lots of parties and wear fancy tophats and nice clothes.

The people working in the factories got angry. So the merchants paid bandits to make sure the workers didn’t do what they did to the king. Lots of smart people were also angry, the merchants did the same things as the king did!
Two very smart men in Germany, mister Karl Marx and his friend Friedrich Engels, were also angry. Engels was the son of a rich merchant, but thought his father was very mean. They wrote a few very big books explaining how the merchants keep their power and make their money.

They said that the workers should stop the merchants like they stopped the king. The king didn’t work for the money he took, and the merchants also didn’t work for the money they took. Lots people agreed. Lots of people tried, but the bandits of the merchants always stopped them.

But a very smart man in Russia, called Lenin, agreed a lot with mister Marx and Engels. Russia still had a king, but also some merchants. The king had killed Lenin's brother for trying to stop him. But after Russia was in a big war against other kingdoms, everybody was really mad at the king.

So Lenin and the workers went to the king and stopped him. They said, “we are not going to let merchants do what the king did! We are going to make a country for everyone!”. The other kings and merchants of other countries were afraid of what Lenin did in Russia, so they send their bandits to stop him.

But Lenin and his comrades fought very bravely and hard, and managed to stop the bandits. Lenin did his best to help the workers, but Russia was very large, very few people could read and there were not a lot of factories to make things in.

After long years of working hard, they were still constantly attacked by everyone. The other merchants and kings were afraid of Russia, because Russia told the other workers and farmers that they also could be like Russia.

At some point a big evil army came from Germany that wanted to kill everybody who was not German. The Russians and their friends fought very hard and lots a lot of their comrades, but managed to save the world from this evil army.
Even after saving the world from the evil army, the merchants kept attacking the Russians and their friends. They had to constantly be on guard, because the bandits disguised themselves as Russians or paid people lots of money to help them. Anybody could be a bandit.

After many years of attacks, the bandits managed to stop the Russians and their friends and the rich merchants stole all the factories the workers had build.

But the merchants want to give bigger and bigger parties, which makes the workers very angry. And one day, the workers will stop them.

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bait

That's exactly what I was thinking this thread was

Who really cares, comfy bed time story writing is a pretty relaxing thing. Plus it works to better ourselves in more ways than one. After all it helps our story telling and rhetorical ability in the most basic form for people who can't really keep up with extended prose. Not to forget it helps with writing ability as it teaches the most basic of style when writing and if you want to better yourself at something you always have to start with the basics. Fairy tale writing can also help with learning how to boil down complex extended ideas or history into bite sized chunks which in the modern ADD world of the internet is a massive plus, I mean it's kinda like what the Japs did with Das Kapital making it into an easy to read manga to help people explore Marx's work.

Plus if you get all cosy in a blanket with a cup of tea it's comfy as shit to read left wing bed time stories.

I like the refined touches to the narrative, dear bard. The idea of focusing on mice makes it very child-accessible. Perhaps make the kings and merchants into rats, the kings as fat rats and the merchants as ugly rats. The bandits could possibly be cats. The Nazis could be rats also.

There's only two remotely glaring issues with your story:
1. Minor grammatical/wording issues. The way you say "giving parties" instead of "throwing parties" gives the impression that English isn't your first language. That's okay though, nothing necessarily wrong with that. What's important is that the story and its ideas are effective and intriguing, and they certainly are. I can help you with proofreading if you'd like.
2. The ending should probably be a more rallying cry than just "but one day the workers will stop them." Maybe something like this:

But the workers haven't forgotten what was created in Russia by Lenin. The workers still want a nation like that. They want a world like that. As we speak, the workers are preparing to get rid of the merchants once and for all, and create a world for everyone. That day will come soon. One day, it will happen. It's what the workers dream for. They will, one day, make their dream come true.

I wouldn't want to go into racialisation of characters, considering this enforced a birth-based worldview, implying that rats and their children are inherently evil and bound to be evil.
I wouldn't want to racialize characters unless the story revolves around racial issues, or if the race/animal species really adds to their character archetype, like a grumpy badger, a crafty beaver or a smart owl.
The idea for animals was more along the lines of allowing me to create an alternative reality that can extend past the present. If I say "once upon a time", I cant exactly go "and then they established communism and lived happily ever after" because that hasnt happened yet. I can do that if I purposefully construct a non-human society. It doesnt have the confines of being bound to historical accuracy.

That is correct
Good point, but I would say something like:

Damn, that's a good point. It actually adds a nice touch of subtlety and maturity to the implications of the symbolism, to not overtly paint certain people as inherently evil. I mean, you did describe the Nazis as evil in the story, and objectively speaking, you're completely right about that, but it'd probably be better to make them uglier or meaner-looking mice instead of rats. I was just thinking maybe certain sects of characters could use more variety in their design, but this can easily be done without racialisation.

Your version of that ending is definitely a lot better, also. Nailed it, my dear bard.

Damn, that's a good point. It actually adds a nice touch of subtlety and maturity to the implications of the symbolism, to not overtly paint certain people as inherently evil. I mean, you did describe the Nazis as evil in the story, and objectively speaking, you're completely right about that, but it'd probably be better to make them uglier or meaner-looking mice instead of rats. I was just thinking maybe certain sects of characters could use more variety in their design, but this can easily be done without racialisation.

Your version of that ending is definitely a lot better, also. Nailed it, my dear bard.

Shit, didn't mean to double post :P