Story: The legacy of Harambe

FAR, far away to the East, in the midst of the Great Sea there is an island called the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. And on this mountain there is a high rock. Now this rock, from the very beginning of the world, had absorbed all the hidden seed power of heaven and earth and sun and moon, which endowed it with supernatural creative gifts. One day the rock burst, and out came an egg of stone. And out of this stone egg a stone ape was hatched by magic power. The stone apes name was Harambe. Over the next few years he grew larger and larger until he was at last grown to full size.

As Harambe grew older and older he often contemplated what his legacy might be and how people might talk about him years from now. This idea consumed him so much that he became obsessed with the idea of immortality, so that he would always be around to be remembered. To gain this immortality he traveled to the sacred Mountain of the Matrix in search of the monk Morpheus. He traveled many days and nights and at last reached Morpheus’ home.

Harambe found Morpheus and told him of his great dilemma, Morpheus then pulled out 2 pills: a red one and a blue one. He explained that Harambe had the choice of taking one of the pills, each one bringing him a different lifestyle. The red pill would grant Harambe the eternal life that he so desperately sought, but he would not live the rest of his days as a average monkey not as a unique and powerful stone monkey. The blue pill on the other hand would give Harambe extra magical powers beyond his imagination, but he would only live to be 100 and would die a shameful death. Harambe being only at age 20 at the time decided that he would take the extra magical powers and would surely be able to create a great legacy in 80 years.

Harambe took the blue pill from Morpheus and swallowed it down, he instantly felt the magical properties of the pill and decided to test out his new powers. He found out that the pill gave him the ability to turn into any form of animal that he wanted, he was able to fly, he was stronger and smarter than before, and was practically a god. All this power instantly went to Harambes head. He started doing things that he thought would leave him a great legacy such as: conquering nearby lands just to expand his territory, picking fights with gods, and claiming himself as the chosen one.

The great lord of the Heavens Buddha was watching all of Harambe’s childish acts take place and he had seen quite enough. Buddha appeared before Harambe and told him that he must stop these immature actions or he would take all his power away. Harambe being arrogant decide that instead of stopping he would make a deal with Buddha to gain all his magical powers.

The deal was simple if Harambe won then Buddha would have to relinquish all of his powers to Harambe. But if Buddha won then Harambe would lose all of his powers and Harambe would live out the remainder of his days at the local zoo. The competition they chose to do was an intense game of tic tac toe. After many tie games, Harambe finally made a mistake and Buddha took advantage and won. Harambe was mortified and begged Buddha to give him another chance, but Buddha refused and instantly snapped his finger and Harambe lost all his power. Buddha snapped his finger again and Harambe found himself in a gorilla exhibit at the zoo.

Harambe spent the next few years in misery in the gorilla exhibit swinging from tires and eating bananas. Harambe was still obsessed with idea of leaving a legacy and had no idea how he was going to leave one since he was stuck at this stupid cage. He was in deep thought when suddenly a child leaned too far over the railing to the exhibit and fell in. At last Harambe thought, I could save this kid and leave a great legacy. Harambe quickly ran over to the kid and was about to pick him up to save him when he heard a loud pop and felt a sharp pain through his chest. Harambe had been shot, and within a few minutes he was dead. Harambe may not be remember for what he wanted, but we will always remember him as the gorilla that was wrongly shot trying to do the right thing.

Authors Note: For this story I decided to take the original story of the monkey king and turned the main protagonist into Haramabe and thought it would be a fun idea to tell the story of the rise and fall of the most famous gorilla to ever walk this earth. 

Source: The Monkey King 

Harambe