SHONAIL

Logline :

A boy that cursed by his father has to win against the other animals on race match.

Storyline :

Once upon a time there was an old poor carpenter named Ben lived with his the only son. They have lived in the middle of mountain in order for Ben to get woods easily. Ben is really poor, even he cannot fulfill eat three times a day. Because of his family condition, Ben’s son named Sho becomes a very ungrateful and faithless son. Sho never helps Ben working or even a single simple thing for help Ben.

One day, Ben is cutting the wood to make firewood for them and suddenly Ben feels not well because his weak old body. Ben is calling Sho for help because if they do not make the firewood, tonight will be a cold night for them to survive. But Sho rejects him immediately and mocks him by saying “You are very un useful parent, you even cannot make my stomach full yet you ask me to do something!”. Ben who heard that is really angry that time and curse him into a snail. However there is still a way for Sho to break the spell, he has to ask an animal in the forest to have a race with him and he must win the race in order to break the spell.

Therefore Sho goes to the forest and find whoever who wants to have a race with him as a snail. Firstly Sho is looking for a weak look like animal, so at least he got a chance to win. Then he choose ant as his opponent, but then when he ask the ant to have a race match with him, he got tricked by the ant that is helpful with each other. Every time the ant is left behind Sho, the other ant is cover up by stand by in front of Sho. At last Sho lost to the ants.

After that Sho is finding another opponent for him. Then he chose a turtle to have a race match with him, after that the turtle ask him with his irritating voice what is his benefit if he wins the match. Sho tells him he will provide the food stocks for him during the winter. But then the turtle rejects him and says he does not want that kind of thing, but he wants Sho is stay forever to become his butler. At the beginning Sho feels indecisive with the turtle offers, but he has no choice if he wants to turn back into human again.

Then the race is starting. Sho is crawling as fast as he can, as did the turtle. Unexpectedly those creatures are crawling so slowly and even we can see worm is faster than them. Even the narrator is tired of waiting they are crawling until the finish line. When Sho is crawling seriously, in a distance seen an eagle is flying towards him like he wants to eat him. Suddenly snail inner power is come out in urgent circumstance. Yet, no matter how fast snail is running, of course eagle can catch him. The turtle whose having match with him is startling by it.

Suddenly Sho remembers what his father always says that when snail can go out from his shell when they wants to poo. So, Sho forces his body power to poo and make himself go out from his shell. After that Sho finally be able to go out from his shell and he thrown from the eagle grip. Afterward Sho is falling down right in front of finish line. The turtle is startling fro the second time seeing Sho is right in front of finish line eve though the turtle is almost close to it.

At last Sho wins, and he turns back into normal. The turtle is startling again for the third time seeing Sho change into human. At the end Sho is running back into his house and apology his father for what he has done.