Author: Richard Wilson
Illustrator: Frank Pape
Year: 1914
- What are the sons tall?
- Bhima and Duryodhan battle with maces at the tournament in front of the crowd. It starts friendly, but then gets heated. Reminds me of a pickup basketball game. Arjun would definitely be an elite three point shooter.
- Karna shows up unannounced, matching Arjun's skills. Another three-point specialist. Pick-up game, HORSE, or Around the World?
- Karna is "made fun of" for not being of noble birth. The setting could be a gym or court at or near a private high school that the Pandavas and their cousins attend, while Karna is walking by and sees the game.
- The Pandavas flee the burning house and live in the forest for a bit before going into Draupad's city where the competition for his daughter was being held. They are trying to blend in and act as hermits, but they are tall. So tall that it's in the title of the story. I feel that it would be hard for them to blend in. Perhaps I could tell a humorous story of their efforts to blend in while being much taller than everyone else.
- Karna was once again held back by not being born into nobility. This time, Princess Draupadi says that as the daughter of a king, she will not marry him. He never resists or replies, he simply looks into the sun and prays.
- Krishna is votes as the most noble and holiest man...then he kills a king who disagrees...
- Yudhisthir's dice match with Sakuni can be retold as a man at a casino with a sever gambling problem losing everything he owns.
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