Kinard Mythology Anthology Volume III

by Kinard Middle School

How Mr. and Mrs. Bean Came to Be

  By Melanie Penfold

  In a small town on the edge of California in the year 2015,  there lived a young man about the age of 28 with small brown eyes and light brown hair.  This man was called Mr. Bean even though his real name was Mr. Burn. The townspeople knew him for his love of beans so that is what they always called him, but Mr.Bean never seemed to care.

  See Mr. Bean  was so focused on his life and love of beans that he never had time to realize what was happening in the real world.

  Mr. Bean had only one problem,  he was so busy buying beans that most of the townspeople thought that he was crazy and stayed as far away from him as they could and Mr. Bean didn’t seem to notice.

  But one day, Mr. Bean bought a plethora of all sorts of beans, such as, black beans, green beans, lima beans, and all sorts of different mixtures of beans. Later,he decided to take a break from buying beans and take a walk in the park.

  Just as he arrived at the park, everyone was gone at the very moment. So, Mr. Bean walked back to his house and whenever a single person saw him they would quickly run away.

  By the time he got home, he questioned if either the town thought that he was dangerous and wanted to stay away or they thought that he was crazy.

  So every day after speedily inhaling his freshly cooked beans, he would take a daily walk to the town park and back. And every time he walked there everyone would walk away by the time he walked up to them. So Mr. Bean  never really talked to anyone.

  But one day, a young woman with dark brown hair and bright blue eyes walked up to Mr. Bean and Mr. Bean smiled as she walked up to him and said,“Excuse me sir but my child will not do his exercise when he knows you will be out here walking and I think it would be better if you walked a different way.”

  Mr. Beans smile turned into a frown and lugubriously replied, “ok mam.”

  Then the woman gracefully walked away.

  By the time that Mr.Bean reached home, he collapsed into a chair and gazed into the fire with sad beating eyes as he thought of what the lady said.

  “I will never go outside again,” He said still gloomily looking into the fire.

  That following week Mr. Bean stayed all day every day indoors just wanting something good to happen but nothing ever happen near his house ever and he eventually got very Vexed and flummoxed all the time about those words that came out of the woman's mouth.

  Mr. Bean would cook beans for every meal than lay on the couch wanting to talk to someone that would want to talk to him.

  And every day, he would get mad at himself for wanting beans so much than following that he would eat a bowl of crisped cooked beans .He went through the same routine everyday for about a month same things for about a month until he realized something he had never thought of before.  

  Mr. Bean had wanted someone that understood him, and the the only thing that he understood was the bowls of wonderful beans. So, he decided to pray to the goddess Athena his favorite (for her beauty) to give him a living bean to love and talk to.

  That night, Mr. Bean thought to cooked up his favorite bean dinner, “The Vegan Experience,  A Fancy Meal Fit for Vegan Royalty”  that gave off the aroma of fresh beans, to give to the goddess Athena.

  By morning, Mr Bean took his dish and was walking over to the temple of Athena to present his gift which no one could ever give a better gift than this.

  As Mr. Bean walked into the door of Athena's temple, he set his favorite bowl filled with his favorite beans on the golden stand with griffins carved into the sides.  

  Then Mr Bean found a bright red chair next to the stand and sat down and asked Athena to present him a human bean so that his days of sorrow would be over.

  He pleaded for the rest of the day repeating the same words over and over. At the same time, Athena was eating the beans that he had presented to her which tasted divine.  As she sat eating, she listened to his plea and thought that he deserved to have the desires of his heart.  

  That following day, Mr. Bean went home wondering if Athena had heard his plea and had anwser it. when Mr.arrived home it was still empty with no one there.

  “What was I thinking that Athena would give a crazy man like me my wish I am as lonely as a tree in the middle of nowhere and that will never change.”

  That night, there was a loud knock on the door Mr. Bean slowly walked to the door thinking who could that possibly be.

  He answered the door to see a lovely short young woman about his size with beautiful brown hair and her eyes beamed with happiness.

  “Ommm, can I help you miss,” Mr. Bean confusedly replied.

  “Are you Mr.Bean?  Someone down the street told me that you lived here,” Her lovely voice replied.

  “Well yes I am Mr. Bean but why are you here?”Asked Mr. Bean confused.

  I had a dream that the goddess Athena told me to find a man name Mr. Bean and my sorrowful life would be better,” replied the woman.

  Mr. Bean did not now what to say.  Athena had heard him and here was a wonderful woman on my doorstep!

  “O please come in, are you hungry, do you need anything, can I help you with anything?”

 

  That following year Mr.Bean and what soon became Mrs. Bean, got married and had a lovely life together they had two little kids which were named Lima,and Tepary. They were able  have beans all they wanted and never caring what other people did or said to them, because they had each other and that is all they needed.