Storytelling for Week 5: Mad Max Madjun

Mad Max Madjun

After nuclear holocaust, the earth is left a wasteland and in order to survive, people must travel far distances to trade and barter. For this travel, they drive modified cars that are faster, more durable, and weaponized. Mad Max was the best (and the craziest) of these drivers.

He was just a young lad when one day he came across an Indian witch doctor who was being attacked by a notorious, dangerous, mangy, road gang known as the Crows. They were known throughout the world as the biggest and most evil crime organization. Max bravely drove in a tight circle around the witch doctor and popped the machine guns out of the side of his car. The Crows reluctantly retreated, vowing their revenge on Max. However, the witch doctor was forever grateful for what Max had done.

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To pay the debt of his life to Max, he told him one word that would help him when in danger or trouble: MADJUN. Max did not take the witch doctor seriously, but remembered the word just in case.

Soon after, Max passed the mansion of the Sultan of Red Planet (Earth’s new nickname). There, he laid eyes on the Sultan’s daughter and instantly fell in love. He begged the Sultan to let him court her -this had sort of fallen back into fashion since marriage and having children were actually a necessity to the replenishment of humans on Red Planet. The Sultan at first refused, but Max persisted and asked every day for two weeks.

Finally, after two weeks the Sultan said, “You may court my daughter, HA! you may even marry her, if you bring me every last one of the Crows dead or alive by midnight tomorrow!” Max was overwhelmed by this task, but accepted the challenge.

Immediately, he set out on the road to find the Crows. Since they were also looking for him, it did not take long before all of them surrounded his car. Every Crow was there, slowly walking toward Max’s vehicle. They set off an EMP, disabling his weapons. As they reached his car, Max’s mind raced to find out what to do next. Almost as a reflex, he shouted, “MADJUN!” and every single one of the Crows froze in place.

Max pushed them and even punched a few to see if they would react, but it was as if they had become statues. Slowly, Max loaded them one by one into one of their own semis and delivered them all to the Sultan’s prison. The Sultan was amazed that the impossible task had been accomplished and was so thankful that he pronounced the engagement of his own daughter to Mad Max to all of the Red Planet.

Mad Max fell more in love with the Sultan’s daughter every day, and she fell in love with him. He remained as crazy and wild as ever and was made the captain of the World Road Police Force. They lived happily ever after.


Author's Note: This original story is called Madjun, and obviously it does not have Mad Max as a main character. However, it is a Turkish fairy tale about a young boy who must capture every bird in the world in order to marry the Sultan's daughter. A wizard tells him about a special tree all the birds go to and to say Madjun when they land on it. They live happily ever after. The original can be found here.