Week 13: Story: Love of a Family

There once was a husband and a wife, and together they had twins. The wife was a wonderful mother, she cared and nursed them like any other mother would.

One day she wall called to go to her neighbors house around the corner. She hated to leave her twins alone, as for she feared of the haunting in the neighborhood. But, at last, she went as a good dead. 

When she was gone, she feared the haunting was going to come for her children. She rushed home, and found the twins perfectly content in their cradle. Nothing but smiles and laughter from the two.

As the days passed, the mother noticed her twins were not growing like they should be. 

The husband suspected the wife had had an affair, and that these children were not his. But alas, they were.

The wife was very concerned for her twins in the fact they were not growing properly. She loved them dearly but was not sure what had happened. So she set off to meet with the Wise Man. The Wise Man was a local who knew everything, and surely he had the answers to her questions.

When she arrived at the Wise Man's home. She asked him "Why are my twins not growing? I nurse them when it's time and I care for them greatly!" The Wise Man looked at the twins. His eyes looked up and down the two babies bodies, trying to figure out why they were so small. 

"Ah, my lady. You seem to have twin dwarfs. Nothing is wrong with them. They are just like any other babies, but have a growth disorder. You should love them and take of them like any other child, because you gave birth to the twins, and I know you love them." said the Wise Man

The wife looked slightly confused at the information she had just received, but went off with her twin babies. She went home and explained what the Wise Man had told her to her husband.

He too was confused, but together they knew they would love their twins. For they were the parents of them and would care to their every need.

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Author's note:
The Brewery of Eggshells
Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892)

In the original story, the wife and husband were confused on why their twins were not growing. The wife felt that her children had been cursed by the haunting and went to the Wise Man for answers. He then told her to boil eggshells, and if the twins spoke to one another, then they were haunted. He then instructed her to throw them in the water, and the goblins adopted the babies. The wife later bore more children who she loved more. I decided to change the original story by making the wife and husband love their children even though they had dwarfism. 

Week 14: Reading Part B: Russian Folktales

The Two FriendsRussian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston (1887)

• Two friends, must like brothers promised would be invited to each other's weddings whether dead or alive
• One friend died, but when the other friend past his grave he remembered his promise
• So he invited his friend to his wedding
• The dead friend invited him for a drink in his tomb, he was reluctant but did so
• Together they took 3 shots, each equaling 100 years
• 300 years had passed from his wedding day
• When he released what had happened he left the tomb, only to find nothing was the same
• He found a priest and read about a groom going missing on his wedding day, which was him

The Dog and Corpse

Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston (1887)

Teething puppy: Hellonuzzle

• moujik went out with his dog, but found nothing
• Where two roads met he saw a white figure and was terrified
• He had no idea which way to go
• He decided to go on, dog followed
• Corpse showed itself and floated above the ground
• As the corpse approached, the dog grabbed it by its calves
• Dog destroyed corpse and ran after his master who ran away
• The dog became evil and tried attacking
• The grandmother said the dog was so upset because the man did not help him defend against the corpse
• They ended up tying up the dog for a year
• One day it got lose and wanted to attack the master
• They ended up killing the dog

Week 14: Reading Part A: Russian Folktales

The Dead Mother

Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston (1887)

Baby in a basket: Pxhere

• Wife and husband who lived happily
• Wife bore a child but soon died after, husband was upset and mourned the loss
• Hired an old woman to watch over the babe, cried and was upset all day, but during night slept
• All wondered why the baby was silent at night, at about midnight
• So they waited till midnight hit and realized what happened
• The dead mother cam and cradled her baby and she suckled the babe at her dead breast
• They shined the light on the mother, she said nothing but left
• They all found the baby to be dead once the dead mother left the cradle

Friday

Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston (1887)

• There once was a mother who did not give reverence to Mother Friday, but would go to work
• When she returned from work, she was exhausted and slept, Mother Friday came for a visit
• Mother Friday came and stuffed the woman's eyes with dust while she was asleep
• When she awoke she was terrified, the other women said she had brought this on herself
• Asked for forgiveness, and during the night mother Friday came back and removed the dust

Tech Tip Cheezburger

Well.. it's that time of the semester where I am sure we are all feeling burned out. Below, you will find an image I created at the LOLbuilder.

Cheezburger

Cheezburger

Another image about how many of us feel at the end of the semester. I'm not sure about y'all, but when my alarm goes off, all I want to do is cover my eyes and lay back in bed!

Week 13: Reading Part B: Celtic Tales

Andrew Coffey

Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892)

• Quiet decent mind, that knew everything
• One day found himself in an area he did not recognize, but had his horse to help him
• In clearing, rain fell
• There he saw a light in the distance, and went to the home
• There was a chair in the home that had a good welcoming
• He heard his name being called, but there was nothing to be found
• Asked to tell a story
• If no story, the worse would happen to him
• With no story, out came a man out of a cabinet
• It was a man that had gone missing by falling overboard on a boat while fishing
• He ran away
• When he felt okay, he stopped to rest
• Under the tree he was sitting, he tucked himself in it, with the rain stopping
• Saw men with box, and inside the box was Patrick
• He was pale as could be
• The men created a fire, and they were going to roast Patrick
• Patrick began to say "Andrew Coffey"
• Demanded that he came down, and he did
• The 4 men left and he was left with patrick and he continued to spin him
• Patrick said he was burning
• Andrew asked questions on how he was there, and was just confused and did not tend to the fire
• Patrick found himself out of the fire
• Patrick and Andrew back in the cabin, him asking for a story

The Brewery of Eggshells

Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892)

Mother with twins: Economist

• Shepherd's cot known by the name of Twt y Cwmrws ["Place of Strife"]
• Man and wife and had twins
• She did not like leaving her little ones, because of the tale of the haunting
• She rushed home and saw that everything looked to be normal
• The twins did not grow like they should have
• Mother went to see Wise Man of Llanidloes because her kids were not growing like they should be
• He knew everything and would give advise
• Wise man said that when she is getting dinner for the reapers, clear out the shell of a hen's egg and boil some potage in it, and then take it to the door as if you meant it as a dinner for the reapers
• See to see if she hears her twins talk that sounds nothing like it should
• If she hears something, then throw them in the lake
• Children talked to one another
• She threw them in the lake and goblins in their blue trousers came and saved their dwarfs and the mother had her own children back and so the great strife ended

Week 13: Reading Part A: Celtic Tales

The Shepherd of Myddvai

 Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892)

Lake: Wikipedia

• Lake known as Lyn y Van Vach
• Saw three maidens rise from lake
• Mortal beauty and offered bread to the woman
• Woman ran off, because she didn'l like hard bread
• Went back next day with with not as cooked bread
• Again the maiden said she didn't want this uncooked bread
• On the 3rd day, found floating bread, and offered to her
• She said if he could pick her out among her sisters, he could have her
• Offered cattle to her soon to be husband
• They had 3 children, bur at christening, was too far, told her to go on horse
• She needed her gloves, but she did not go on horse
• That was one mistake
• Another, while at a wedding, he tapped and asked why she was upset 
• Husband was careful not to strike her
• At a funeral, he touched again
• The two were to become unmarried because he had strike her 3 times
• Cattle and herself went back to the lake

Week 12: Dougie the dog

Dougie the Dog

Golden Doodle: Wikimedia

Once upon a time, there was a dog names Dougie. Dougie was a sweet golden doodle puppy that lived at the local animal shelter. He had the sweetest eyes and the softest fur. Each day, people passed by him in the window.

Than one day, a girl passed Dougie and told her mom, "Mom, I want that brown dog right there."

The Mom replied, "No sweetie, we cannot have a puppy right now."

Dougie's eyes grew sad.

The next day, a little boy saw Dougie. He grabbed his Dad's arm and said "Dad, I want that brown dog right there.

The Dad replied, "No sweetie, we cannot have a puppy right now."

Dougie's eyes grew sad.

The following day a little boy saw Dougie. He grabbed his Grandma's arm and said "Grandma, I want that brown dog right there.

The Grandma replied, "No sweetie, we cannot have a puppy right now."

Dougie's eyes grew sad.

Day after day, Dougie heard the same words, "No sweetie, we cannot have a puppy right now."

The same routine happened continuously. People passed by Dougie and each and everyone said, "I want that dog", but no one ever stopped into the store to buy him.

Then, one day, a sweet family passed by the animal shelter and saw Dougie.

The Father looked at his family and said. "Family, I want that brown dog right there."

And together they shouted. "I love him, he will be ours."

Dougie's eyes began to sparkle, and the family took him home and took great care of him.

Author's note:
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890)

I decided to use the idea of the repetition that was in Johnny Cake. In the original story, the cake escapes and continues to out run several groups of people and animals. Until, a fox out smarts the cake and ends up eating him. I decided to use a dog as the main character of my story and have people not want him because they cannot have a puppy right now. However, in the end, he is happily adopted into a family. 

Tech Tip: Canvas Calendar

Canvas Calendar

Calendar: Thenextweb

First of all, who doesn't love writing out everything that is due immediately after you receive your syllabus and have your brand new planner? Maybe, this is just me... but, let me tell you, writing things down really does help you remember important information. For me personally, I write everything down in my planner and use the canvas calendar sync option. I like to use the canvas calendar because sometimes I miss writing down due dates in my planner, but with the automatic syncing, I can see when things are due and on what day. Plus, since I spend so much on canvas due to other online classes, all I have to do is click the calendar tab to see everything for that day. One feature that is great also, is that once you finish an assignment it crosses it off for that day. If you dont use canvas calendar, I highly recommend it!

Week 12: Reading Notes: Part B

Johnny Cakes
 English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890)

Lava cake: Good Free Photos

• Man, woman, and son, Mom made a Johnny cake and told boy to watch the cake, while the others went to the garden to hoe potatoes
• Boy didn't watch the cake close enough, and the oven opened, and the cake rolled out the door
• Johnny cake out rolled the 3 family members
• Did the same to a well diggers and 2 ditch diggers
• Out rolled a bear and wolf as well
• Fox out smarted the Johnny cake by making him stop and speak louder to him
• Fox snatched up the Johnny cake

Mr. Miacca

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890)

• Tommy grimes was a good and bad boy
• Mom warned him of Mr. Miacca, and one day when in street, he snatched him up
• Took Tommy home and told him how he will cook him with herbs, called out to wife Sally
• Tommy asked Sally if he always ate little boys, only when they are bad
• She likes pudding
• Convinced wife that he could run home for pudding for her too
• However, Tommy was bad again and snatched up by Mr. Miacca
• Told him he would not give them a trick again
• So he put him under the couch, and waited for the water to boil
• Took too long, so he chopped off a leg of the boy
• Leg that he chopped off was indeed his wife's leg
• Tommy ran home and said would never go around the corner again, until he was older

Week 12: Reading Part A: English Fairy Tales

The Old Woman and her Pig
Story source: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890)

Woman milking cow: Wikimedia

• lady found sixpence, and went off to market to buy pig
• Came to stile and pig would come
• Told dog to get pig, wouldn't
• Told stick to hit dog, wouldn't
• told fire to burn stick, but wouldn't
• Saw water, told to quench fire, wouldn't
• Saw ox, told ox to drink water, wouldn't
• Sa butcher, told to kill ox, wouldn't
• Saw rope, to kill butcher, no
• Saw rat to chew rope, no
• Saw cat, asked to kill rat
• Cat said would, only if she brought her milk from the cow
• Cow wanted hay for milk
• Once cow finished hay, woman brought milk to cat, and then cat began to kill the rat; the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the butcher; the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to quench the fire; the fire began to burn the stick; the stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile; and so the old woman got home that night

Week 11 Story: The Grouse and the Rabbit and His Evil Grandmother

There once was a rabbit who loved to play and trick. One day in the Prairie, the rabbit was out in the snow looking. He hopped around the ground, looking all over for something to take back to his Grandmother.

Then a small group of grouse birds were walking on the side of a pond. Together they looked as if they were going to go for a little swim. The rabbit had a good idea.

Spruce Grouse: Wikipedia

He hopped over to the group and grouse and introduced himself.

"Good afternoon!" said the rabbit. "

"Hello! We are the grouse pack, we are just about to go for a swim." Said the head grouse.

"Oh, I would join you, but I'm not a good swimmer. Would you guys like to go back to my house and play?" Asked the rabbit.

"Well we kinda wanted to go for a swim, but you seem nice, so sure! We love playing with new friends." Said the head grouse.

Together, the group of grouse birds and the rabbit went off to the rabbit's place. As they arrived they greeted the rabbit's Grandmother.

"Good afternoon!" they all said together.

As they went into the home, the grandmother grabbed a bag near the a table and snatched up all the grouse birds.

"You see rabbit, we need these birds for dinner. We simply cannot be friends with our food, we must eat them at once." said the Grandmother.

The rabbit began to cry over the snatching of his friends. The Grandmother took the birds away and the rabbit never saw them again. To this day, we still don't know exactly what Grandmother did with rabbit's friends.

Author's note:
The Rabbit and Grouse Girls
Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie McLaughlin (1916)

In the original story, the Rabbit captures the grouse girls and convinced them to go into his bag. He brought them home to his grandmother. When the Rabbit went out to get some sticks, the grouse girls convinced the grandmother to let them go. However, all of them escaped but just one. In my retelling I decided to make the Rabbit and the grouse group friends and having the grouse birds go off to the Rabbit's place to play. However once everyone got to the house, the grouse birds were captured by the grandmother.

Week 11: Reading notes: Part B: Sioux

The Pemmican Man And Unktomi

 Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie McLaughlin (1916)

Wild Buffalo: Wikimedia

• man dressed in buffalo fat and organs
• Unktomi is a spider, and has a large family
• Untktomi and his family saw the man who was covered in buffalo, and wanted to devour it
• When the man noticed be began throwing off the buffalo items and the spider and his family ate them
• He continued to run away and even got into the water, the fat pooled at the top of the lake
• The spiders sucked up this too
• Spiders went around the lake and saw two men, one was Wakapapi
• Instructed them to fight
• The pounded beef man died, and the spiders ate him, the other fat man ran away
• The fat man skinned a deer and climbed in a tree and suspended the meat
• The spider family saw this, but thought they were in the water due to the reflection
• Used rocks to build, but they made him sink to the bottom
• Unktomi died and a fish ate him

Iktomi and the Turtle

 Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa (1901)

• huntsman Patkasa= turtle
• Saw deer that he was standing above as a gift
• Iktomi (deer) tapped him on the shoulder after he had given thanks
• But how...
• Two were going to battle for the deer
• Patkasa was more afraid of being called a coward than of losing the deer

Week 11 Reading Part A: Sioux

The Rabbit and the Grouse Girls
Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie McLaughlin (1916)

Rabbit: Pixabay

• girls are grey and speckled 
• Rabbit convinced all grouse girls to get into his sack
• Brought them back to his grandmother
• Grouse girls cried out and told grandmother they were the grandchildren
• She opened the bag and they flew out, but grandmother caught one

The Rabbit and the Bear

Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie McLaughlin (1916)

• Need a certain arrowhead, had to go to bear hut to get them
• Stopped at a little hut, the first in the town, where everyone went
• Asked bear chief for some flint for arrow heads
• Bear was half flint half hard flesh
• Took a hammer and took some flint from the bear's body
• Rabbit struck too hard and the chief bear fell apart
• Rabbit ran away, cried out for snow
• Rabbit turned back and killed them one by one with his club

Week 10 Story: The Story of the Fox

You may have read my tale "The Fox- Woman, and if you did then you know my story. If not I'll give you a brief synopsis about it.

Red Fox: Nps

I am a fox who takes the form of a woman, and does wifely duties. I come and take care of the house while my husband is away, but when he returns I am my beautiful human self, but there is one problem. I release a foul odor once I have been in my human form for a while.

You may be wondering how I become a woman if I am a fox, and the truth is, I am not really sure how this occurs. There is some magical power that allows me to be a fox in the outdoors but once I enter a home, I am this beautiful woman.

To be honest, I enjoy being my fox self more than the human form. I love running in the outdoors and climbing anything that I can see, and plus I get to use the bathroom outside. Oh, and I can also smell and no one cares.

In my human form, I have to do all these stupid chores. I have to clean the house and make sure everything is tip top in shape. Plus, I don't really like using human showers because they are weird to me. So, once I begin to really smell and put out this foul odor, I leave. I leave the home forever and try to stay in my fox form for as long as I can!

So, now you have heard my story. You may see me running around in the forest, or if you're a male who has been away for a whole, you may see me in your home. And, if your home is clean, please thank me for my work. I spent lots of time making sure it was clean for you, and I absolutely hate doing that. I just wish I could live in my fox form forever!!

Author's note:
The Fox- Woman
Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson (1929)

I decided to give the perspective of the fox woman from the original story. In my story above I give you a brief synopsis of the story, and tell you how the fox feels about her work. I wanted to make it similar to the story line of the original story, but try and make it a little funny. 

Week 10: Reading Notes: Part B

The Dog Husband

Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson (1929)

Whale in the water: Wikipedia

• Girl had a dog whom she loved
• Dog slept by her feet, at night turned to human form and slept next to girl, before morning would turn back to dog
• Girl became pregnant (from dog) family was angry, torched the house and left the girl
• Father killed dog, girl gave birth to 5 pup (4 males and 1 female)
• Dogs were singing and dancing in human form when the mother was away collecting clams
• tore down the dog blanket, were stuck in human form
• Males learned to use a bow and were great hunters, able to kill whales 
• Killed so many, crow went and told the old village
• They did not believe until one of her birds choked on a piece she had stolen
• They then believed and went back to the old village and the sons became chiefs

The Youth Who Joined the Deer

Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson (1929)

Deer and fawn: Pixabay

• Hunter who loved deer, had 2 wives, one bore children one did not
• While hunting, saw tracks of deer, followed them and ran into a woman and her child
• Asked if she had seen deer, she said no, so continued to follow the tracks lead to no where
• Went back to woman and said she must have seen the deer, the man followed the woman because she said she had been waiting for him
• The two went to her village, and all saw that she had brought her husband
• The two became husband and wife, and slept in the same bed but not with each other
• Killed his two brother in laws, missed them
• The flesh was eaten and the bones were thrown into the river
• Came back to life when thrown in water, revived
• Deer people lived by hunting and killing each other and then reviving
• Hunter became buck
• wife gave birth to son

Week 10: Reading Notes: Part A: Native American Marriage Tales

Bear- Woman and Deer- Woman

Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson (1929)

Grizzly Bear: Pexels

• Grizzly bear and doe are wives to chickenhawk
• Grizzly and doe checked one another for lice, grizzly had none and doe di
• Grizzly bit off doe's head and took both piles of acorns
• Burned the head in the fire, doe's children recognized it
• The two fawn's teased the mother crizzly
• They escaped over a river using a Crane's neck as a bridge
• When Grizzly tried to do the same thing, Crane tricked her and she went floating in the river

Eagle and Whale Husband

Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson (1929)

• 2 girls playing with eagle bones and whale bones, said they would marry one of the two
• Eagle swiped up one girl and a whale the other
• Eagle took girl and gave her many small birds to eat, made a role of their wings, one day say a kayaker and wished for a boat to leave
• Went back home, eagle searched for bride, shot in body
• Other girl was tied to bottom of ocean by rope, and had nothing to do but pick lice from whales body
• Girl escaped by boat with brothers
• Whale realized and tried going after her and the boat 3 times
• Last time, the boat made it to see and the whale was turned into a whale-bone

The Fox Woman

Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson (1929)

Fox: Pixabay

• Hunter had a home and would leave to see who would come and observe and take care of his home
• One day left, but still observed his home
• A fox went in, and he was curious
• When he entered, he saw a beautiful woman with a fox's skin hanging up, claimed to be her husbands
• The two lived together for a while, but she produced a foul odor
• Took her fox skin back on and left the man, was never seen near man again

Week 9 Story: The Monkey and the Turtle and Crocodile Part II

Crocodile and Turtle: Flickr

Once there was a monkey who enjoyed deceiving and tricking all creatures of the world. One day, he saw two land creatures walking together: a turtle and a crocodile. While usually these two creatures would not be seen together, the two were best friends.

The monkey saw the two creatures from his tree and thought they would be the perfect pair. He climbed down from his tree and approached the two.

"Hello, I am monkey and saw that the two of you looked lost"

The two creatures responded, "Why yes, we have been traveling all day and night and have arrived here. We are very tried and hungry, and are looking for food and a place to stay"

The monkey smiled. "Why, I can help you, why don't the two of you follow me"

The Turtle and the Crocodile were surprised by the kindness of the Monkey. They were delighted in his kind nature, that they followed the monkey willingly.

They approached a field full of strawberries and vegetables. The Turtle and Crocodile's eyes grew large, and their tummies began to growl.

The Monkey said, "All this fresh fruit and vegetable are mine, and you may eat as much as you wish. I am going to head home, and come back in a little while to show you where you can sleep for the night"

The two creatures, barely heard anything other than they may eat the food, so they indulged in everything in the garden.

As the monkey left, the two creatures were eating, and about five minutes later, the true owner of the garden came by.

"Hey you two! Those are my prize possessions" Yelled the owner.

About that time, the turtle and crocodile had full bellies, and were surprised to hear that the garden did not belong to the Monkey.

The owner chased after them with a long pole and bolos. The turtle grabbed the crocodiles tail, and the crocodile went running far far away from the owner.

Although their tummies were full, the crocodile was able to out run the owner and the two of them went off. Hoping to find a place to stay for the night, from a trustworthy animal.

Author's Notes
The Monkey and the Turtle and Crocodile
 Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)

In the original tale, the Monkey was a deceiver and took upon the Turtle and the Crocodile. In the story, the Monkey took them to a pumpkin plantation and the two creatures ate until they were stuffed, and the Monkey escaped to his home. About the time the animals were eating, the farmer passed by and captured the turtle and crocodile. The farmer ended up killing the two creatures. I decided to use the original story, but change a few details. Instead of pumpkins, I decided to make it a garden, as well as letting the turtle and crocodile survive. I had the two creatures escape the owner of garden, and continue their search for a place to stay. 

Week 9: Reading Notes: Part B: Philippines

Why the Ocean is Salty

Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)

Bora Bora Ocean View: Pexels

• Tall giant named Ang- ngalo, only son of the God of building
• lived in mountains, and dug many caves
• Caves protected God of Wind, Angin 
• One day saw a Goddess across the ocean, purest water, water was made of her tears
• Ang- ngalo walked across the water to her, his footprints are the deep caverns 
• Beautiful maid was Sipgnet, Goddess of darknesses, wished for a mansion white as snow
• Went to Asin God of salt, and got bricks as white as snow
• Could not have her deep and quiet slumber disturbed, sent waves over the little tunnels and bridges the men were making
• This caused the water to become salty, with the salt washing in it

The Story of our Fingers

Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)

• Antonio asked his grandfather why the thumb was far away from the other fingers, he told this story
• Little finger was hungry and asked the ring finger
• Continued to ask other fingers, thumb said we should steal
• All disagreed and pushed the thumb away
• This is why the thumb is far from the others, was willing to steal, while the others were honest
• Willing to die than to steal

The Lost Necklace

Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)

Hens in the grass: Pixabay

• Crow bought a fine necklace from a merchant, so proud immediately started wearing it
• An old friend, a hen admired the necklace, and wished to borrow it for a day
• The Crow liked the hen, so he allowed her to borrow it for the day
• When the crow returned the hen and her chicks had their faces in the ground
• The Hen explained that they lost the necklace that the chicks took it, and that they had been searching forever
• The crow said the hen needed to pay him back or else he was going to take one chick a day until the necklace was paid off
• She had nothing to say but agree
• To this day, this is why chicks and hens put their faces in the ground, they are said to still be looking for this necklace

Week 9: Reading Part A: Philippines

Flying Squirrel Monkey: Wikipedia

The Monkey and the Turtle
Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)

• Monkey and Turtle were friends
• Turtle tricked monkey many times
• Split a banana, monkey got the end that would not grow (top)
• Turtle took the roots, and it grew many fruits
• Monkey went to pick bananas for turtle, but ate them for himself, turtle put sharp pieces in the trunk so the monkey injured himself when he came down
• Turtle gave hot peppers to monkey, snake almost choked him to death
• Then Monkey hallucinated, asking where the turtle was and could hear his voice
• Monkey beat his belly with a rock to death

The Monkey and the Crocodile

Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)

• Monkey needed to get across the water, but all there was, was a crocodile
• Convinced Crocodile to spare his life, and if he brought him across the river that there would be plenty of monkeys for him to eat
• So he did so, but monkey ran fast up to the tree to his mate
• Crocodile said the monkey would pay for this
• Crocodile looked dead, so monkey went down to where they were these bright pepers
• Crocodile put him between his teeth, but monkey convinced him that he was helping the king, and if was dead troops would come after him
• So crocodile agreed to give him as many breads as he wanted, and let him fo
• Monkey ran up to the tree, as the crocodile ate many hot peppers 
• Ran to get water, monkey laughed

The Monkey and the Dragon Flies

Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)

• Poor dragon fly was exhausted from flying and wanted to rest on a branch, and asked the monkey kindly
• They denied that no weak creature could stay on the branches of their shelter
• Monkey tried to hit her
• Dragon fly was quick and flew away and told the king what had happened
• Offered to fight monkeys
• Both agreed, dragon flies were unarmed while monkeys were ready
• When the battle began, dragon flies went straight for their foreheads, and the monkeys attacked the flies, and killed themselves

The Monkey, the Turtle, and the Crocodile

Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)

• Monkey deceived many creatures, and many creatures wished to kill him
• Monkey wants to deceive slow creates of the land, approaches turtle and crocodile
• Two are surprised by the kindness and tell they are looking for food and place to stay
• Monkey offers to help
• Took the two to a pumpkin plantation
• The two of them ate many pumpkin and the owner passed by
• Grabbed their poles and bolos and went after the crocodile
• Turtle grabbed the tail of the crocodile which was not good
• The men captured the two creatures and killed them both