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Storytelling - week 15

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The Hardworking Man There was once a man who worked in the oilfield. He worked all day and all night and earned so much money that his boss began to resent him. "You are working too much, and now I have to give you all my money," he said. He scolded the man and made him move to a different rig where he did not have to pay him for his hard work. A company man heard about the hard working man, and sought after him. He respected the man for his hard work and offered him a job on his site. He told the man that if he worked non stop for the next three years, he will receive his own company. The man agreed. The man knew the struggles he may face while working non-stop. "How will I eat, or drink, or sleep?" he asked himself. He thought long and hard about how he would make this dream come true. He then had an idea.. To help him achieve his goal, he recruited three other rig hands to help him work. The rig hands agreed to help him only if they could be company men of
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Reading Notes B - week 15

Reading Notes B This story is about tricks.The man tricks his mean wife into going into the pit. Then once the demon comes out of the pit, he begins ticking the people that his is saving them from the demon, when in reality the demon and him have teamed up so he can earn money Then he tricks the demon into going back into the pit to be with the bad wife. He earns a daughter's hand in marriage for making the demon disappear, even though he was the one who brought him into the world. Russian Fairy Tales  by W. R. S. Ralston (1887).
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Reading Notes A - week 15

Reading A - The three spinsters This story is clever and witty. I really enjoyed the story line and the slight twist at the end. I truly could not predict how it was going to end. mom beats daughter for not spinning queen hears her cries, questions why mother is beating daughter mom is ashamed to admit her daughter won't spin, so lies and says she is spinning too much queen takes her to the castle where she can spin all the flax in the kingdom queen says if she gets it all done she can marry her son daughter does not want to spin at the castle, so she finds three woman who are fast spinners they have ugly features cause by spinning so much daughter asks women to help her spin all the flax in the kingdom they agree as long as they can attend her wedding as her "cousins" they spin all the flax in the kingdom without anyone knowing it was them when the queen the finished project, she schedules the wedding at the wedding, he r son asks why the cousins are so u
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Reading Notes A - week 14

This story is part of the  Italian Popular Tales unit . Story source:  Italian Popular Tales  by Thomas Frederick Crane (1885). Water and Salt This story is a twisted version of a father's love for his daughter. The king's daughter told him she loved him as much as salt and water. The king thought this wasn't much, so he had her killed. The daughter's sisters did not want her to die, so they had the servant kill a dog instead, and sent the sister to the forrest. In the forrest, she met a king, whose son fell in love with her. They were to get married, but only if she invited her father, a king. When he father was there, the feasted, but he was not allowed to have salt or water with his meal, which was miserable and he could not eat. The daughter approached him and explained why she loved him as much as salt and water. He realized that meant she loved him endlessly, and he begged for her forgiveness and they lived happily ever after.
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Reading Notes A - Week 13

This story is about a young girl who is hated by her stepmother. Her stepmother is jealous of her hair and cuts it off with an axe, then kills her. Her brother, who loved her, buries her and through his tears grew a rose bush. A bird came out of the rose bush and flew into town. The bird sang a song and gather treasures. The bird brought them back and gave a treasure to the brother and the father. When the stepmother went to get her treasure, the bird dropped a millstone and killed her. Story source:  English Fairy Tales  by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890). The Rose Tree LIBRIVOX AUDIO: The Rose Tree
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Reading Notes A, Week 12 - Robin Hood and the Ranger

Robin Hood and the Ranger The stories from the British origin are interesting and unique. I read the Robin hood section, which consisted of many poem-like writings. The story I read was called Robin Hood and the Ranger. It was a unique story about hunting and had a fun rhyming sense to it. If I were to rewrite this story, I would keep the theme of the poem structure, and the subject of the hunt, but change the purpose. the characters, and the motives. This story is part of the  Robin Hood unit . Story source:  The English and Scottish Popular Ballads  by Francis James Child (1882-1898).
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storytelling, week 11 - the creation of the mermaid

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The Creation of the Mermaid The whale created the oceans, far and wide, deep and shallow, black and blue. He created the plants that bloomed vibrantly through the waving currents, and he created the sand that shimmered abundantly beneath the weight of the water. The whale also created the live that happily swam among the tides. The whale was proud and very content with his creation, but one day he decided there should be another creation, none like he has ever made before. It shall be called a mermaid, because of its man like-features. The whale gathered the animals that lived in his ocean, and held a meeting that would decide what the new creation should consist of. Each animal had its own thoughts of what the new life should be. The clown fish thought the mermaid should be orange and white, just like him. The shark thought it should have razor sharp teeth, so it could hunt better than any other fish. The tuna thought the mermaid should be agile and very large, to cut and dive thr
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