Week 5, Reading notes Part A

The wolf and the goat

the wolf came and stole the goats children after he pretended to be her by painting his hand red. Then the goat asked the wolf to fight her in exchange for her children. To prepare for the fight, she went and gifted and person to sharpen her horns. The wolf did the same, but he gave a bad gift, so the person pulled his teeth instead of sharpening them. The goat then suggested they drink water before the fight, and the wolf did, getting so full he fell in the water and the goat stabbed him and he died,

The moral of this story is
1. don't steal a momma goat's babies
2. don't expect something nice if you give something bad in return
3. good overcomes (and out smarts) evil

I really liked this story, it had fun poems and an interesting plot line.

For my own version, I would write about a mother who goes to the market, and while she is gone a witch comes and takes her children. When she gets back she asked the witch for her children, and she denies. The mother must outsmart the witch to get her kids back. This follows the story that I read, but contains different characters and slightly different motives.

 Persian Tales, translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer and illustrated by Hilda Roberts (1919).
white goat with horns

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