Reading Notes: Pied Piper

The story that caught my eye was the Pied Piper. I had read it when I was a kid, but had forgotten about it 'til now. I would love to evolve this story to become my own. There are a few ways I would try to do this. One, I want to make the rat part very small because I would like to focus more of my story on the second side. I would like to do a part of what happened to the children afterwards. One child escaped the trance, but couldn't get any of the other kids to break free. Instead of running back to be with his family he devised a plan to stop the pied piper and to rescue the children and bring them home.

(Pied piper)

Bibliography: More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs; link to the reading

Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales, Part B

The story that stood out to me this week was Mr. Miacca. I think that this story is one of a very clever boy that escaped deer circumstances by using his mind to outwit those who had captured him. I really enjoyed this story and while I was reading it saw the potential for changes to make it unique to me. One thing I would love to change are the ways in which the boy escapes. I would like to give the boy a friend who helps him escape, sacrificing his own safety to save his dear friend. This would keep up with my portfolio theme and keep the cleverness of the story the same.

(Mr. Miacca)

Bibliography: English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs; link to reading

Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales, Part A

I continue to use the English Fairy Tales because I think they are amazing stories and have so much potential to be changed through my imagination. The story that really caught my eye and that I enjoyed reading was The Old Woman and Her Pig. I think this story is very funny and the repetition shows and grows the story to continue to develop. I would love to change this story to fit my theme of sacrifice. This story could use so many different paths in the repetition that it has and I would love to use this to my advantage and change the pace and themes of the requests.

(Woman and her Pig)

Bibliography: English Fairytales by Joseph Jacobs; link to reading