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

Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales

The story about the Ass, The Table, and The Stick stood out to me a lot. This story has a lot of potential to be changed for my story. There can be three new things. I would also like to make the boy and his father have a good relationship and the reason the boy ran away was to gain wealth so that he could take care of him. So each time the boy came back with the wrong thing, it wouldn't be the father that ran him out, but because of his own shame he went out to get more. 

(Boy and his father)

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

Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales, Part A

One story that stood out to me was was the story of Mr. Fox. I thought this was a gruesome story, but an interesting one to tell. I would like to keep this pretty close to the original. There are a few things I would like to change. One, she would not have the hand of the lady that Mr. Fox had brought in, so no one of her family believed her. Second, her family would push for her to marry Mr. Fox. After the marriage her and Mr. Fox left, but a man who had loved her so much followed to make sure that she was safe. He saw that she was not and fought Mr. Fox to protect and he kills Mr. Fox and they fall in love and live happily ever after.

(Large Castle)

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

Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales, Part A

I love old fairy tales and one that stood out to me was Cap o' Rushes. I thought this was a cool story that had a Cinderella appeal to it. I would like to make it more appealing to readers in our generation though. I would like to make it more modern. So I will keep the father and his three daughter. Instead of him asking how much they love him he will ask them to do chores around the house to help with his busy schedule. One daughter did all of the chores, but her older sisters lied to their father and told him the youngest didn't do any of them. So he took her car away, so she was forced to walk to school. The star QB for football would see her everyday walking to school and think she was the most beautiful girl, but he could never find her. Then I would change how the father finds out that she was the daughter that would do all of the chores and she would be rewarded and find true love.

(Girl walking to school)

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

Reading Notes: Apache Tales, Part A

This section was very entertaining and one part stood out to me a lot and that was the killing of the monsters story. I think this could be a cool story to make my own as I can change the monsters that the man killed and how he kills them. One change I would love to make is instead of an elk, who I see as a peaceful creature, I would choose the monster to be a bear. The man can lure the monster in with food and then jump from a tree above to drive a spear into its back. Then the second monster I would like to make a wolf. This monster though, is more wise and does not give in to tricks as easily. So to kill this monsters the man and his companion devise a plan to slay the beast by using a decoy. I want to leave out the rest of the story and add a little sacrifice of the one of the men while killing the wolf monster. This would keep with my theme and show love conquers all.

(Bear and Wolf)

Bibliography: Apache Tales by Jicarilla; link to reading

Reading Notes: Marriage, Part B

This second part of this section was very good and one part that stood out to me was the Dog-Husband. I did not enjoy very much the second half of the story after they had left the girl behind but I enjoyed the first part and believe I could do something with it. First, when the girl becomes pregnant I would make the parents be angry at the dog, but afterwards the dog changes to his human form and shows the parents. The parents were still ashamed, but did not kill the dog. So the village stayed with the girl, but became increasingly angry at the situation. After the birth of the children the villagers would revolt against their house and ask for the dogs life or all would die. I want to show the sacrifice of the dog for his wife and his children. And have a deeper meaning about the love that is shared between a family and that the man of the house would give his life to protect them.

(Woman and her dog)

Bibliography: Native American Marriage Tales, Part B; link to reading

Reading Notes: Marriage The Fox Woman, Part A

These stories are a very beautiful example of the love between a man and a woman. One story really stood out to me. I feel like there are a lot of different angles that I can take this story. One change that I would love to make would be initially I would like to add a fight between the man and woman and that is why the man left. When he comes back he expects the woman to be gone and she is. He would carry on with his normal daily activity, and his house would begin to be a mess. One day he would come back and find his house is in perfect order. Then he would find the wife. She came back because she had missed her husband and had used the skin of a mouse and had hid within the walls of the house to surprise him.

(mouse)

Bibliography: Native American Marriage Tales; link to reading