Week 12 Reading Notes: Celtic

I chose to read Dogs by Christopher Smart this week. I love dogs and so I thought this was a perfect one to write over!
I personally found these fables hard to read and to understand, but I tried my best!
The first fable is about The Faithful House-dog
Basically a man placed a trap for a dog and tried to bribe the dog to fall for it with food.
The dog was not fooled and he got away
The man asked him inside, hence the house dog.

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The next fable an old dog was loyal to his master and would hunt with him
The dog was so old however that he could not keep hold of the latest kill.

Week 11 Story Planning Post

I chose to write a remake version of the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs by Joseph Jacobs.





I think it would be really fun to write this as though it was from the wolf, but the wolf isn't a bad guy he just wants to have lunch WITH the pigs. Another idea for this is to make it more from the pigs point of view! OH the wolf could be bad still but make it from his point of view and he tells of how he is so disrespected and he can't go into town to get food or anything.

This story is the traditional story of 3 pigs who were set off to survive for themselves

Piglets Source

~One chose to make a house out of straw
a wolf came and said "little pig little pig let me come in"
he replied "no no by the hair of my chinny chin chin"
the wolf blew his house down and ate the pig
I would chose to write this out and he only got mad because everyone in town was so afraid of him so he was forced to eat them-maybe by like a spell or something? Or the wolf explains how he is wanting to talk to the pig but once again is denied and so he eats him.
 
~one chose to make a house out of Furze (kinda reminds me of a rose bush with spikes and flowers)
the wolf came and said the same thing
the pig said no and he ate him
Once again the wolf would explain that he wanted to simply talk with the pig but he refused. and he didnt mean to blow his house down it was a miscommunication!

~the third pig built a house out of bricks
the wolf came and when the pig said he couldn't come in, he couldn't blow the house down.
Since the wolf couldn't use his typical tactic he thinks what if we met in a public place and he suggests the turnip field

The wolf tried to trick him and told him they would go and get turnips at 6
At 5 the pig went and got some turnips which made the wolf mad
He was stood up! he just wants to talk and it is getting so twisted and out of hand!
The pig tricked him about going to a fair the same way
He is finally fed up with getting stood up and said that he was going to come back to his house one last time
The pig put a pot of water underneath the chimney and boiled the wolf when he came down
The pig refused to open the door even though he knew the pig was in there so he went in through the roof and his last words were "why is everyone so afraid of me"
He lived happily ever after
The wolf did not live happily ever after lol
I could have an excerpt of like "five years late" and the pig is telling the story to his kids! Like tell us again how our uncles died...

Week 11 Reading Notes Part B

This second story is Henny-Penny by Joseph Jacobs

This story is loosely like chicken little
A hen named henny-penny was eating corn one day and something hit her head from the sky so she went off to tell the king that the sky was falling
she gathered up a lot of other fun named friends along the way
they came up to a fox and he said that they were going the wrong way and to follow him
the fox led them to a cave and said to come in one at a time
he killed all of them
one of them didnt die right away and got to warn henny-penny and so she ran home
she never told the king the sky was falling

Henny-Penny Source

Week 11 Reading Notes

I chose to write over the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs by Joseph Jacobs.

My all time FAVORITE animal is the pig, I have been obsessed since I got some beanie baby pigs when I was 6 months old crying on an airplane. I still have them to this day!
This story is the traditional story of 3 pigs who were set off to survive for themselves

Piglets Source

~One chose to make a house out of straw
a wolf came and said "little pig little pig let me come in"
he replied "no no by the hair of my chinny chin chin"
the wolf blew his house down and ate the pig
~one chose to make a house out of Furze (kinda reminds me of a rose bush with spikes and flowers)
the wolf came and said the same thing
the pig said no and he ate him
~the third pig built a house out of bricks
the wolf came and when the pig said he couldn't come in, he couldn't blow the house down.

The wolf tried to trick him and told him they would go and get turnips at 6
At 5 the pig went and got some turnips which made the wolf mad
The pig ricked him about going to a fair the same way
The pig put a pot of water underneath the chimney and boiled the wolf when he came down
He lived happily ever after

Storytelling: The 5 Dogs

Bea Lewis
March 29, 2017
Creative Writing 2325

The 5 Dogs

5 Puppies Source

              Once upon a time there was a village settled in current day Oklahoma. This was a very special and strange village named Kayak.  In Kayak lived many families, however one in particular contained a nice family of a mom, dad, and daughter, this family had a very beautiful dog as well. This dog was very attached to the daughter, whose name was Jenna. Jenna and the dog, Jake, were the best of friends and every night they slept together. Now every night, this dog would transform into a man      (told you this village was strange) and once Jenna became of age, the human Jake and Jenna would sleep together at night to which she fell pregnant. Poor Jenna began to show a bump and her father was outraged. Even worse, her father found out who the true father was. He was so angry he decided to kill the beloved dog/human, Jake. Even worse than killing Jenna's lover, her parents abandoned her and burned everything down so she was left with nothing.

             

 An old neighbor who always had a soft spot for Jenna gave her a match and told her where to find a place to build a fire. This old woman led her to a nice barn and months later Jenna gave birth to 5 lovely puppies. These puppies, while cute, were rambunctious and since Jenna had 4 boys and 1 girl she barely had a hold on them. It is hard to raise 5 children, let alone 5 children of a different species so Jenna worked multiple jobs to support them all. Everyday Jenna would hear giggling and laughter as she left the house! So one day she hid and peered through a window once the puppies believed she was gone. What she saw blew her away; her 5 puppies were now 5 small children! Jenna stormed back in, yelling at the children for hiding this from their mother for so long. Rather than use this anger as a reason to be angry, she channeled it into teaching the young boys how to hunt. 

Many years later and the boys were the best whale hunters she had every encountered. They would drag in the whales to the little town they had built for themselves and have feasts. Jenna's only daughter learned how to sew from her mother and would create beautiful dresses. After a while the old woman came back to see how the family was doing and saw all of the whale meat available. The new town that everyone ran too after Jenna became pregnant was struggling. So the old lady went back to her town and told everyone of the prosperous Kayak and convinced everyone to move back. Everyone was so impressed with the boys hunting talents that they made them all chiefs and made the only daughter a princess. The town went back to normal, the parents apologized for their behavior and they lived happily ever after.

Bibliography: This story is The Dog-Husband  by Stith Thompson, originally from Tales of the Northern American Indians.

Authors Note: This story was originally about a young girl who fell pregnant by a dog/human and an old crow led her to the place to make a fire. I found it a little too weird for all of the neighbors to be part animals so I made it an old woman! I chose to write it as if it was written for another class and put a heading on top!

             

Reading Notes: Native Americans Part B

This week I chose to read Myths and Legends of Alaska told by Inuit storytellers.

I chose to read the story The Orgins of the Wind

Walrus Source

-A man and his wife had no children
-the man carved a doll out of wood he found from a beautiful lonely tree
-the man made fur clothes for this doll
-they honored the doll and took care of it
-the doll came alive and they saw his eyes move
-the doll went missing
-the doll went towards the light that led the man to the tree
-the doll cut holes in the sky to create wind
-after the doll continued to cut holes to make the wind he went back to the village

Reading Notes: Native American Part A

This week I chose to read Myths and Legends of Alaska told by Inuit storytellers.

Funny polar bear Source

I chose to take notes over the first story: The creation of the Raven

-it sounds like a man basically cracked from an egg?
-His egg was hanging from a Beach Pea vine
-He drank water?
-A raven came and flew to him
- PLOT TWIST THE RAVEN CHANGED INTO A MAN
-The raven is confused as he has never seen someone like him before
-He repeatedly asks where the man just came from
-the raven is the one who planted the beach vine or so he says
-The raven leaves for 4 days and comes back with 4 berries he has made.
-The man eats them!
The raven then makes some mountain sheep along with some reindeer
-The raven then makes some wild reindeer
-The raven then decides that the man will be lonely and makes for him out of clay a beautiful girl.