Mythology and Folklore Blog

The Farmer and the Stork (Stork from Free Stock Photos ) I really enjoyed the Aesop fable in the Week 2 reading anthology so I thought for an extra credit reading I would try one of the Aesop sections. Plot: A stork is invited to a party with cranes at a newly planted field. The stork goes and all the birds get caught in the farmer's net. The stork begs the farmer to spare him as he is not a crane and did not know they were going to steal. The farmer refuses, saying even if you are a good bird, you are with the thieving cranes and will be given the same punishment. Characters: The characters in this story are the good stork who hangs out with the wrong crowd, the thieving cranes, and the farmer who doles out the lesson. Lesson: You're judged by the company you keep. Ideas: I just really like this lesson because it is so true. Everyone has had a time where they were judged by the company they keep and it's important to remember that. This story could be kept ...

This extra credit reading assignment note is from the week 14-15 reading of fairytale anthologies by Hans Christian Andersen Part A . As I am thinking about doing a suitor test focused storybook, I decided to write these notes on The Princess and the Pea . Plot: A prince wants to marry a real princess He has been going around meeting princesses, but something about them is always not quite right A girl comes in during a stormy night drenched in rain and a mess but says she is a real princess The old queen puts down a pea under twenty mattresses and tells the girl to sleep there as a test The next day the queen asks her how she slept and she says terribly because she was bruised by something The queen knows she is a real princess because she felt the pea through all those mattresses The prince and princess are married The pea is put in a museum Characters: The prince looking for a princess The old queen who devises the test The princess who comes in with the sto...