Picked on, then Picked up

An example of bullying. Source

Why do I get picked on every day? I ask quietly to myself. Every day someone calls me stupid, shoves me into the wall or makes fun of how tall I am. I can't help it that I am 6' 2" tall. All the other guys are short. Mom said there is nothing wrong with me and forces me to go to school anyways. No matter how many times I ask to not go...

"Move freak" is what I hear as I am walking to class, I hear that about four times a week. That is nothing new so I let it slide off of me and keep walking. Today, when I sat in my seat I noticed that something isn't right. My pants feel sticky where I sat. I stand up and realize someone put glue all over my seat. I hear everyone laughing as I run out to the office to call my mom to come get me. As I sit and wait on my mom I notice a girl that is in some of my other classes is staring at me. I stare back, but she doesn't look away. Instead, she approaches me.

 "Why do you put up with everyone being mean to you?" I believe her name is Bailey asks. "I don't know. I just let it happen, because it's what I know," I say. "Well, stop," she simply says. I look at her as if she has grown a second head.

 "Why do you care if they pick on me?"
"Because it is not nice or fair. You should tell them to stop, and use your size to intimidate them."
"But my size is why they make fun of me," I say.
"They're just jealous that you are tall and that all the girls have a crush on you."

Now, I am absolutely stunned by what she is saying. This is the first real female contact I have had outside of class in a long time. My face has shock written all over it and my mind is going a thousand miles a minute of this new discovery.

"Every time someone is mean to you or says something tell them to shut up or go away. It is time to stand up for yourself," Bailey says.
The last thing I want is to be mean like everyone has been to me. I know though that something has to change. What I didn't realize was that every time someone was mean to me, I built up a "shell." Everything just bounced off me after a while and I had become harden to other kids.

The next day, "GET AWAY FROM ME!" I yell at yet again another person who tries to shove me into the wall. This pattern continues for about two days before everyone began to see me differently. Suddenly, girls would talk to me, other guys wanted to be my friend, and those who didn't want to be my friend feared me.

I didn't want people to fear me but I did want to be respected. I finally got the respect that I wanted. I also got the girl as his girlfriend that gave me the confidence to stand up for myself.

Author's Note:
I chose to use the story How the Tortoise Got Its Shell. The tortoise in the story was sent on an errand to return only to be locked out of the castle he was supposed to be in. While on the errand, he became drunk and showed up late to the castle. I made my character tall like the tortoise to have some similarity in stories. He was carrying a great weight on his back. The weight crushed him. Time passed before anyone had discovered the tortoise. He had formed a hard shell. I used the concept of him gaining a shell and made it a positive thing in my story. I even used the world shell in this story to symbolize and tie together the two stories I wasn’t sure where I was going with my story at first. I knew I had shell to work with. I tried writing a different way with a little more dialogue between characters. I broke my paragraphs up differently as well. I thought it would make it easier to read. I went back and added some details. I also tried to get to the point of my story using fewer words. I really started to like this story after I wrote it. I liked the general idea of it. It seemed better than majority of my other stories that I have written.


Bibliography:  West African Folktales by William H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair, with drawings by Cecilia Sinclair (1917).

Story Retelling Week 13: A Cheerleader Murderer.

A bloody knife. Source

Things were going well Gracie, she was student body president, she was the head cheerleader, and had the star quarterback boyfriend. While she had everything one could possibly want, she was the nicest person around. Everyone loved her and it was impossible to hate her. Which made everyone wonder how Gracie was being arrested for murder.

"AHHHHHH" was heard all throughout the entire women's locker room and the gym. Girls running, screaming, and blood was on Gracie's hands. Gracie was obviously the suspected killer. She was the last person to see Jennifer alive and she literally had her blood on her hands. Gracie panicked and ran as well but was caught and cuffed before she could fully understand what had happened.

The day seemed like a normal one, Gracie rode to school with her boyfriend Kyle, ate lunch with her friends, and was on her way to cheer practice. But not before she accidentally ran into a group of kids that Gracie would never hang out with. "Watch out slut" a girl with dark hair and bright eyes rimmed with dark eyeliner yelled. Gracie apologized over and over. The girl who yelled was named Allie, and Allie and Gracie had a past. They were once friends but ended when Gracie became a cheerleader. Allie never forgave Gracie for changing her friends.

 The day before Gracie had a bad day. Everything for her was going wrong. She argued with the co captain, she forgot her homework, and was sent to the office for her outfit being to "revealing." The day of murder things were better until then.

Gracie begged for someone to prove she was innocent as she was dragged into the police car. A day later, Gracie woke up in her holding cell next to Allie and the co captain Meredith of the cheer team. In shock Gracie asks how they got there. The other 2 girls were also suspected of being the murderer.

The knife that was used was found in Allie's locker but Meredith had a motive to pin this murder on Gracie. Meredith was the one of the only people to hate Gracie. She wanted her cheer spot as captain. Allie doesn't know how the knife got in her locker. She opened it after school for it to fall on the floor in front of everyone.

No one suspected the killer. It felt like a slap to the face for the entire community. A girl who is innocent is dead because one person wanted them to be dead. Finger prints were found on the knife. 3 pairs. But only 2 of them belong to the 3 sitting in the cell. Clearly there is another person who is not in the cell that should be.

An overheard conversation in the boys locker room reveals who the killer is. It turns out the victim was the wrong person. The murder went into the locker with one person in mind. They saw who they thought was the intended victim. They stabbed the knife over and over, when Gracie walked in to witness it. The killer had on a mask and was in all black. The killer jumped when Gracie screamed, Gracie tried to wrestle the knife away, but ended up being covered in blood. The knife and the murder disappeared. The murder saw an open locker and threw the knife in there. Meredith was still fuming from her fight with Gracie the day before and Allie was bitter about her new popularity.

The girls were discussing the situation when the jail doors flew open and their jaws dropped to see none other than Kyle being brought in restrained in hand cuffs. Kyle was kicking and screaming "IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOU" at Gracie. Gracie confused as to what was going on, heard Kyle yelling that she was supposed to be the one killed because he couldn't handle having her as a girlfriend anymore. The girls were released but Gracie was still unsure what Kyle couldn't handle about their relationship. She was just happy to see herself as free again but sad to know someone had died because of her..

Author's Note: This was easily the most unusual story I have written yet. I took the story of The Queen Bee. In this story a dwarf sets out into the world to find his 2 older brothers. The 3 set out and are taken to castle where they are tested to find hidden pearls. The 2 older brothers tried to cause destruction while on their journey. The king of the castle makes the one who wins the challenge do another challenge before he can wed his daughter. They have to figure out which one is the youngest to marry. My story was a huge stretch of what the original was. My story was inspired by the part of the original story that the winner of the challenge had to figure out which of the daughters was the youngest. In mine they had to figure out which if any of the girls had murdered the girl in the locker room. I decided to take a turn with my writing and try something new. I have written lots of good cookie cutter endings. I just like the mystery of this one.

Bibliography: The Queen Bee. translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes, with illustrations by R. Anning Bell (1912).

Extra Reading Diary Week 6: The Brothers Grimm Libivox

The Queen Bee

Two brothers went out in the world and were foolish with their ways. They had a younger brother who was dwarf that went in search of his brothers. On their journey back home, the two older brothers kept wanting to kill the innocent creatures they came across. They came to a castle where an old man showed them a great feast and a bed for the night. The man took the eldest soon, told him there were a 1000 pearls hidden and that he was to find them all for the king to wed his daughter. He only found 100 the next brother found another 100. The dwarf set out but stopped to cry because the task was hard. The ants he had saved earlier stopped to help him find the rest of the pearls. The next task, was to retrieve the key for the princess's room at the bottom of the lake.Two ducks went and fished the key out of the lake for him. The king had 3 daughters, and the last task was to pick one between the three. Each had eaten something different and he had to choose the one that ate the honey. The Queen bee who the dwarf saved earlier flew in and checked to see which had the honey. The dwarf knew which daughter was the youngest that had the honey and who to choose. The spell that had been place on everyone turning them into stone was broken and everyone had awoken. The dwarf son married the youngest princess, and became king once the king died and the brothers married the other sisters

Bibliography: translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes, with illustrations by R. Anning Bell (1912).

A Honey Bee. Source





 

Reading DIary B Week 6: African Folktales

The Moon and Stars

• Great famine, Anasai And Kweku Tsin, were hungry and set out to find food in the forest, wehre they are fortunate enough to find a deer.
• Kwkeu Tsin thought his father was lost to only be found, he shouted his fathers name, which he received a rely that he thougt was his father.
• It was a monster that was replying, Kweku Tsin was terrified
• The dragon was not happy to see his deer's body
• The son told his father of the dragon, the dragon carried them off to his cave
• A white rooster would crow when anything went wrong
• Kweku Tsin gathered his fellow prisoners to find a way to get out of the cave
• He scattered rice all over the floor for the cock to pick up
• He had the spinners spin a fine hempen rope.
• He would throw the rope ladder to heaven with hopes the gods will catch it.
• The plan has worked so far, he went last but only to be followed by the dragon.
• Kweku Tsin would throw bones at him to keep him busy while they climbed
• He cut the ladder causing the dragon to fall to the ground while he was pulled up to the heavens
• Everyone was so pleased with his bravery they made him the sun and his father the mood. and their friends the stars.

How the Tortoise Got Its Shell

• Mauri wanted to have a great yam festival.
• He sent his servants to get goats, sheep, cows
• Mr. Klo was sent to get palm wine.
• Klow was a power traveler and speedily reached his destination
• Koklovi was a chick in the palm fields
• To get the wine Klo had to fight Koklovi
• Klo won, taking a great pot filled with wine
• Klo became drunk off of excess wine.
• It began to rain, Klo was locked out of the party, and couldn't get in
• The rain didn't stop for 2 months. So everyone stayed in the palace
• Klo died waiting outside under the weight of the pot.
• The palm trees piled up on him and the people had to cut away at them once the rain had stopped
• When they found Klo they noticed a earthenware pot and dust had caked fan formed a hard cover on his back
• He was restored back to life but was not able to stand up straight again, and had a large shell on his back.

A tortoise. Source

Reading Diary A Week 5: African Stories

A Wolf spider. Source

How We Got the Name "Spider Tales"

• Nyankupon the chief of the gods
• Spider that was conceited, wanted stories to be told about him
• Nyankupon requested, a jar of live bees, a boa constrictor, and a tiger
• He retrieved all the requested items and was rewarded for his cleverness

How Wisdom Became Property of the Human Race

• Father named Anasai from Fanti-land
• The country men anger Anasai and they were stripped of their wisdom
• Anasai had a son named Kweku Tsin, he followed his father out the house
• They went to the forest and climbed the highest most inaccessible tree
• The pot that he carried stopped him from being able to climb the tree
• Kweku Tsin asked his father what he was doing, and his father told him his son had more wisdom than he did
• Anasai threw the pot down allowing the wisdom to escape into the world

Why the Lizard Moves His Head Up and Down

• 3 daughters are kept hidden from the world but their family
• They kept their names hidden, the father said if anyone can figure out their names, they can marry his daughter
• Anasai hid in a tree with fruit, he poured honey over the fruit, dropped it from the tree, and waited for the daughters to find it.
• The daughters all yelled out the others name
• Anasai told the lizard the names, but the lizard stole the wives
• Anasai wanted to seek revenge on the lizard
• Anasai killed the king's rooster, put the feathers under the lizards bed, and poured boiling water down the lizards throat
• Lizards have a way of moving their head

Tit for Tat

• There was a great famine, meat was scarce. People were starving
• Kweku-Tsin was Anasai's eldest son, he discovered a place where there were animals plentiful
• He would take the meat and sell it to the poor people in town
• Anasai wanted to know his sons ways
• Anasai tricked his son into leaving the meat to him
• When the famine was over, Kweky had a great feast for the village

Why White Ants Always Harm Man's Property

• Bad famine, corn worth more than gold
• The spider found a dead antelope that he placed on his head
• He told everyone it was his dead grandfather
• Wolf and Leopard didn't believe the spider
• They took his antelope to eat it, then spider planned to get it back
• An angry vowed to never help anyone again
• Ants have been a pest to man since this day

The Grinding Stone That Ground Flour By Itself

• Great famine.
• One family was health, Anasai's cousin
• Being greedy, he went to find their secret
• He found out they were eating honey
• He would feed his family to keep them healthy
• Spider carried the stone to village selling flour unit his bag was full.
• The stone killed the spider which is why we always find spiders under small rocks

Thoughts and Comments

As much as I hate to read it or sometimes give it because I feel rude, constructive criticism can be so helpful. I like getting it because it makes my work better, but it also gives me ideas when I am stuck writing. It also helps take out or correct things that don't make sense. Most of the comments I have received have been nice, complementing my work and pointing out some things that would make it better. When I comment on others I try to put one thing that could make their writing better.

Tech Tip: Pinterest Board

I created a Pinterest board for this class. I absolutely love Pinterest.While I don't use it as often I used to, I always know I can go to Pinterest if I need a recipe, an idea for a gift, or to do this class. This website is full of things from fashion, to food, to photography, and more. If you are looking for almost anything at all get on Pinterest and I promise you can find it.

Personal photo of my Pinterest board.

Extra Reading: Indian Fariy Tales

The Gold-Giving Serpent

• A poor famer named Haridatta
• A snake slithered out of a hole and the brahman decided to worship it.
• The brahman would leave a bowl of milk for the snake and would find a gold denar in the bowl each time he did
• The brahman sent his son to put the bowl out when the son got the idea that the ant hill the snake lived in would be filled with gold
• He tried to kill the snake but the snake bit him and killed him instead
• The brahman distraught with grief cried to the snake but the snake gave him a pearl and told him to return no more.

Pride Goeth Before a Fall

• 10 cloth merchants did everything together
• A group of robbers stole of the merchants clothes and money
• The robbers would make the merchants dance in their loin cloths
• The traders teamed up on the robbers and took back their stuff

The Prince and the Fakir

• King Fakir wants a son to pass on his kingdom
• A man gives him two meats to feed to his wives that will bare him two sons
• One son will be for the king and the other for the man
• The king's daughter married a prince that took over the kingdom

How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner

• Sun, Moon, and Wind went to have dinner with their aunt and uncle Thunder and Lightening
• Their mother was a very distant star
• Sun and Wind were very greedy while Moon was king and unselfish
• Their mother cursed sun with hot rays for not thinking of his mother
• She cursed Wind shall blow hot and dry weather, making man avoid him
• Moon was gifted with being beautiful and considered blessed by man

The Moon. Source

Storytelling Week 5: Wooden toys to Royalty

A wooden toy. Source

A king, his queen, and their beautiful daughter Eliza, lived in wealth and luxury. Their daughter only would drink from only golden cups, the queen only wore the most expensive jewels, and the king would only have the rarest most expensive beer with all his meals. The family has taken to the lifestyle nicely but, it hasn't always been this rich.

A poor man would send his small daughter on to the streets with the toys he has built in his carpentry shop behind their house. The poor family couldn't afford to have a store like everyone else in town, so he built from his home. He knew it was difficult for people to tell Eliza no so she worked all day. The family used the money the daughter earned on food, supplies for the toys, and trying to keep everyone clothed. Some nights the only person to get to eat is the family was Eliza, the man would be damned before he saw his daughter go to bed hungry. The family might not have had much but they had each other.

One day while Eliza was out on the streets selling her pretty toys, a boy around the same age approached her with fascination. Eliza being as friendly as she was stuck her hand right out and said " hi there, I'm Eliza," the boy returned her hand shake with a small "Eric." Although he was more shy than Eliza, he insisted Eliza go play with him back at his big house. Eliza knew better than to leave, but she loved making new friends. She picked up all the toys, hid them in an alley an ran off with Eric. Not 10 minutes after the children had left , her father came back to check on her progress and bring her lunch. Immediately Eliza's father knew something was wrong. He screamed "ELIZA," he asked everyone on the streets had he seen his precious daughter but no one had. Until an old lady that sat across the street from Eliza everyday and watched her, spoke up and said "I saw her and a boy run off toward the castle." The man absolutely determined to find her ran to the castle.

The kids were inside playing their little hearts out. They were in the middle of hide and seek when they heard a commotion outside at the door. Eliza saw her dad arguing with the guards. The guards wouldn't let her father in. Eliza waved to her daddy yelling "hi daddy!" Once the castle confirmed it was in fact in her father, he was let in to wait in the throne room. He admired the beautiful chairs in awe of the details they held. "Daddy!" Eliza yelled at the entrance of the room only to be trailed by the king, the queen and Eric. "I had so much today daddy, and look the king looks just like you!" How the detail was overlooked for so long was beyond the man. But immediately everyone in the room noticed the similarities and became very still.

The man knew he his father had another son but was not able to keep him because he was too poor to take care of two children. His brother was never found. The king married a princess making him the new king of the kingdom.  After sitting down and discussing the details of the situation, the man and the king agreed they were in fact brothers. The king declared a parade to be held in honor of his new found family members. The family moved into the castle no longer wanting to be apart. "We have been apart too long brother, come live here" said the king.

Sadly 6 months after the family moved in, the king and queen went on a trip but not return. Their ship never returned and was lost at sea. Automatically by default the man was now the new king, his wife the queen, and Eliza a princess. While the man had no idea how to be king and was mourning his brother he took the throne with honor while taking in Eric as a new son. As time passed they became accustomed to living in luxury. The king would only drink the rarest beer, the queen only wore the finest jewels, and Eliza only drank from golden cups.

Author's Notes: I got my underlying idea of my story from the story The Golden Goose. In the original story the mother is poor with two children. A goose whose feathers were made of gold and were worth money. The daughters were supposed to sell the feathers for money for living. The mother becomes too greedy and ruins the goose's feathers. In my story I decided to keep a couple details the same but I wanted the family to find a way to get out of their situation. I like how the story began and ended the same.

Bibliography: More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, illustrated by Ellsworth Young (1922).

Reading Diary Post B: Indian Stories

The Golden Goose

• A goose lived by a poor mother and her 2 daughters
• The goose decided to give the family its feathers so they could sell them to make money
• The mother was greedy and grabbed the goose and plucked it of all its feathers
• The feathers were plucked would turn white being valueless.
• The goose never returned

The Stupid Monkeys

• The king gave his kingdom the day off however, the gardener did not get the day off
• A tribe of monkeys lived in the garden and the gardener wanted them to water the trees
• The monkeys agreed to do the job
• To see how much water to give the trees, they pulled them up to look at their roots
• This killed all the trees

The Cunning Wolf

• A town went on holiday in the woods but ate all the meat before dinner.
• They decided to go hunting to have a bbq
• The man took a club to the river and tried to club the king of wolves
• The man went back empty handed

The Woodpecker and the Lion

• The Lion got a bone stuck in his teeth
• The lion asked the woodpecker to climb in his mouth to get the bone out
• The woodpecker stuck a stick in the lion's mouth so the lion could not eat him
• The woodpecker helped the lion and then the lion requested that the woodpecker do him a favor
• The lion said he didn't eat the woodpecker and that was enough for the woodpecker to do him a favor

A wolf. Source

The Otters and the Wolf

• 2 wolves went to the river to eat fish when they saw 2 otters chasing after a great fish
• The otters caught the fish but fought over who got the half with the head
• The wolf stole the fish from the otters

How the Monkey Saved His Troops

• The monkeys would collect the mangos off a the tree
• The fishermen would catch the mangos in their nets
• The king liked the mangos
• The king went to the mango tree and wanted to shoot the monkeys to eat them
• The chief monkey saved his troops by allowing them to run across a branch and swing to the other bank.
• The king spared his life for taking care of his group

The Hawks and Their Friends

• On the north shore of a lake lived a lion, a kingfisher on eastern shore, and a turtle on the southern shore
• The hawks decided to make friends with the animals on the other shores
• Two hunters went to the lake but found nothing
• The fire they created woke up the baby hawks and they intended on eating them
• The hawks asked the turtle for help but the hunters tried to eat him
• The lion came to the hawks rescue and saved the day.

Reading Diary A: Indian Stories

The Monkey and the Crocodiles

• A mother crocodile asked her to son to get her monkey so she could eat its heart
• The crocodile tricked the monkey to get on his back where the croc would try to drown him
• The monkey informs the crocodile that he didn't bring his heart with him
• The monkey tricked the crocodile into taking him back to the bank

Part II

• The Monkey moved to another tree down the bank which had an island of ripe fruit across from it
• The crocodile saw the monkey crossing and waited for his chance to grab the monkey
• The monkey being smart saw what the crocodile was trying to do
• The monkey tricked the crocodile into closing his eyes so the monkey could jump over him

How the Turtle Save Its Own Life

• A king had a lake made for his son's to play in
• Fish and a turtle were put in the lake
• The sons thought the turtle was demon
• The turtle was summoned to death
• The turtle tricked the king into throwing him into the lake were he would be safe

The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking

• A turtle made friends with two geese
• The geese invited the turtle to their home by carrying him on stick that he holds with his mouth
• But the turtle fell to his death when he spoke after he was being made fun of

The Ox Who Won the Forfeit

• A farmer bragged about his ox being strong enough to pull a 100 carts
• The farmer spoke ill of the ox and whipped him, the ox didn't like that so he refused to move
• The farmer apologized to his the ox
• The next day the ox went back to town and won the money the farmer previously lost

The Quarrel of the Quails

• A fowler was catching the quails in the woods
• The quails wise leader told the others to lift the net and everyone fly off while leaving the net on a thorn bush
• The plan worked and worked until one day when the quails couldn't stop arguing
• While they argued the fowler caught them and sold them for a good price

The Foolish, Timid Rabbit

• A rabbit became scared with the thought that the world would fall apart
• A monkey hit the rabbit in the head sending him running with the thought of the world falling apart
• Many rabbits and other animals joined him in his run until a lion stopped them to know what was going on
• The lion made the rabbit return to the place where he was hit and see the source of the sound, to find out it was only coconut.

The Banyan Deer

• A Deer King was perfect, he was king of the banyan deer
• There was another herd of deer ruled by a king called the Monkey Deer
• A king near by loved to eat deer and would send the people of his kingdom to go hunt the deer for them
• The people of the kingdom didn't want to go hunt for him so they built him a park and put the deer there
• The deer were being killed and would take turns from each herd to be eaten
• The king allowed the deer kings to live
• The banyan king went in the place of monkey deer to die
• The king was impressed with his kindness and said he would stop hunting the deer

The Princes and the Water-Sprite

• A king and queen had 3 sons. The Moon Prince, the Sun Prince, and the Prince of the Stars
• The queen asked for the kingdom to go to the youngest son which the king refused
• The brothers set off into the woods. where they met the Water-Sprite
• The Sprite allowed those that can answer her question correctly they could keep their lives
• The Sun and Moon Prince answered it wrong and were carried off
• The Star Prince got the answer right and the Sprite allowed him to bring the Sun Prince back
• The Sprite allowed them to all be released and they lived in the woods until the king died

The King's White Elephant

• A group of carpenters lived on a river back and would cut down the trees to make boats
• An elephant had a splinter that the carpenters removed
• To repay the debt the elephant worked for them, then brought his son who was all white to work with him since he was getting old.
• A king saw the elephant and took him home for his own palace

The Ox Who Envied the Pig

• An Ox, Big Red and his brother Little Red, lived on a farm, working and eating straw
• The farmers daughter was about to be married so the lazy pig was fattened until the wedding where he was eaten.
• Little Red was envious of the pig until he saw that he was killed

The Crab and the Crane

• There was a drought and the pond the fish live in was very low.
• A crane offered to help the fish by taking them to another pond on his back
• The fish refused because they thought they would be eaten, the crane offered to take one of the fish to the pond to see if the other pond existed.
• The pond did exist however the crane would carry the fish into the woods and eat them until he ate all the fish.
• After all the fish were eaten a crab was left. The crane carried to the crab into the woods, and tried to eat him
• The crab pinched the cranes head off

The Girl Monkey and the String of Pearls

• A king called his family to go swimming with him
• The queen left her pearls with her servant but not before a girl monkey saw her put them away and she desired to take him.
• The monkey took the pearls and hid them in the tree
• The chief guard hung a bunch of brightly colored beads from the trees and the other monkeys took them
• The girl monkey showed off her pearls
• The guard caught the monkey and returned the queen's pearls

A necklace of pearls. Source

The Three Fishes

• Three Fishes lived in river, their names were Thoughtful, Very Thoughtful, and Thoughtless
• They left their river and went to river where there were many fishermen
• Thoughtful and Thoughtless were caught in a net and Very Thoughtful had to save them
• The two fishes escaped with their lives where they returned to their home river as 3

The Tricky Wolf and the Rats

• A pack of rats had a leader that was a big rat
• A wolf wanted to eat the rats
• Every time the rats would leave the wolf would eat the last rat and pretend that nothing had ever happened
• The chief rat caught the wolf in the act of eating them and made the other rats bite the wolf until he died.

Extra Reading: Brothers Grimm(LibriVox)

The Frog Prince

• A princess went on a walk in the woods by herself
• She had her favorite gold ball but it rolled away while playing with it
• The ball rolled into the spring that was too deep to see the bottom
• A frog heard her cries and asked her what her problem was
• The frog said if the princes would love him and let him live with her, he would go down and get her gold ball.
• The princess thought the frog wouldn't be able to leave the spring so she agreed to the deal.
• The princess became so over joyed that she took the ball and ran home without the frog
• The next day the frog appeared at her front door and the princess had no choice but to live up to her end of the deal.
• The next day the frog leapt away but returned at night
• The day after rather than waking to a frog the princess woke to a handsome prince
• The curse that was set on prince was broken when the princess agreed to love him
• The two moved back to his castle and lived happily ever after

Rapunzel

• A man and woman wanted a child.
• There was a big garden behind their house but it was surrounded a wall but a enchantress lived beyond the wall
• The woman saw a plant Rampion(Rapunzel) and yearned for it.
• The husband climbed the wall and brought her the plant
• In his attempt to get more, the enchantress caught him
• To spare his life, the witch said he must bring her the child that the couple was going to have
• The child was names Rapunzel, and she was the most beautiful child.
• At 12 years old, the witch locked her in a tower
• She had hair as fine as spun gold. She would allow her hair to go out the window and the witch would climb up the tower
• A prince one day rode by and heard her song but couldn't find a way into the tower
• Each day the prince would bring her a silk cloth and she wove a ladder
• Gothel was angered by the prince coming up so she cut Rapunzel's hair off
• She cast Rapunzel into the desert to not be found
• The prince climbed the hair to find the witch, he jumped from the tower becoming blind by throns
• The prince roamed until one day Rapunzel found him, she cried, the tears went into his eyes and he could see again.

Rapunzel. Source

The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean

• A piece of coal, straw and a bean fell on the floor from a poor woman's dinner
• The three decided to set out on a journey to a new country
• They came to a brook. The straw laid across the banks and had everyone walk across.
• The coal panicked causing the straw to break, the coal fell into the water dying
• The bean stayed behind, and couldn't help but laugh until it burst.
• A tailor walking by saw the bean and stitched it back together

The Mouse, The Bird and The Sausage

• A mouse, a bird and a sausage agreed that they will live together in a house
• They lived in harmony, the mouse got the water, the sausage cooked and the bird got wood
• The bird met another bird in the woods, the new bird told him to stop doing all the work for the house
• The next day the bird refused to go get the wood
• The sausage went to go get the meet but was eaten by a dog
• The mouse fell into the pot of food dying
• The bird drown trying to put out a fire

The Travelling Musicians

• A farmer had a donkey that was faithful but too old
• The donkey decided to become a musician.
• He met a dog a long the way and he agreed to join the donkey on his journey
• They met a cat who joined their journey
• The group then met a chicken who too joined them
• They decided to camp in the woods for the night when the rooster saw a flame
• They went toward the flame to see it was a group of robbers
• The group all started "playing their music"
• They crashed through the window scaring the robbers off and they ate their food
• One brave robber went to see what was going on in the house only to be attacked by all the animals
• The animals got to keep the house and lived there

Clever Elsie

• A man had a daughter they called Clever Elsie
• Her parents wanted her married off
• A man, Hans, wanted to marry her until he found out she wasn't smart
• Her parents sent her to cellar to get beer but she noticed a pick ax hanging from the ceiling
• She cried over the thought that her future son could die if the ax fell
• The maid was sent to see why Elsie hadn't returned. She heard her reasoning and cried with her
• The boy was sent next and cried as well with them
• The mother and father as well
• Hans went down to see where everyone had went to
• After hearing her reasoning, Hans agreed to marry Elsie
• Elsie had fallen asleep before doing her work
• Hans found her and tied a net and bells around her feet
• She didn't know if she was herself. She knocked on the door, asked if Elsie was in and Hans said yes so she ran door to door asking to never be seen again.

Briar Rose

• The queen and king wanted a child
• The queen saw a fish on the river bank that had jumped out of the water
• If the queen returned the fish back to the water, the fish would grant her wish
• Soon the couple had a baby girl. And the queen gave her fairies
• The fairies brought the baby gifts making her good
• The 12th uninvited witch crashed the party wearing black and yelled at the king and queen.
• She cursed the baby that on her 15th birthday she will die by a spindle
• Rather than dying the other fairies gave her the gift of not dying but sleeping for a 100 years
• The king had all spindles in the kingdom burned
• On her 15th birthday, she found a spindle in the palace, and was killed by it
• Everyone else as well fell asleep
• A thick bush grew over the castle.
• Many princes attempted to cut through to save Briar Rose but none succeeded
• 100 years later, a prince went to accept the challenge
• He found Briar Rose and kissed her. She awoke as well as the rest of the castle
• The prince and Briar Rose were then married.

Storytelling Week 4: The Magic Diamond

It was another boring day in the palace as the Princess wandered around her home in search for entertainment. She painted with the royal painter, she cooked with the chef, and finally she asked the royal seamstress to teach her to sew out of desperation for something to do. Nothing could bring her joy. She contemplated what else there is do, but still had come up with nothing.

After being bored for so long she was struck with an idea. She decided to get into some mischief. The Princess started by playing simple tricks on the palace workers like hiding behind corners and jumping out scaring them. The palace magician had been following her on her trip through the castle. Once he saw what she had been doing, he started casting spells on the workers so they couldn't move or he made objects fall behind them. The Princess thought she had magical powers. She was so overwhelmed with excitement from the new discovery she tripped and fell but was caught by something unexpected.

The magician had cast a spell on the Princess that froze her on the spot which stopped her from hitting the ground entirely. The Princess saw the magician cast the spell. That act revealed that he, not the Princess was the one doing all the work. The Princess became sad with this news. Now, the magician felt remorse because the Princess had tears welling in her eyes from the realization of not being able to do magic. The magician came up with a plan to cheer her up. He enchanted a small diamond on a necklace. When the Princess has the necklace on she will be able to do magic. This gift sent the Princess into an excited frenzy. "However, if you do more evil than good you'll turn into an old hag!" said the magician.

The Princess with great excitement once again took off with her necklace helping. She started to use the magic by helping the palace staff do their jobs just happy to have magic. The Princess looked out the window while she dusted with the royal housekeeper. She longed to go outside because she doesn't get to leave the palace often. She dropped her duster and headed for the front door to her new adventure. She knew what to expect for the most part but was stopped when she noticed a handsome young boy doing labor in a field not far from the palace. The Princess had a big character flaw; she was incredibly shy. She couldn't talk to him without turning bright red and running away. So she stood at a distance staying hidden using her magic necklace to make the load the young boy was carrying lighter. While staring at the boy she heard a noise that caught her attention. She noticed all the evil happening outside the palace. Mean people were stealing, fighting each other, and she saw others getting bullied and picked on. She came up with a plan. She started using her magic powers to seek revenge on their wrong doings. She would cause those stealing to trip so they were caught. A pot on a high building fell on the two people who were fighting because the Princess saw causing the pot to fall as the best idea to stop the fighter without getting involved. For those being picked on, she made a fountain spray the bullies with water which made them run away.

The next day she went out of the palace to see what her magic workings had done, but of course she wanted to see the young boy again. At first she saw all things going well. The young boy looked handsome as ever, and the crime had gone down. She finally built up the courage to speak to the boy. She had never been allowed to date and saw this as her chance to find true love. She called to the boy, "Good day!" but suddenly,"SMACK" the Princess fell to the ground. A thief was running away from the house he had just stolen a box of jewelry from and smacked right into her. She became so angry that she used her magic to have a rock smash him in the head. That was the final evil doing she was able to do because the next moment her magic necklace broke and she turned into a hag. Even though the Princess was helping others by stopping the acts of the bad people, she wasn't helping anyone do anything positive. She needed the balance of doing good and evil acts. Yes, what she was doing was good for one party but she needed to do good for both parties too.

The Princess was shocked the change had actually happened. She took off toward her home with hopes of having the spell reversed. She was looking back from where she came while running back to the palace when she smacked right into the handsome boy. He apologized profusely and assisted her up. Ashamed, she hid her face from the boy and scrambled from his grasp. The King banished the Princess from the palace. She hid in a tower too ashamed to show her face. She called to the magician for help but he did warn her what would happen. "I will return you back to your normal state in two years. Until the time has passed you must live with how you are!" said the magician. The Princess wept during her time locked away in a tower. There wasn't much for her to do while she waited. The only thing that made her wait less boring was her one and only window. She could look over the land below her. She noticed that she could see the handsome boy from her tower. She watched him to pass the time until the magician came back for her. A month had passed in the Princess's waiting. The waiting game continues for the Princess hag.




A princess tower. Source

 

Author's Note: I chose to use the story The Green Jewel. In the original story, the prince is bored but runs into the palace scribe. I wanted the magician in my story to be similar to the scribe in the original story. To entertain the prince the scribe gives the prince the idea to go out on the lake with a group of women in a boat. The women were to row the boat and while doing this one of the women loses her prized necklace in the water. The scribe parts the water so she able to retrieve her necklace. The necklace and the magic gave me the idea to make the diamond necklace the princess in my story receives be enchanted with magic powers. I also wanted keep the main character
royalty and in the same emotional state that the original story had. The original story didn't have a very good ending. The girl got her necklace back and that was the end. I knew going into my story I wanted it to not end on such a good note but I also wanted my story to have a cliffhanger.

Bibliography: The Green Jewel, Egyptian Myth and Legend, Donald Mackenzie, 1907.

Reading Diary B: week 4, Egyptian Stories part 2

The Two Brothers: Part One

• Anpu the older brother and Bata the younger
• Bata lived with Anpu and did all of the labor for him
• Bata had an equal who was a god
• Bata was first to rise and took care of his brother and his oxen
• Anpu's wife hit on Bata which angered Bata
• Anpu's wife claimed Bata had beaten her
• Anpu went out to slay his brother

The Two Brothers: Part Two

• When Bata had returned to the byre, an ox had informed Bata that his brother is hiding with a dagger to kill him with. The 2nd ox told him to flee
• Bata cried to Ra, who heard his cries and caused a river full of crocodiles to flow between to the two brothers
• Bata had to explain to Anpu what had happened.
• Anpu went home and killed his wife
• Ra summoned the Khunmu to find a wife for Bata
• Hathor was given to Bata who he revealed his secrets to

The Two Brothers: Part Three

• Bata's wife went for a walk by the sea
• The sea spirit wanted to make her his so she ran home
• Acacia heard of the wants and got a lock of her hair that was sent away to Egypt to be washed by the kings washers
• The hair had a sweet scent to it that the king wanted
• He sent messengers to the acacia to retrieve her but Bata killed all of them
• He sent a woman, and the wife went with her.
• The acacia was cut down and Bata died for his soul was in the tree
• Anpu found Bata dead. He went to search for his brother's soul
• Anpu found the soul of  Bata in an acacia seed.
• Anpu planted the seed and Bata grew from it.
• Bata told Anpu that he was going to become a bull that will ride to where his wife is and he will ride upon him.

The Two Brothers: Part Four

• The king rejoiced in Anpu's arrival.
• Bata in bull form found his wife and told her he knew she was the reason that he had died
• The wife went to the king and told him she wanted to eat the liver of the bull because he spoke unkindly to her
• The bulls blood was dropped outside the gate of the palace
• Two Persea trees grew over night where the blood fell
• The wife knew Bata was in the trees and asked for them to be cut down
• As the trees were being cut down, the wife ate a small piece of wood
• The king made the baby the prince of Ethiopia.
• The new king Bata summoned his wife before him and he told her his true identity
• Anpu was declared the new heir and took the throne after Bata ruled for 30 years

The Book of Thoth: Part One

• Ahura was the wife to Nefer-ka-ptah.
• They have a child named Merab
• He read his ancestors words everyday in the House of Life
• He went to the temple to pray but ended up reading all the writings on the walls.
• A priest told him about the Book of Thoth
• The Book of Thoth holds all the magic power in the world.
• Nefer-ka-ptah wanted to do whatever it took to find the book
• In exchange for the book the priest asked to be buried
• The priest told Nefer-ka-ptah the location and he ran home to tell his wife of the book
• She didn't want him to go because the land he was going to was dangerous
• The family went to the Southern Land
• The highest priest greeted them and took them to the temple
• An ox sacrifice was made and a feast of honor was held

The Book of Thoth: Part Two

• On the fifth day Nefer and Isis made a magic box and put men on a boat in the magic cabin
• The magic boat was sent to the Southern Land and Ahura waited behind
• Nefer put a magic spell over the snakes and scorpions
• He faced the snake no man could kill, cut it into pieces, but it assembled itself again.
• He killed him differently and took the box and discovered what the priest said was true
• His wife read the book and was given the power too
• They made sacrifices and said back to the Northern Land

The Book of Thoth: Part Three

• Thoth became enraged when he realized Nefer had taken his book  and told Ra of this
• Ra gave him the authority to do what he wanted with the family
• On the trip back, Merab looked over the edge and by the power of Ra he was sucked into the river and drowned
• The boat sailed back to Koptos for Merab to be buried
• At the place Merab had died, his mother looked over the edge and was too pulled in and drowned
• They sailed back to Koptos for her to be buried
• Nefer felt the power of Ra sucking him in. He tied the book to his chest so that Thoth couldn't have it again
• He was drowned and the ship sailed on
• Nefer's body was found floating in the water by the barge
• The king had his body with the book buried

The Tale of King Rhampsinitus

• King Rhampsinitus builf the western portion of the temple Ptah
• The builder of the tomb died but not before telling his two sons the location of the kings riches
• The sons went to steal all of the riches
• One brother was trapped and his head was cut off
• The corpse was hung outside the palace but the brother wanted the body back
• The brother tricked the guards into getting the body
• The king was impressed with his ability to escape and granted him a pardon

Papyrus paper. Source

Reading Diary A: week 4, Egyptian Stories

Noah and the Giant

• The high waters have destroyed everything but the ark and Og
• Og was so tall water only came up to his ankles
• Og lived for several centuries until Musa( Moses)
• A huge rock fell on Og's head so he could not see
• Musa hit him in the ankle causing him to fall where he was covered in stones as high as a mountain killing him

The Secret Name of Ra

• Ra had many names
• Isis was an enchantress that wanted to know Ra's real name because she wanted power
• Ra's real name gave him his divine power
• Ra walks everyday and moisture would drip from his mouth
• Isis collected the sweat of Ra and created a snake out of it
• The snake bit Ra with his venomous bite causing great pain
• Ra made it so Isis would know his name and gain his power when he died.

Ra and Hathor

• Man is rebelling against Ra, which angers him.
• Ra calls for a meeting of different gods
• He calls for a huge flood to wipe out man, Ra will become a serpent that will survive and unseen by the gods
• He makes Osiris ruler of the dead and his on Horus ruler of the island of firey flames
• Hathor was created and slayed all the rebels against Ra.
• Hathor enjoyed beer so much that she declared every time when the Nile rises red they will celebrate

The Sun's Journey

• Man had been forgiven for their sins
• Ra assembled all beings formed by Nut
• End of the first hour a strong wall is constructed to allow Ra through
• Apep is the night serpent
• Sokar, ruler of the under world, who has 3 human heads, body of a serpent, and mighty wings appears at the end of the 5th hour
• Osiris judge of the dead.
• The sun god is reborn durng the 12th hour
• He enters through the serpents tail in to the "Divine Life"
• The souls of the dead cry when Ra leaves Daut

Osiris

• Osiris was the lord of things
• He took the throne when Ra died
• He created peace among men
• Isis was his consort
• He taught the people how to farm, and worship the gods
• Was not into fighting, he settled disputes with reason and persuasion
• Isis ruled the land when Osiris was gone
• Set brother of Osiris planned to over come Osiris out jealousy.

The Death of Osiris

• Set made a sarcophagus to the specifications of Osiris
• Once Osiris tried to sit in the chest, he was shut in and nailed shut
• The chest was thrown into the Nile
• Isis searched the land for life for Osiris
• Isis sought refuge in a poor woman's house
• The woman's child was stung and killed by a scorpion
• Isis pitied the woman and brought the child back to life

The Journy of Isis

• Isis gave birth to a son named Horus
• Set the ruler now, imprisoned Isis and Horus
• Set wanted Horus killed
• Horus was found dead. Isis called upon Thoth to resort life back into Horus
• Horus will grow to be a man a kill his uncle
• Osiris's coffin was washed up on shore in Syria, where a huge tree grew around him.
• The king of the country cut the tree down and kept the coffin a secret
• Isis was chosen to be the foster mother of the royal baby
• She would not feed him, and burn his flesh
• She would circle the sacred pillar.
• She asked the king to have the sacred pillar
• She found Osiris and she took him by sea back home with her but took the king's first born sun with her.
• Set had Osiris's body cut into pieces and thrown to the alligators, none ate him
• Isis collected the pieces, buried them, and constructed a tomb

King of the Dead

• Horus was preparing for the battle that was soon to come with his uncle
• Horus lost an eye in battle, and Set was driven out of his kingdom
• Horus claimed his throne after being healed by Thoth
• Isis chants in the temple for Ra to send Thoth and unite the portions of Osiris and wrap them in bandages making him a mummy
• Isis put her wings in Osiris's nostrils and he became filled with life becoming the Judge and King of the dead

The Wax Crocodile

• A Pharaoh went to the temple of the god Ptah
• They went to see the scribe, whose wife fell in love with a member of the Pharaoh's group
• The scribe found out about the infidelity
• He cursed a wax crocodile head, and had it tossed into the lake that the youth bathed in
• The crocodile came to life and took the youth away
• The Pharaoh commanded the scribes wife to be tied to take a stake and burned alive

The Green Jewel

• Sneferu was bored and looke for entertainment.
• He called his scribe to do the job, the scribe suggested he go out on the lake and have beautiful women row the boat
• 20 virgins were called to do the job
• The girl leading the boat lifted her causing her to hit the green jewel in her and it fell into the lake.
• The scribe cast a spell on the water causing it to part to allow him to retrieve the girl's green jewel

Ra. Source

Style Brain Storming: Beauty Shop of the Gods

Topic: My storybook will be about drama in a beauty salon and spa for the Greek gods and goddeses. I want the stories to be told from all the character's point of view. I'd like for it to be a drama with all of them gossiping. I want to use characters like Psyche from Apuleius: Psyche's Beauty. Her story is the drama that my story is going to need. I would like to have the story to be based around the goddess Aphrodite, and her love affairs in the story of Aphrodite. I'll use the story of Adonis and Aphrodite to incorporate a mortals from Ovid's Metamorphoses. I want the story to be like if the reader was watching a reality television show. I believe I will be able to find enough stories on love and drama to fit in my story book.

1. Bibiliography:Apuleius: Psyche's Beauty , from The Golden Asse, Lucius Apuleius, Late 2nd century AD.
2. Bibilography: Ovid's Metamorphoses, from the Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Tony Kline, 2000.

Possible Styles:
Character point of view: I like the idea of the story being told completely from the characters. From experience I connect to the story much better when I read. I feel like a lot more detail is going to coming directly from the characters. I want as much drama as possible while still making the story seem believable.
Television show: I can make this story seem like they are on a television show. The characters can begin in the beauty shop but end up taking it further to settler their drama on a show like Maury. Maury is all about drama, which is exactly what my story is going to need. The show can be told from Maury's point of view then it will end on his show.
The point of view of an observer: I think making this story come from someone who is unbiased and telling what they see would be classic. Being a sassy and smart mouth kind of person, the person or object speaking would have very sarcastic way of retelling what everyone is saying.
Commentators: I spend almost everyday watching sports. So why not have all the drama unfold in the beauty shop being told by two sport commentators. This will differ from the object point of view because that will be an insider of the shop that sees it every day. The commentator will be giving play by plays completely from the outside. As opposed to the insider in the shop that will just be adding in their comments to the characters.

A beauty shop. Source: Wikipedia

Extra Reading Diary Post: Europa's Fairy Book

The Swan Maidens

• A hunter saw 7 maidens swimming in a river
• Each maiden had  a robe of feathers
• The youngest appeased the hunter the most
• Made her marry him by seizing the robe.
• 2 children
• The hidden robe was found and the mother flew off with it
• She flew East O' the sun and West O' the Moon
• He consulted the king of the beast, birds and fishes, until the fishes knew it was on Crystal Mountain
• He tricked 2 men out of getting their invisibility had and their fast shoes
• He finds the land and speaks with the king.
• He took each maiden by the hand until he found his wife
• Then they went back home and lived happily ever after

Androcles and the Lion

• Androcles is a slave
• He has escaped his master and grown tired and weary with hunger
• A lion's roar caused him to get and try to run away in what he thought was the opposite direction of the lion.
• He tripped in a bush and saw the lion limping on 3 paws
• He pulled the large thorn out of the lion's paw
• The lion was grateful and would bring food to Androcles as a thank you
• They became friends
• Androcles was captured and taken back to his master
• To punish the slave he was going to be thrown into a lion's pit
• Rather than eating Androcles, the lion jumped on him and licked him
• The lion was the lion that was his friend
• The emperor excused them both back to be free after Androcles explained to him how they became friends

A Visitor from Paradise

• A woman has been married twice
• A man knocks on her door asking for a drink, who is from Paris
• The woman who is slightly deaf thought the man said Paradise
• Her first husband has died, and she is on her 2nd
• She asks if the man can take back some goods to her 1st husband John in paradise
• The husband didn't like the man took the donkey, so he took his horse to find him
• The man from paradise hid the stuff in the bushes
• The man never brought back the donkey the next day as promised
• The man and wife removed the front door from its hinges before setting off to find the man with the stolen donkey
• They used the door to sleep on in a tree
• Under them was a group of robbers
•  The couple dropped the door on top of thieves frightening them
• The couple took all of the goods the robbers had stolen and lived happily ever after

Inside Again

• A man lifted a rock in the woods and found a big black snake
• The snake wants to eat the man
• They argue about what is more important, self preservation or gratitude
• The first to walk by was a horse who sided with the snake
• The next was an old dog who agreed with the snake
• Finally a fox walks by, the man convinces the fox that if he helps him he will give him a pair of chickens
• The fox tricked the snake into getting back under the rock
• The man ran home to give the fox its chickens
• The man's wife didn't agree with the deal so she put their dog in a bag gave it to the fox
• The dog jumped out of the bad and ate the fox

A candy house. Source: Wikipedia

Johnnie and Grizzle

• 2 kids whose names are Johnnie and Grizzle
• Their father is a poor farmer who has no money for food
• The father wants to leave the children in the forest in hopes someone will find them
• The next day Johnnie went out and collected a lot of brightly colored stones
• The father took them into the forest claiming he forgot something and that he would comeback
• Along the walk Johnnie dropped the stone leaving a trail from the house
• The kids found their way back to the house
• The farmer took the kids into the woods the next day again
• The kids once again found their way home
• The next day the farmer took them out to the woods again but he had locked the doors so Johnnie was not able to pick up pebbles
• That morning Johnnie used bread crumbs from the bread he was supposed to have eaten for breakfast
• The birds ate all the bread leaving the kids without a trail.
• The kids found a house in the woods made of candy

Johnnie and Grizzle (cont.)

• The children began to eat the house
• A woman opened the door and scolded the children for not asking before eating her house
• She invites them inside to feed them
• When they get inside she takes Johnnie and locks him in a room
• The lady was a witch that like to fatten up children and eat them
• Grizzle would do all the housework while Johnnie got fed very well every meal
• The witch was nearly blind and would feel Johnnie's finger to determine how big he was
• In fear of being eaten, Johnnie found a stick about the size of his finger that he would use instead
• He did this day after day until one day the stick dropped. The witch became enraged and had Grizzle turn on the oven to eat Johnnie
• Grizzle tricked the witch and pushed her into the oven
• The kids fled the house to a river that was too deep for them to wade in only to see the witch had gotten out and was chasing them
• A duck was in the river and helped the kids swim across
• The witch sucked all the water out of the river until she burst
• The kids made it to the other side and ran all the way home
• The farmer had made a lot of money and had been looking for his kids.

Thumbkin

• A woman wished to have a little boy the size of her thumb
• When suddenly all the beans in her lap turned into baby boys
• She dumped them in a bowl of water. All sunk but 1
• He never grew any bigger than their thumbs, his name was Thumbkin
• Thumbkin  wants the responsibility of taking the donkey down to his father
• He led the horse and cart successfully to his father
• 2 men saw a horse and cart moving with no driver so they followed it and saw Thumbkin being taken out of the horse's ear
• The men bought Thumbkin for a fortune
• They put him on his hat and for dinner Thumbkin hid in the crevice of a tree
• They gave up on finding him and left
• Three robbers sat where they had dinner and Thumbkin over heard their plans to rob the squire
• Thumbkin agreed to help them rob the squire but the butler heard them and they ran off
• Thumbkin went to the stable and laid in the hay where he was eaten by a cow
• The cow was butchered and the farmer threw the stomach out
• A wolf ate the stomach and now Thumbkin was in the wolf
• Thumbkin led the wolf to his fathers farm where he could eat the chickens if he would let him out
• The wolf refused to let him, he over ate and couldn't fit back threw the hole he came
• His mother and father killed the wolf an took Thumbkin out and they lived happily ever after