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Because I chose to read about Krishna last week, I didn't get to read as much as these as I would have liked, so I'm using an extra reading option to read a few more! I like these a lot. They remind me of things I read as a kid, so I find them enjoyable to read. The Tricky Wolf and the Rats  by Ellen C. Babbitt I live the concept of a huge rat living in a forest and leading other rats. I think that's fantastic. I love rats. Truly, I do. I find the whole story quite funny. of course the wolf if a trickster, but I wonder did the rats that he caught and ate as they were leaving, have no friends or family that would notice that they were missing? Poor rats! I found that to be sad. I felt bad for them. I think it was necessary for the final scene. The big confrontation. I didn't realize how large the Chief really was. Like, it was big enough to bite and kill the wolf on the throat. That's a pretty big rat! I'm glad it had a happy ending. The Golden Goose  by Ell

The Elephant Girly-face  by Ellen C. Babbitt I'm not sure what I thought the story was going to be about based on the title, but it was not this. What an odd name... Like yeah, I guess I get it, girls are kind and lovely like this elephant. I have many questions. Did the elephant want to be a thief? Is that why he was like 'yeah, I will be awful now for no reason'? Maybe Girly-face wanted to live a life of crime, understandable. Why was this elephant so easily swayed to the path of violence? I do not understand the moral of this story. Is there supposed to be one? I'm glad it all worked out, but this elephant does not understand the meaning behind its actions and is clearly not learning anything. Who is to say more burglars don't come along and say things like that again to Girly-face? The Ox Who Envied the Pig  by Ellen C. Babbitt I immediately like that the oxen have names. Big and Little Red. I'm not entirely sure who I would rather be. Of course I would

The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking  by Ellen C. Babbitt I read this dialogue in the voice of an old time-y movie star. "Do take me with you." I don't know it's just funny to me. I like the turtle. Definitely relatable. I don't like how this ends at all. I mean, the poor turtle was just sticking up for itself! Yeah, it knew it would've fallen if it were to open its mouth, but whatever. The geese should have caught their friend! Did they know that the turtle had such a problem with talking? It never really said that this turtle was especially chatty. It was kind of weird to title it like that... it seems the turtle did in fact stop talking. It was in one crucial moment that it did start talking. The geese didn't seem to have a problem with it otherwise. I would have liked to maybe see the turtle be more annoying? It felt like the turtle just... fell and died out of nowhere. The Merchant of Seri  by Ellen C. Babbitt I liked this one more than than t

It’s been a long week! I’ve been enjoying reading about Krishna, but I think I might switch over to the other topic for this upcoming week, but I haven’t decided for sure yet. I really enjoy how often music comes up in certain legends, or a certain character specializes in a specific instrument. I just think it’s neat to see. In storytelling, it’s nice to see other forms of storytelling overlap! I didn’t do much writing this week, but I’m liking how my storybook project is coming along. Though I’m making this post immediately after writing my new entry… we’ll see how I feel about it later. I do like it though, overall. That still stands. I don’t have a hard time writing it, which usually means that I’m enjoying the work I’m doing! I also like getting to see how everyone else’s projects are coming along. I tend to enjoy ones with similar topics as mine, but I think everyone has a unique vision and I’m grateful I get to see it. In online classes, there’s not a lot of

Source:  EmpoWord  by Shane Abrams Right off the bat, I enjoy the opening words. "All we are is stories, in the end." Everyone has a story to tell. It's deeply entrenched into everything that we do. Our own personal narrative is a story of its own! Using this approach, I find it easier to tell stories that I create, so I liked that advice. I find if I am having difficulty connecting events together, I try to think about my own life and how I could make it happen more organically, more natural. I liked their depiction of how to plot a timeline. I find that I often have a hard time with that myself. It seems straightforward, but it can be difficult if your plot and characters are complex. It's much simpler to lay it out and go from there. Some things don't always have to be so complicated. It will also help you expand on each singular event and flesh out the details in a more concise way. I am neither clear or concise in anything that I do, but this would help.