Extra Reading Diary: Grimm (Hunt)

"The Fisherman and His Wife"
A fisherman caught a flounder who turned out to be a prince. When he went home empty handed, the fisherman told his wife what happened. She told him to go back and wish for a cottage to live in. When he did the flounder gave them a cottage. The wife became unhappy and wished for a castle.

"The Fisherman and His Wife Cont."
When the wife got the castle she was still unhappy and wished to be king over the land. The fisherman went back and asked for it and she became king.

"The Fisherman and His Wife Cont.."
The wife was still unhappy and wished to be emperor. When she became emperor she was still unhappy and wished to be pope.

"The Fisherman and His Wife End"
The wife then wants to have power over the sun and moon. When the fisherman asks for this he puts the couple back in their old shack.

"Aschenputtel"
Aschenputtel's mother died and her father took another wife that had evil daughters. They treated her terrible and made her work long car days. The two daughters were invited to a ball and Aschenputtel wished to go also. The step mother gave her tasks to perform so that she could go to the ball.

"Aschenputtel Cont."
Aschenputtel went to the ball after the birds brought her a beautiful dress. She ran away at the end of the night without anyone following her. The prince searched for her but could not find her.

"Aschenputtel End"
When the prince kept one of her slippers he tried to find whose foot it fit. When he tried it on the two step sisters, one cut off a toe and the other sister cut off a part of her heal trying to get the shoe to fit. The prince saw the blood and refused to marry them. When Aschenputtel tried on the shoe it fit perfect and they married each other. The two sisters had their eyes plucked out.

Aschenputtel

Reading Diary B for Week 14: Grimm (Ashliman)

"The Fox and the Cat"
A fox was talking to a cat and bragging about how many tricks it had to get away from dogs in his bag. When the fox went to show the cat, the bag weighed down the fox and the dogs caught him.

"The Little Lamb and the Little Fish"
An evil step mother turned a two siblings into a fish and a lamb. The cook found out what had happened and took them both to the wet nurse who turned them back into humans.

"Simeli Mountain"
Twelve robbers kept their wealth in a mountain. A man saw where they kept the treasure and took some for himself but left the most valuable jewels to himself. His brother became jealous and demanded to know where he was getting his wealth. When he told him he went to the cave and because locked inside after forgetting the password. The thieves caught him and cut off his head.

"Lazy Heinz"
Two lazy people were married and made many plans to put for as little energy in life as possible. When their plans were ruined they decided too be thankful for life and rest.

"The Duration of Life"
The story about how the first thirty years of a man's life are happy. The next 18 are the donkey's and are filled with hard work. The next twelve are the dog years where man is lazy and worthless. The final 10 are a monkey's where he is laughed at by kids.

"Death's Messenger"
A man saved Death from dying. Death agreed to warn the man before he would take him. The man became very sick but eventually became healthy. Death came to take the man but the man questioned Death's promise of a warning. The warning sign was sickness in the man.

"Eve's Unequal Children"
The Lord came to bless the children of Adam and Eve. The good looking ones became the top half of society and the ugly ones became the lower half.


"The Peasants and the Devil"
A peasant tricked the Devil twice. The first time he told the devil he could have whatever grew above the ground if the peasant could have everything under the ground. The peasant grew turnips. The second time the devil said he wanted everything below the ground. The peasant grew wheat and tricked the devil again.

Grimm Tales Book

Reading Diary A for Week 14: Grimm Tales (Ashliman)

"Cat and Mouse in Partnership"
A cat and a mouse were friends and made a deal to save up fat for the winter. When the pot was full the cat mad excuses to leave and he would go eat the fat. When the mouse discovered the pot was empty he accused the cat and the cat ate him.

"The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids"
An old goat left her kids home one day to go to the market. When she left she had warned them about the wolf. The wolf tried many tricks to get into the house. Finally the wolf gets into the house and eats all of the children except one. The one left tells the mother what happened and they find the wolf and cut his stomach open, letting all the kids out. The mother puts rocks in his stomach which causes him to drown.

"The Seven Ravens"
Seven boys were sent off to get water for their new-born sister. They dropped the bucket into the well and was too scared to got back home without the water. The father became angry and wished the all into ravens. When the sister was older she overheard someone talk about how she had brothers who were ravens. She went out to find them. Eventually she did and they all returned home together.

"Little Red Cap"
Story of Little Red Riding Hood. The story is the same except the wolf eats them both and the hunter finds the wolf in the grandmothers bed and cuts them out.

"The Singing Bone"
Two brothers set out to kill a boar that the king had requested be killed. The smaller younger brother found it first. The older brother killed the younger brother on the way back and gave the boar to the king. Later the king found out what had happened and had the older brother sewn into a sack and drown alive.

"The Elves"
A shoemaker was very poor and would have leather for two shoes and make them into shoes and sell them and buy leather for four shoes and sell them for eights. He did this until he became rich. The shoes were being made much faster than he could make them so he and his wife stayed up one night and saw two elves make them over night. They made clothes of the elves which freed them and the left.

"Old Sultan"
An old dog became so old that the owner decided to kill him because he was of no use. The wife talked him into letting the dog live one more day. The dog made a plan with the wolf to save his life. When his life was saved the dog would not return a favor and the wolf found a boar to punish the old dog. The dog took a three legged cat to fight the two and scared them off.

"Rumpeltiltskin"
A king ordered a girl to weave stew into gold for him. A man showed up a did it for her. In return the man asked for her first born. When she had her first born she begged the man to let her keep it. The man told her that if she found his name she could keep it. She sent a messenger to find his name and when she did he tore himself apart.

Little Red Cap

Reading Post B: Grimm (LibriVox)

"The Queen Bee"
Three brothers set out on a journey. The last they had to do was find one thousand pearls, a key to the king's daughter's chamber and choose which of the daughter ate honey. The youngest of the brother was the only one to pass all challenges and got to marry the prettiest princess and eventually became king.

"The Twelve Huntsman"
A man's father was the king and told him to marry a certain woman and take over his kingdom when he dies. The man already had a woman but did as he said and married the one he was told. The wife tried to trick the man into thinking she was a huntsman to be around him. He eventually found out and married her and left his other wife.

"Jorinda and Jorindel"
Jorinda and Jorindel walked through the forrest and came a castle that had a spell around it which made Jorindel freeze and made Jorinda turn into a bird. Jorindel was set free but was forced to leave. He later found a magic pearl that would release Jorinda and keep him from freezing. He went to the castle and freed her along with the other girls that were there.

"The Fox and the Horse"

Huntsman

Reading Diary A: Grimm (LibriVox)

"The Frog Prince"
The classic story that the modern tale is based off except the princess didn't kiss the frog but let him stay with her for three nights to break the spell.

"Rapunzel"
The prince heard Rapunzel in the tower singing and called for her hair to fall like her mother did. When her mother found out she cut off her hair and sent her to a desert. When the prince called for the hair he climbed up and jumped down to escape the mother and poked his eyes out. He blindly wandered ad eventually found Rapunzel.

"The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean"
A straw, coal and a bean became friends and started off on a journey. When they got to a brook the straw laid across the brook so the other two could cross. The coal burned the straw and they both fell into the water and died. The bean laughed so hard it burst.

"The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage"
The bird, mouse and sausage lived together and had roles to play in their daily duties. The bird thought he was being overworked so they all switched jobs. The sausage ended up getting eaten, the mouse was boiled to death and the bird drowned.

"The Traveling Musicians"
A donkey, dog, cat, and rooster joined together to got o the city to sing. They came onto a house of robbers and scared them so bad they left. When a robber came back the cat scratched him, the dog bit him, the donkey kicked him and the rooster crowed. The man told the rest of the men of the horrors and left them for good.

"Clever Elsie"
Elsie marries Hans and they move away. When Elsie doesn't do as Hans says he puts a net with bells on her and everyone becomes too frightened by her and won't let her into their homes.

"Briar Rose"
The sleeping beauty story. The King and Queen's daughter fell asleep along with everyone in the palace for 100 years while many princes tried to get into the palace. It was guarded by thick thorn bushes that would trap them and kill them. On the 100th day a princess got into the palace and kissed "sleeping beauty" and they wed immediately.

Sleeping Beauty

Reading Diary B: Canterbury Tales

"Little Hugh"
A young boy learned the lyrics to an old latin song and sang it throughout the city. This angered the Jews and they had him killed. The boy was seen as a martyr and revenge was sought for the people responsible.

"The Cock, the Hen, and the Fox"
A cock and a hen were the strongest of couples and had a great love for one another. When the cock had a bad dream he told his wife about it and she scolded him for not being a man because he was scared.

"The Cock, the Hen, and the Fox Cont."
The cock told his wife of two stories where the dreams came true and the first one the man listened to his dream and the second dream the man didn't and died.

The Cock, the Hen, and the Fox Cont.."
The fox met with the cock and cock became frightened. Before the cock could call for help, the fox had calmed him and told him how beautiful his singing was and how he would like to hear it. The cock fell for it and began to sing when the fox sneakily grabbed his throat and headed to the woods.

"The Cock, the Hen, and the Fox End"
All the workers and animals at the farm chased the fox into the woods. The cock tricked the fox into opening his mouth and letting him go. He flew into the tree and escaped the fox.

"The Priest as Philosopher"
A priest ran into a philosopher. The philosopher asked the priest to loan him money. When he the philosopher told the priest he would show him philosophy.

"The Priest as Philosopher Cont."
The philosopher tricked the priest into thinking the philosopher had turned some cheep silver into fine silver and the priest became very happy with the philosopher.

"The Priest as Philosopher End"
The philosopher tricked the priest into thinking he made another plate. The priest bought the recipe from the philosopher and ran off with the money before the priest could realize it was a lie.

The fox and cock

Reading Diary A: Canterbury Tales

"The Unknown Bride":
A knight was to be put to death when the Queen begged for the release. The Queen told him in order to not be killed after 1 year he must go find the answer to what all women went. After walking the earth and not getting the same two answers he found an old woman. She told him she would give him the answer he desired.

"The Unknown Bride Cont."
Th bride told him the answer was to control their husbands. The old woman said to marry her for saving his life. He did so and was sad because she was ugly. When he chose to stay with her because she was wise and true she turned beautiful and young.

"The Story of the Summoner":
A summoner meats a bailiff and they become friends. The bailiff continues to tell the summoner that he is a fiend form hell.

"The Story of the Summoner Cont.":
The two went to the house of an old woman and told her to give them the money she owed. She told the fiend that he could take the pan and the summoner in pay for her debt.

"The Promise of Dorigen":
Arviragus left the land of Brittany to go to England. Dorigen was heart broken and could do nothing but think of her lost lover and wait for his return each day. A young squire fell in love with her and wrote many songs about her.

"The Promise of Dorigen Cont."
Dorigen became angry with Arelius and told him that he would leave her husband for him only when the rocks near the sea dissapeard. Arviragus came home and Arelius left to Italy to find a magician to make the rocks disappear.

"The Promise of Dorigen Cont.."
The magician made his promise and made each rock disappear. When Arelius went to Dorigen and showed her what had happened she ran to her house and cried. When she told Arviragus what had happened he told her to be true to her word and leave.

The Promise of Dorigen End"
When Dorigen went to Aurelius she had been crying. Aurelius told Dorigen to go back to her husband because he could not stand to see her unhappy. Aurelius went to the magician and the magician told him he didn't need to pay back the money because he was so true to himself.

"The Revelers"
Three friend were in a bar and swore to kill death as it were a person.

"The Revelers Cont."
The three friends find a pile of gold and divide a plan to carry it without being seen.

"The Revelers End"
One of the friends went to the nearby town and asked an apothecary for poison. He put it into wine and gave it to the other two. Those two killed the other guy and drank the wine that killed both go them.

A stained glass window depicting the Canterbury Tales  

Extra Reading Diary: Tejas Legends

"When the Storm God Rides":
The storm go d became angry when a foreign tribe came and killed the birds. He created great storms that picked up sediment and dropped it into the gulf and created islands for the birds to hide on.

"How the North Wind Lost His Hair":
The north wind and south wind got in a big fight and the south wind pulled out north wind's hair and threw it everywhere. This is now the moss that grows and reminds north wind not to stay too long.

"The Plant That Grows in Trees":
The mistletoe grew on the ground at one time. The thunderbird took pity on the mistletoe because all of the animals ate it and killed it. He placed it high in the trees so no one wold eat it.

"Why the Woodpecker Pecks":
A godd of the indians took the children from a tribe because they were being neglected. He put them into hollow trees to hide them from the sun and wolves. He told the tribe what he did then turned them into birds to find the children. That's how the woodpecker came to be.

"The Woodpecker's Stumpy Tail":
A flood came and the woodpecker was warned and did not listen to the warning. When the flood came he tried to get to the highest tree but could not fly at night. His tail hung in the water. A fish came by and bit a part of it off.

"The Tribe That Left Its Shoes":
A tribe of indians left a trail of moccasins to help them get back to their original homeland that had been destroyed. The moccasins turned into orchids.

"The Cloud That Was Lost":
A lot cloud laid on top of orchids and the orchids drank the cloud until they turned pink and lavender while some stayed white.

"The Swift Blue One":
A spaniards brought a horse to the indians and taught one of them the language of the horse. When this indian died they released the horse to the wild.

"Grandmother River's Trick":
River tricked the garfish into swimming over the banks during a flood and trapped them outside of the river to relieve the fish in the river.

Tejas Indians

Reading Diary B: Alice in Wonderland

"A Mad Tea-Party":

Alice comes up on a large table with The Hatter, Dormouse, and Hare sitting at it. They refused Alices offering to join the table but she sat anyway. The three had an argument about sentence inversions. The Hatter confused Alice with all of his questions.

A Mad Tea-Party Cont.":

Alice, the hatter, and the hare have an argument over time. The hatter tells a story about how the queen and himself got in a fight and time isn't on his side so he is stuck at six o'clock forever. 

"A Mad Tea-Party End":

Alice and the mouse had a heated conversation about him telling her a story. She left and went to a tree that had a door in it and ate more of the mushroom to make herself shrink.

"The Queen's Croquet-Ground":

Alice was wondering around and found three gardeners painting white roses red. The queen and her party came up to the four of them. The queen asked who Alice was and when Alice got smart with the queen the queen told the guards to cut her head off. The queen ordered the gardeners heads off then left.

"The Queen's Croquet-Ground Cont":

When they got to the grounds Alice realized the grounds weren't normal croquet grounds. The balls were hedgehogs and the mallets were flamingos. The arches were the soldiers. The queen ran around angrily screaming off with anyones head who makes her mad.

"The Queen's Croquet-Ground End":

When Alice saw the cheshire cat she went over to talk to him and realized the rest of his body wasn't there but he could still talk. When the king saw the cat he wen too ask who he was. When the cat refused to tel h, the King told the Queen and the Queen ordered his head off. When the time came to question him the cat disappeared.

"Alice's Evidence":

Alice is in the court room and knocks over the jury box and spills the jurors on the floor and picks them up. When Alice says she knows nothing of the incident the king can't decide whether it is important or not.

"Alice's Evidence Cont.":

The irrational rulings continued and finally Alice stood up to the queen and the queen ordered Alice's head off.

Illustration of the Cheshire

Reading Diary A: Alice in Wonderland

"Down the Rabbit Hole":
Alice sees a rabbit running along who stops to check his pocket watch. Alice thinks this is very strange so decides to follow him. She follows him down a large rabbit hole. Alice then finds herself falling at a slow rate and realizes there are shelves lining the walls and starts thinking random thoughts to herself.

"Down the Rabbit Hole Cont.":
When alice finally landed at the bottom of the hole she landed on a pile of sticks and leaves. She was in a hallway lined with doors which were all locked. She found a table with a key on it. She finally found a door that would fit the lock but it was far too small for her to fit through. She then found a bottle that ssid "drink me". She thought long and hard about whether to drink it and finally drank all of it.

"Down the Rabbit Hole End":
Alice shrunk so small that she could fit through the tiny door. She then realized she forgot the key on the table. She ate a cake thinking it would help her grow. The cake made her grow nine feet tall. She grew so large that she could hardly see out of the door with one eye. When she got out she saw a caterpillar sitting on a mushroom smoking a hookah.

"Advise from a Caterpillar":
The caterpillar and Alice have a very rude beginning to meeting each other and do not get along very well. The caterpillar keeps asking who Alice is but Alice refuses to give a straight forward answer.

"Advise from a Caterpillar Cont.":
The caterpillar told Alice that her story was wrong and if she wanted to change sizes she would have to eat the side of the mushrooms that made her grow taller.

"Pig and Pepper":
Alice walks onto a house that has a frog man sitting outside. She walks up and asks how to enter the house. HE confuses her with vague answers. She walks into the house where it is filled with smoke. There was a cat, a baby, a cook, and a duchess in the house. The cat was grinning form ear to ear.

"Pig and Pepper Cont.":
Alive questioned the duchess about the cat. The cook threw pots and pans at the duchess and her child. The duchess threw her baby in the air and hit it for sneezing. The duchess threw the baby at Alice and ran off.

Rabbit from the story

Reading Diary B: California and the Old Southwest

"Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range":
Crow and Hawk fought over who would sit on the highest pole and made mountains from mud they took from duck's mouth to make the mountains.

"El Capitan":
Two boys were trapped on a mountain and a Measuring-Worm was the only one able to bring them down.

"The Children of Cloud":
The cloud's sons went to meet their father and was sent back and forth between cloud and wind until cloud challenged them to prove he was their father.


"Origin of the Raven and the Macaw":
A tribe had to choose between two eggs. The stronger tribe took away the raven egg and the weaker one settled for the macaw egg. The priest became the leader for the macaw tribe

"Coyote and the Hare":
Coyote caught hare and was going to kill him. Hare tricked coyote into letting him stand to tell him something. Hare ran and entered a house and tricked the coyote and escaped.

"Coyote and the Quails":
Story about how the quail tricked the coyote into thinking he ate himself and ended up trying to bite the quail but bit into a cactus and killed himself.

"How Bluebird and Coyote Got Their Colors"
The bluebird bathed on a blue lake for four mornings and four evening until he turned blue. The Coyote wanted to do the same. When he turned blue he walked around showing off and didn't watch where he was going and fell in the dirt and became the color of dirt.

"Coyote's eyes":
Coyote asked a bird to help him get his eyes brighter but after a few times of making them brighter the bird became annoyed and kept them. The bird then gave the coyote yellow eyes.

"How the Rattlesnake Learned to Bite"
The Elder Brother gave the snake fangs to bite because people kept annoying him to hear his rattlers. The snake then killed the rabbit and the animals hid the body from coyote.

"Coyote and the Rattlesnake":
Coyote tried to out scare rattlesnake and ended up with no food and had to hunt anyway.

Coyote hunting in the snow

Reading Diary A: California and the Old Southwest

"Three Coyote Creation Story":
The creation of people by coyote and eagle. The creation of mean by coyote and fox. The destruction and resurrection of men by coyote.

"The Creation of the World":
How the Earth Doctor created the world by stretching a piece of dirt and having the help of other animals to create it.

"Spider's Creation":
The creation of earth by the spider and how he separated the humans into clans. Also how he made people in charge of different aspects of earth.

"The Great Fire":
The creation of the sun by a hawk and coyote. The coyote gave the hawk a ball of dried reeds and told the hawk to fly into the sky snd set it on fire.

"Creation of Man":
The animals got together to decide what man should look like. The coyote, tricking everyone and cheating, won the contest.

"Old Man Above and the Grizzlies":
The old man lost his daughter to the world before. She married a bear and made the new human race. When her father found out he cursed them to walk on all fours.

"Creation of Mankind and the Flood"
How Earth Doctor created the earth but then killed all the humans and animals because of over crowding. The Elder Brother then wanted to destroy humans again but the Earth Doctor warned them of a great flood.

"The Fable of the Animals":
Man decided which animals would be prey to each other and who had the most and least strength. Coyote tried to stay awake all night to meet Man first but fell asleep late and was the last one awake.

"The Theft of Fire":
The coyote devised a plan to steal the fire form two old hags and passed it to different animals until it got to the ground squirrel who burned himself and still has a black stripe to this day.

"Coyote, Tortilla, and Mesquite Beans":
Coyote tried to trick a woman into giving her some tortillas and ended up drowning.

The coyote like the one in each story

Extra Reading Diary: Aesop's Fables (Jacobs)

"Birds, Part 1":
A fox tricked the crow into dropping a piece of cheese form his mouth so the fox could eat it. Another story a crow talks an eagle into dropping a tortoise on sharp rocks to break his shell.

"Birds, Part 2":
A man captured a bird to sing to him. When the bird refused to sing the man told him he would put the bird on toast. The bird told the man if he let him go he would tell him about something much better to eat. When let go the bird flew away.

"Insects, Snakes, Crabs":
A man's son stepped on a snake's tail so the snake turned and bit him and killed him. The man tok revenge and cut off part of the snake's tail. In turn the snake killed part of the man's cattle. When the man tried to make peace the snake denied.

"Frogs and Fish":
The frogs were living without order but still happy and careless. A few of the frogs when to Jove and asked for a ruler. Jove sent a log to them. When they realized the log wasn't living they asked for a different ruler so Jove sent a start that began eating all of them.

"Nature and Inanimate Objects":
The other organs of the body got mad at the stomach for not doing any of the work. The other organs went on strike and told the stomach he had to start working harder. When the hands stopped bringing food to the mouth the rest of the body got so weak they could not do their jobs. They all agreed they would start working again.

"Human's and Gods":
A man went to a satyr's house and he warmed his hands with his breath as well as cooled his soup with his breath. The Satyr thought of this as unnatural and kicked him out for blowing hot and cold air.

A bust of Aesop

Reading Diary B: Cherokee

"The Terrapin's Escape From the Wolves":
This is a story about how a terrapin tricked the wolves by getting the wolves to trow him into the river. He escaped but broke his back and sowed his back back together but still has the scars.

"The Ball Game of the Birds and the Animals":
A story about the creation of the bat and flying squirrel and how the martin made his home in a gourd.

"The Race Between the Crane and the Hummingbird":
The crane and hummingbird fell in love with a woman. The woman told them to race and the winner would be with her. The crane won but she didn't really want to be with him so she stayed single.

"The Owl Gets Married":
a story of how a man would go off to hunt for his wife and turn into an owl. The wife found out and kicked him out of her house.

"The Huhu Gets Married":
A mother had her daughter marry a man so he could work for them. He went to work for two days and the mother hadn't seen him or any progress so she kicked him out of the house.

"The Red Man and the Uktena":
A hunter stumbles on a man being killed by a snake and kills the snake. The man being killed was the red and man gave him a gift that would always bring him good luck while hunting.

"The Snake Boy":
A story about how a boy turned into a snake because his family was jealous of his relationship with his grandmother.

"The Bullfrog Lover":
A man had the mouth of a tadpole and tricked a woman into marrying him then was kicked out of the family when they discovered what he really is.

Cherokee People in traditional clothing

Reading Diary A: Cherokee Diary

"How the World was Made":
A story about the beginning of the world and how everything became as it is known today. The sun was made seven hand widths high. The owl and panther were given night vision because they stayed awake for seven days.

"The First Fire":
A story about how the animals brought the first fire from a mysterious place onto the land they live on.

"The Journey to the Sunrise":
A story about a few men's unsuccessful journey to meet the sun and question where he is from and what he is like.

"Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine":
The story of how the star pattern "Pleiades" came to be along with the pine tree. Seven boys were punished by their mothers and danced to be sent someplace else. They were put into the heavens while one was put into the ground.

"The Moon and the Thunders":
This story is of multiple forms of what the moon and sun are and it's various characteristics. One tells why the sun is only out at night and why it has dark spots.

"The Deluge":
A version of the Noah's Ark story from the bible.

"How They Brought Back the Tobacco":
The story about the fail of every animal to get the tobacco back. The hummingbird was the only animal swift enough to steal it back.

"The Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting":
A story of how the otter and rabbit were in a competition and the otter tricked the rabbit into roping and goose and ended up in a stump without a door until he tricked a family into letting him out.

"How The Terrapin beat the Rabbit":
A story of how the Terrapin tricked the Rabbit and won the race.

"The Deer and the Rabbit":
The first part tells how the deer was awarded the prize of antlers for a race in which he won becsaue the rabbit was accused of cheating. The second part tells of how the rabbit tricked the deer into letting him shave his teeth flat.

Painting of a Cherokee Family

Reading Diary B: Tibetan Folklore

"How the Rabbit Killed the Lion": The lion demanded that every animal Kotow to him. One day the rabbit didn't and the lion was angry at the rabbit. The lion asked the rabbit why he hadn't and he told him a witch delayed him. The lion went to the river to find the demon and saw his reflection. Thinking it was the demon, the lion jumped into the river and drowned.

"How the Raven Saved the Hunter": A hunter was very thirsty on a hunt one evening. When he made a cup of water a raven knocked it out of his hand. Thinking the raven did this on accident, he tried to again. The raven knocked the cup out once again. The hunter, angry, killed the raven. He thought to himself, there must be a reason for this. He traveled to the mouth of the river where a snake was poisoning the river.

"How the Scared Duck Got His Yellow Breast": A frog and a rabbit raced to the bottom of a mountain for a pot of gold. The frog had two other frogs help him to trick the rabbit into thinking he was moving faster down the hill. The frog won and recruited the duck to help him carry the gold. The duck thought the gold was so pretty that he smeared it on his chest.

"The Man and the Monkeys": A man went to a place where monkeys lived and thought it was a nice place to move his family. He fell asleep in a tree and asked a money for help. When the monkey became strong enough he helped him out of the water. The man went to sleep on the ground while the monkeys chattered above him. This annoyed him to when the monkeys went to sleep he shook the tree and made them all fall out to their death.

Tibetan Folk Group 

Reading Diary A: Japanese Mythology

"The Tiger and the Frog": The story is similar to the one told in the african unit. The frog tricks the tiger into thinking he is strong and can kill tigers.

"The Cony Who Got into Bad Company": A rabbit was running around with a rat and got him into trouble so they both got their whiskers, ears, and tails cut off.

"The Story of the Donkey and the Rock": A judge tries a rock against a donkey and charged every person own attendance an amount of money because of their curiosity and used that money to pay off a debt.

"How the Fox Fell a Victim to His Own Deceit": The tiger and fox grew up together when they found a new friend, the calf. The fox became jealous of the tiger and calf and tried to make them kill each other. The tiger ended up killing the fox and eating him.

"The Ingratitude of Man": A man helped out a rat, snake, crow, and a man. The man betrayed him and had him sent to prison while the other three helped him be freed and to survive while in prison.

"Covetousness": A fox, elephant, and bear were killed. Seven robbers found them and three split up to find water while the others prepared the food. The first three poisoned the water and the other four poisoned the food so they all died.

"The Wise Carpenter": A painter tried to get the carpenter killed by sending him to heaven. On his return from "heaven", the carpenter tells the kind the painter must now go. The painter is killed and end up with a one way ticket to heaven.

"The Man and the Ghost": A ghost stole the soul of the king's son and gave it to a man. The man dressed as a holy beggar and healed the son by returning his soul. The man was given half of the kid's riches in return.

"The Story of the Two Devils": A fake fortune teller destroyed two devils who were killing off the king's sons and was paid by being given power as string as the king's.

Tibetan Monk

Extra Reading Diary: Russian Folktales

Russian Folktales:

"The Dead Mother": A babies mother dies and every day the baby would cry until nighttime when they heard someone go into the room. The family then hid until the someone came into the room. They realized it had been the mother then went to the baby and it was dead.

"The Treasure": An old man went to burry his wife and found a pot of gold in which he paid for the funeral and a fine feast after. The pope became greedy and came to trick the old man out of his money. The sheep suit the pope wore to trick the old man was then stuck to his body and wouldn't come off.

"The Bad Wife": There was a man with a bad wife. She did not listen to him and always did the exact opposite. One day he trapped her in a bottomless pit. After a few days he threw a rope to get her out and out crawled a demon begging the man to not send him back for the wife was awful. The demon helped the man obtain countless amounts of money. Afterwards the man tricked the demon back into the pit.

"The Three Copecks": An orphan received a cat and let a merchant take it with him across the sea. When the merchant was in a inn the keeper asked for the cat and gave him a large amount of gold for it. When returned to the land he gave the orphan the gold and the boy went and bought incense with the gold and burned it. An old man appeared and gave him a wife.

"The Miser": A rich man owed a poor old man money and could not pay him back because he didn't have enough change. He then tried to trick the old man into thinking he was dead and eventually gave in and split all of his money with the old man.

"The Water Snake": A girl married a snake and when she went home for a visit her mother snuck off and killed the snake. The girl fried and told her two children to fly off as bird.

A copeck from the stories

Reading Diary B: West African Folktales

West African Folktales:

"The Moon and Stars": Anansi and his son help prisoners of the dragon escape and are rewarded by becoming the sun (Kweku Tsin), the moon (Anansi), and the stars (other prisoners)

"How the Tortoise Got Its Shell": The creation of the tortoise was made by him being smothered by a heavy pot and being rained on for months where is caked the pot and dust to his back.

"The Hunter and the Tortoise": The story is about a man finding a singing tortoise and takes her home with him but breaks a promise to her and is killed for his lying.

"The Leopard and the Ram": The story is about how the ram and leopard once lived together but the ram scared the leopard away and has ever since live in the house while the leopard lived in the woods.

"King Chameleon and the Animals": This story is about how the chameleon cheated his way into the king's position but no one would be apart of his kingdom so in reality he was no king.

"Elephant and Wren": The spider cheated in cutting down a tree with a wooden ax and on his way home tried to capture a wren for his families dinner so he could keep the elephant to himself when the elephant escaped.

"The Ungrateful Man": A hunter helped various animals out of a hole and was later betrayed by the human and sent to prison. The hunter saved the kings life and was let go and the human was beheaded.

"Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They Are Provoked": A tiger and a man meet in the woods and decided to live with one another. The man's friends shot the tiger and the tiger told his friend he would never harm a human unless provoked.

"How Mushrooms First Grew": Two men in debt wore robbed by a batfowl who was robbed by a tree who was robbed by an elephant who was robbed by a hunter who was robbed by a stump who was robbed by ant. The ant paid off their debts by making mushrooms for eating.

"Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies": Mybrow created a magnificent field with the use of the fairies. Mybrow told his wife where his field was on one condition, that she not answer any questions while there. When she answered the fairies asking who she was the fairies destroyed the field.

An African Tiger

Reading Diary A: West African Folktales

West African Folktales:

"How we got the name "Spider Tales"": This story is about the challenges faced by Anasi in trying to get the men to tell stories of himself instead of Nyankupon who is the chief of gods. Nyankupon told him he would tell the men of his wishes if he could collect a jar full of bees, a boa, and a tiger. Anahi did and so became the Spider Tales.

"How wisdom because the property of the human race": Anansi grew angry with the humans and took their wisdom away and stored it in a pot. He took the pot far into the woods to hide it at the top of a tall tree. He was unable to hide the pot because it was hanging around his neck and kept him from climbing the tree. After watching, Anansi's son told him to carry it on his back. Angry, Anansi threw the pot down anti broke, releasing the wisdom back into the world.

"Anansi and Nothing": The story is about Anansi and Nothing. Anansi was poor while Nothing was very wealthy. They went to the town to find wives. While they were on their way they switched clothes so that Anansi would be able to get wives. Announce, dressed in elegant clothes, gathered many wives while Nothing only acquired one. When arriving back at their respective homes, Anansi's wives were upset because of his small hut. Anna's wives went to Nothing's palace. Anansi became angry and left killed Nothing.

"Thunder and Anansi": Anansi goes out to find food when he sees a palm tree across the water. He takes an old boat out to the tree to obtain the nuts from the tree. Missing the boat and falling in the water, Anansi dives into the water and meets Thunder. He gave him a magic pot that had plenty of food in it. Being selfish, Anansi hid the pot from his family. They later found it and destroyed it.

"Why the lizard moves his head up and down": Anansi sets out to obtain the names of the the king's three daughters so he can marry them. After finding the names he tells the lizard the sound them so the king may hear. The king then gave the lizard the daughters. Anansi becomes angry and frames the lizard of a crime. The king then takes the wives away from the lizard and gives them to Anansi.

"The squirrel and the spider": The spider stole the squirrels land to later have the profits from the land stolen from him by the crow.

Palm trees of Africa