Pa(tel) me about Myth and Folklore

This is it. My last post for this class. I can't believe I'm finally done! It is truly a bittersweet feeling. I have loved taking this class and Indian Epics last fall. These classes are truly one of a kind! I am so, so, SO close to being done with college. It's CRAZY. Just this Monday I realized that this is my last full week of taking classes as an undergrad student. I just have one big paper and two finals, and then graduation, here I come! I am so ready to be able to say "Master has given Dobby a degree, Dobby is free!" Literally me next week.  My biggest regret regarding this class is that I gave up on my storybook. I had big expectations for myself and I'm disappointed that I didn't meet them. But mostly disappointed at the fact that I gave up because I knew if I had really tried, I could've done really great on my storybook. However, that's not saying that I'm not proud of what I have already. Trying to write in first person a...

This is my second to last post for this class and I wanted it to be my favorite extra credit assignment, Wikipedia Trails. I started the trail off with the article about Inferno . Not Dante's, but Dan Brown's. I have read the first book, Angels and Demons, in the Robert Langdon series by Dan Brown. Inferno is the fourth book in this series which I am hoping I will be able to read soon. I was curious to see when this book came out because I knew it's been a while but I wasn't exactly sure how long it has been. From there, I went to the article about the Duomo  in Florence, Italy. I was curious about this because I have seen many pictures of it and wanted to know when it was built. I watched this show on Netflix called Medici which is about the Medici family and I remember the Duomo being present during the time period portrayed in the show. I learned that the plan for it to be built started in 1296 and was completed in 1436, almost 140 years later. Duomo in Flor...

I finally made it to my last reading notes of the semester! That's crazy. I was honestly thinking about find some shorter stories to read so I could get done quick. However, I'm glad I decided to read Inferno for this last week's reading. As I was reading, I learned that some of the circles have different levels to it which I think is interesting because that just adds even more depth to the entire "inferno" of hell. I got really confused during these part B readings so I had to use Wikipedia to help me figure out what these circles were about. The Seventh Circle is divided by three rings, which house all of the violent people. Dante and Virgil have to first go around the Minotaur from the Sixth Circle to get to the Seventh Circle. First ring: for the people who do violence against neighbors. Second ring: for the people who do violence against self. Third ring: for the people who do violence against God, art, and nature. The Eight Circle of Hell is c...

I remember having to read Inferno back in sophomore year of high school. I thought it was cool back then because I used to read a lot back in high school. I wanted to read it again because I forgot almost all of it. The one circle I remember a little more about is the Third Circle because that was the one I had to do a presentation on. The Third Circle is where the gluttonous people reside. They are basically bombarded with rain, sleet, and hail all the time. Cerberus, the three-headed monster, guards the gluttons who are lying in the dirty, tainted water. He claws them and flays them which makes them howl like dogs. And this is basically how the souls in that circle of hell spend their whole time. When Cerberus sees Dante and Virgil, he tries to attack them but Virgil saves them by stuffing Cerberus's mouth with mud. And while Cerberus is busy trying to eat the "food", Dante and Virgil escape around him and go to the next level. Inferno: Cerberus and Pluto . from Da...

The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen translated by H.P. Paull The story starts with a prince who says he wants to marry a real princess. He goes around the world and meets so many princesses but he finds it hard to tell if they are the real deal or not. One stormy evening a princess comes knocking on their door. The wind and rain make her look really disheveled so they are skeptical about her being a real princess. The queen decides to test her. She goes and puts a pea under twenty mattresses and the princess was to sleep on those. The next morning they ask her how she slept and she says that she slept awfully because she felt something hard in her bed. That's how they knew that she was a real princess because only a real princess could be that sensitive. So the prince and princess end up getting married and the pea is put in a museum for all to see.  The Princess going to the top. Source: The Squirrel Basket .

The Twelve Huntsmen from Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes I thought this story was really interesting and fun to read.  The story starts off with a prince who is with his beloved maiden. One day he is called to his father's deathbed. The king says that you have to promise that you will marry whoever I name. So the prince agrees to it and afterwards he is crowned as the new king. Then after he was done mourning, he had to go marry the princess that the king wanted him to marry.  When the first maiden found out about, she gets scared and asks her dad to find her eleven other girls that look like her. When the girls were found, she made them all dress up as huntsmen including herself and then she went to her lover and asked him if he wanted huntsmen. The prince doesn't realize that it's his first girl but he still agrees to keep them all. The king had a lion that knew all the secrets. He told the king one day...

Rapunzel from Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes I love the story of Rapunzel. From what I know of the original fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, they are not as happy or comedic as the Disney versions. So as I was reading, I knew there was going to be some things that I was going to be kind of shocked about. The Disney version of Rapunzel is called Tangled and so I was comparing and contrasting to that whilst reading this story. The biggest difference in the Brothers Grimm version and the Disney version is the Prince/Flynn Rider.  In the Brothers Grimm version, the guy who "saves" Rapunzel is the prince who hears singing often when he's in the forest. He sees the tower but doesn't know how to get up until he sees Gothel call out to Rapunzel to let down her hair. In the Disney version, the guy who "saves" her is Flynn Rider/Eugene, who is a thief. He actually steals Rapunzel's crown th...

This is my second time around with a class like this. I took Indian Epics last fall and I didn't follow my schedule in that class either. I was hoping I would learn from my mistakes from that semester but I guess not haha. However, I did learn a little bit and right now, I'm not as far behind in this class as I was in that class.  I definitely have not been following my 6-hour schedule. I have done assignments all at random times but I'm just glad that I have been able to get most of them done during the week. I'm not ahead but I'm just a little behind.  My plan for this week is to do every core assignment and every extra credit assignment, plus maybe one or two from Week 15 and I will be done with this class.  I already wrote it down on my planner, but I'll write it here too. I usually always did the extra credit during the weekend but the last 2-3 I've been adding an extra credit assignment to a daily assignment so I won't have to rush to ...

Image created with Canva .  This is a saying that I think most everyone knows. It's from Finding Nemo. Dory the fish (who is voiced by Ellen Degeneres) says this. The meaning behind it is to "not give up." I feel like this is so simple and catchy but yet also kind of has a deeper meaning to it. I don't always say this but sometimes I catch myself thinking this when I want to give up on studying, writing a paper, etc.

Wow, I can't believe this week is already over, and we only have a few more weeks of this semester left! I feel like I have been so swamped these last two weeks that I have really fallen behind in this class. However, after looking through what I have left to do and how many points I still need for an A, I think I'm not that behind. I enjoyed doing this week's readings! I read the English Tales unit and then the Russian Fairy Tales for extra credit reading. I wasn't able to write a story for this week because I just couldn't come up with anything. However, I did come up with an idea while going through my blog posts a while ago so I think I'll definitely be able to write a story for this week. This next week I'm going to be reading Dante's Inferno or one of the units about the Brothers Grimm fairytales. I'm not sure which one I want to read yet because I'm interested in both so I might end up reading of them for the extra credit. My best wr...

The title of this article caught my attention. An Underappreciated Key to College Success: Sleep is something that I feel like so many college students can relate to. I think every college student knows how important sleep is for one's health. However, I know we've all gave up sleep to study or do homework. I know some friends that can easily pull all-nighters now because they got so used to doing it for certain classes. The author mentions in this article that college students who don't adopt healthy sleep habits are more likely to have a harder time trying to deal with the coarse load and are less likely to reach their academic potential. At the end of the article, there are a few tips that can help to assure that you get a good night's sleep. One thing that I have tried doing before is getting up at the same time everyday, including weekends. I feel like this is the hardest thing for me because I am just that person that values her sleep especially on the we...

Inspiration. Source: Sunday Class Announcements . J.K. Rowling is one of the favorite authors. She wrote the Harry Potter series which happens to be my favorite series of all time. I feel like this quote is very inspiring because she certainly followed through with what she says. The world of Harry Potter definitely transports the readers into a whole different, magical world.  I really liked watching this video. The message behind this video is that everyone has the power to create and that we can live a creative life if we choose to. One thing mentioned in this video is that it would take a combined amount of creativity to make a change in the world. I feel like this is true to some extent. I think an individual can make a difference or a change, but I also think that combining ideas can also help expand an individual's idea and make it in something better.

I started the trail with the article about Russia . I did extra credit reading this week which was the Russian Fairy Tales. I thought these were so interesting to read so I wanted to know more about Russia. Moscow and St. Petersburg are also cities that are on my bucket list so I wanted to see if I could find other cool cities from the article that I might want to add to my bucket list. From there I went to the article about the Caspian Sea . I went to the this article because I had heard about this sea before but I wanted to see what else I could find out about it. One thing I learned from this article was that the Caspian Sea is variously classed as the "world's largest lake" or full-fledged sea. It is considered that because the Caspian Sea is landlocked, and doesn't have any outflows. The next article I went to is the one about the Persian Gulf . I was curious to see where this gulf was and what the countries around it are. I knew for sure that the United Arab...

The Miser from Russian Fairy Tales  by W. R. S. Ralston This story is about a rich man, Marko, who is a cheapskate and a moujik who just wants Marko to pay him back. The story starts off with Marko the Rich walking by a beggar on the street. The beggar asks him for money but Marko just keeps on walking. He sees a poor moujik behind him give the beggar a copeck.  - moujik- a Russian peasant - copeck- a Russian money unit  Marko asks the moujik to give him a copeck to give to the beggar because he felt ashamed. He says "he didn't have any change" even though he's a rich man. The Moujik gives him one and asks when he should come to get the money. Marko says to come by the next day. When the Moujik goes back the next day, Marko tells him to come back the next day because "he really doesn't have change today." He comes back again the next day and Marko says the same thing and tells him to come again at the end of the fortnight. Whe...

Mr. Miacca  from English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs I thought this story was so weird and funny at the same time. It starts off with this boy named Tommy, whose mother tells him to never go around the corner alone because Mr. Miacca will get him if he does. Tommy being the bad boy he is, doesn't listen to his mother and goes around the corner. Mr. Miacca catches him and takes him home. He tells Tommy that he's going to have him for supper. He remembers that he didn't get herbs so he calls his wife, Mrs. Miacca, to watch over Tommy while he goes and gets herbs. Tommy starts talking to Mrs. Miacca and asks her if Mr. Miacca always has little boys for dinner. She says "Yes, mostly if little boys are bad and get in his way." Tommy says "well doesn't he eat anything else like pudding?" and she says "I love pudding but she doesn't get it often." SO Tommy says that his mother makes pudding and that he can go and get it if she le...

The Three Little Pigs from English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs The Three Little Pigs. Source: Greenville Symphony Orchestra .  The story of the three little pigs is one that we all know from way back in kindergarten, or even earlier. I realized that I only remember the children's version of the story. I don't remember ever reading about how the third little pig was tricked into going to all of these places by the wolf and in turn tricking the wolf.  The wolf and pig trick each other back and forth a few times. The first is when the wolf tells the pig that there is a field where he can find nice turnips. He tells the pig to be ready by 6 am and they can go together but the pig gets up at 5 and already gets the turnips before the wolf can show. This angers the wolf so he tries something else. The second is when the wolf tells the pig that there is a garden where he can find a nice apple tree. He tells the pig to be ready at 5 am this time but the pig ge...

A Growth Mindset Fuels Creativity in Youth In this article by Marilyn Price-Mitchell, she talks about five ways growth mindsets were fostered by supportive adults during adolescence. She believes that when children develop growth mindsets, they see themselves as creative works in progress. Growth Mindsets. Source: Roots of Action . The five growth mindsets she mentions in her article: I see connections. I am open to new ideas. I bow to my mistakes. I embrace diversity. I live in a human-virtual world. The ones that stuck out the most to me were #2 and #3. I think that I am fairly open to new ideas, but I know I have my hesitations when it comes to some things. I don't really like change unless I know I'm going to be comfortable with it from the beginning. However, I am trying to be more open to many things. Also, I always try to learn from my mistakes but I know I always don't.  I hope I can keep these growth mindsets in mind and they will help m...

For this storylab, I did more research for my storybook. I wanted to write stories about Zeus and his brothers, Hades and Poseidon. I needed to know more about them first so I could incorporate information into the story. First I did research on Hades and I found a biography about him, and two stories that also include Zeus and Hades interacting so I can possibly use some of that to build a story. Hades and the King of Corinth  (story where Zeus asks Hades for help) A Biography of the Greek God Hades  (biography) Greek Mythology: Hades and Persephone  (story where Hades ask Zeus for Persephone's hand in marriage) I also found some stuff for Poseidon as well. Zeus and Poseidon  (the relationship between the brothers) Poseidon  (biography) The Contest of Poseidon and Athena  As I was doing the research I got this idea to write a story where the brothers do a monthly meet-up and they all catch up on each other's life. The Gods have a rough r...

The Adventure of Sir Percivale from King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang Percival. Source: Wikimedia Commons . Sir Percivale pursued adventures of his own and once when he was about to lose his life, he was saved from his enemies by Sir Galahad. He didn't realize it was Sir Galahad at first but then he eventually came to the realization. Sir Galahad had gone and followed the enemies into the forest to keep fighting while Sir Percivale waited by a tree. While he waited, a yeoman came by and asked if he had seen a knight on a black horse. The yeoman says the knight had taken his steed and if his lord finds out, he will be killed. Percivale says he will help find the knight. The yeoman gives Percivale his hackney so he doesn't have to go on foot. When he does find the knight, the knight in turn spears the hackney and so the hackney falls down and so does Percivale. Percivale tries to get the knight to fight him and the knight doesn't listen...

For this week's readings, I am reading the King Arthur unit. I remember reading stories about King Arthur, Morgan le Fay, and Camelot back in elementary school through the Magic Tree House books and some other books I can't remember right now. King Arthur. Source: Wikimedia Commons . I found this story about King Arthur and Morgan le Fay so interesting because I remember her as being this nice, protector of Arthur. However, in this version of King Arthur, I read about how she hated him and wanted revenge from him. King Arthur killed a knight in battle one day and that knight just happened to be the one that Morgan loved.  One day Arthur had went out somewhere to rest after coming back from a battle. Morgan decided to go to where he was resting. When she reaches the Abbey of nuns where he is resting, she asks the nuns to not wake him. The nuns didn't want to disobey her so they left her alone.  When she goes inside to see Arthur, she sees that he has his swo...

In the article, Deskercise: 17 Exercises You Can Do At or Near Your Desk , I found some great little exercises that I really liked doing. While reading through the article, I realized I already do some of these regular. The first one on the list is fidget. I feel like I fidget all the time. For example, I tap my foot a lot, or I drum my fingernails. I also crack my knuckles often too. Something else I do from the list is arm stretches, and shoulder and neck stretches, and calf stretches. I feel like when I sit in a place for too long, my body gets stiff so I always stretch my arms, legs, or do some neck turning. One of the new ones I did was called the seated bicycle pedal. That one was a little weird to do at first but it did feel good after a while. Another exercise I found from this article is wrist stretches. I feel like I have done this before too but not exactly how the article said to do it. This one really helped loosen my fingers and it felt like the blood flow got bet...

The Haunted Halls of Waverly Hills Hospital Buzzfeed Unsolved One of my favorite shows from on Youtube is called Buzzfeed Unsolved where these two guys, Ryan and Shane, discuss cases of true crime or supernatural occurrences. And then they go and investigate.  This is one of my favorite episodes. They go to the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, which is claimed as one of the most haunted places on earth. 

Image created with Canva . This quote, "Nevertheless, she persisted" was stated by Mitch McConnell back in 2017 when the Senate voted to silence Senator Elizabeth Warren's objections of Jeff Sessions's confirmation as Attorney General. The feminist movement basically adopted this after it went viral on social media when many, many feminists started tweeting it and hashtagging it. I love this quote because it really is very motivational to me, especially when I'm feeling down and feeling like I won't be able to do anything with my life.

Image created with ImgFlip. I absolutely love memes and I wanted to make one at one point for this semester so I finally got to do it. When this particular meme came around onto social media a while ago, I knew I had to make one of my own. This meme is actually so me and my mom. I feel like when I do vent to her about how stressed I am, I usually mention how I am going to end up dropping out and doing nothing with my life. And honestly her facial expression is like that too because she knows I'm being stupid.

I decided to add a graduation countdown because I keep forgetting how close I really am getting to graduation. It was really easy to make actually. I wanted to get all extra with it and try to make it match the background of my blogger website. I went and found the color code for the background of my website and used that as the text color for the countdown. And then I tried to make the background color of the countdown as close as I could to the color of the leaves.

I started this trail off with the article about Eskimos . I was curious about the Eskimo people because they were one of the tribes mentioned for the readings these last two weeks. I learned that the word "eskimo" means "a person who laces a snowshoe." It is derived from the word ayaskimew from the Innu-aimun language. From there I went to the article about the Seward Peninsula . I was curious about this because this is one I have never heard of before. This peninsula projects about 200 miles out from the western coast of Alaska into the Bering Sea. It is named after the U.S. Secretary of State, William H. Seward, who fought for the purchase of Alaska. Next I went to the article about a maar . A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater. It is a caused by an explosion which occurs when groundwater comes into contact with with hot lava or magma. Some of the largest known maars are found on the Seward Peninsula. The last article I went to was about Patagonia ....

The Dog-Husband from Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson  The story starts off with a young girl who is very fond of her dog. It was a common custom that the dog slept at the food of the bed at night. Every night the dog would change into a human and sleep with the girl, and would turn back into a dog before everyone woke up in the morning. One day the girl gets pregnant and when the parents find out its the dog, they burn the house down and move away and leave her all alone. This Crow had pity on her and helped her. She gave birth to five puppies and her father had killed the dog, so they didn't have a father. She looked after them all by herself. Puppies. Source: The Guardian . The secret was that the four male puppies and one female puppy could turn human like how their father could. So one day when the mom was suspecting that there was something going on, she pretends to go out of the house for work, and comes back to her house to see what wa...

The Fox-Woman from Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson The fox-woman. Source: Animals . This week I'm going to read Native American marriage tales. The one from this unit that I really liked reading was this story called The Fox-Woman. This story is about a hunter who comes home after a few days to find his house had been cleaned up and everything was put into place. It kept happening again and again when he left the house that one day he decided that he was going to stay back and watch to find out who was doing this. He pretended like he was going on a hunt but instead hid somewhere so he could see who was going to enter the house.  He sees a fox enter and thinks the fox is probably after food. When he goes inside his house, he sees a  beautiful woman and the skin of a fox hung up nearby. When he asks her if she was the one who did all of these things, she says yes because she is his wife and it's her duty to do all of these thi...

Okay so I'm going to be a little (a lot actually) biased about this graphic and this video I have picked. I'm Indian and I love all of the stuff posted on the announcements about India. Today is Diwali, which is the Festival of Lights. This whole weekend was full of festivities for me. Diwali for me means being around the ones you love. I love Diwali because it means I get to see family and friends, especially the ones I don't get to see often. Kids lighting "diyas" which are oil lamps. Source: Chandigarh Tribune . I love this picture of these two kids lighting diyas. I love lighting up my whole house with diyas! I wish one day I'll be able to celebrate Diwali in India. I know it's a big celebration there and I would love to experience it. I really liked this video because it explains why Diwali is celebrated, and it tells the more religious side of it. I think we tend to forget, especially me sometimes, how some festivals are celebrated in...

Messing around with the Canvas Dashboard is actually fun. I learned about this a few semesters ago but I still mess with it every semester. You can change each class module color to whatever you like. I change my modules to match what the notebook color is that I will use for that class. I even color coordinate the pen color I use in my planner for my classes. I change the names as well. I like it better when the class name is actually on there like "Myth and Folklore" and not "MLLL 3043.' 

The Making of Lakes and Mountains from Myths and Legends of British North America by Katharine Barry Judson I realized I really like the "creation" or "making" stories the most out of all of these stories. This one I read was about how lake and mountains were made. The story is about how a woman made the lakes and mountains using hair oil, hair combings, whetstone and red ochre. Then she also got some wood.  The woman was kidnapped by bears so as she's escaping, one of the bears watches her and goes with her. She piles wood on him and escapes.  The ways she made the lakes and mountains: Poured hair oil- which became a big lake Threw down hair combings- became a mass of fallen trees Broke off part of the whetstone and put it in the ground- it became a big mountain Threw her whole comb and stuck it into the ground- became a big mass of mountains She pours the rest of her hair oil and throws all of the hair combings- turned into a big lake...

Advice from Writers Keep Dialogue in Character I love to write dialogue, especially when rewriting a story that doesn't have enough dialogue. I think dialogue helps personalize the character more and is able to help the reader connect more to the character. This author says "I envision the scene; I can imagine them up there on the screen; I try to imagine what they would be saying and how they would be saying it. And I keep it in character." I like the part where he says he can imagine them up there on the screen. It's like maybe I can imagine the characters being in a movie and they are saying these dialogues that I write.  Writer's Block Doesn't Exist I think this one actually opened my eyes a lot. This author says writer's block is "a way of saying the writing you are trying to do came out so badly you're not willing to go through with it."  I realized that is actually so true because there have been times where I have started...

Creation of the Earth from Myths and Legends of British North America by Katharine Barry Judson The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars. Source: Steemit . For this week's Native American readings, I decided to read the stories from the British North America unit. One story that I really liked reading was this story, Creation of the Earth. I thought it was really interesting how the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon and the Stars were personified. They were portrayed as actual people instead of objects.  One day the Earth was scolding her husband, the Sun, because he was too hot and he was making the house too hot. The Sun eventually gets tired of it and moves away. The Moon and the Stars also follow him. She was left all alone so she started crying. An Old Man came by and saw her crying so he asked her what was wrong and she told him everything. The Old Man goes to the Sun, and tells him he simply cannot run away and hide because there will be other people eventual...

I started the trail off with West Africa . The readings I did for this week were all from West Africa so I wanted to learn more about it. Back in middle school geography, I used to know a lot about Africa in general. Somethings I already knew were that Great Britain and France both controlled almost the entire region. One new thing I learned is that overfishing is a big issue in this region. The foreigners who fish using the big nets reduce fishing stocks in this region which causes problems in availability of food. The next article I went to was the Treaty of Versailles article. This is the treaty that ended World War 1. It was signed on June 28, 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand which led to World War 1 to start. Next I went to the article about The Inquiry . It was study group established by Woodrow Wilson in 1917. The purpose of the group was to gather and prepare materials for the peace negotiations for World War 1. The group con...

Big Changes. Source: Blog Post . I really like this cat meme because I used to be the type to try to make the big leap into something and I would end up having a setback because of it. I've learned to take smaller steps because those actually make more of a difference. Take Risks. Source: Blog Post . I never really took risks before. I played it safe with many aspects of my life. I realized how much that held me back from doing things. Last year was when I barely started taking some risks, and it has done me so much good.  Don't Compare. Source: Blog Post . I do this a lot and I really wish I didn't. I see friends or people I know doing so much better than me and I just think of how much I'm not doing with my life. Especially once I decided to take an extra semester. I knew I was putting myself behind and felt bad when I would see my friends starting medical/dental/grad school or starting a new job. However, I've come to slowly accept that life isn...

I forget that you can get certain notifications from Canvas. I usually have them set on for the basic stuff like "due date" and "announcements." I like to be notified when the due date has changed, or if there were new files added to the class modules. I'm also a TA for a psychology class so I get notifications for when students submit an assignment. Usually on the days leading up to the due date for an assignment, I get hoards of emails of submissions. It got too much because that's almost 210 emails right there just saying that someone submitted the assignment. I ended up turning them off and only leaving the submission comments emails on so I could see if anyone had questions about it.

My name is Kweku Tsin, and my father is Anansi. People call him Father Anansi because he has all the wisdom in the world. For this very reason, people come to him to ask for help with their problems. I believe my Father is a smart man, but he also lets it get to his head sometimes. I watched from the side as he talk to some people. I find it fascinating that he always knows what's the best solution. Usually he's always calm and collected, but today he seems troubled. The more I watched him, the more I realized he was getting mad.  Next thing I knew, Father had gotten up and stormed off from the room. "Oh no. He seems really mad." I followed him to see what was wrong. When I got to his room, I saw him marching around, muttering something to himself.  "Fools. How dare they talk about me like that. The audacity!" exclaimed Father.  "Father, what is wrong? What happened?" I asked him. However, instead of answering my question he just w...

Why Tigers Never Attack Men Unless They Are Provoked by William H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair The Tiger. Source: Wikimedia Commons . I really like reading this story about how a tiger and a man became friends. The story starts off with a man hunting in the forest when he comes across a tiger. At first they're both afraid of each other but eventually they talked and became friendly. They agreed to live with each other. For two weeks, the man would stay with the tiger in his home and vice versa. The tiger brought his cub along with him, and the man's son and the cub became friends as well. One day, the man's father died and so the tiger went to the man's house to be with his friend.  As the tiger was making his way back home, two of the man's friends were waiting to kill him, They shoot the tiger and he is injured. He was confused and wanted to know if his friend, man, knew about this or if his friend was the one that wanted him dead.  Th...

How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race by William H. Barker and Cecelia Sinclair.  Anansi and the Pot of Wisdom. Source: Storynory.   For this week's reading, I'm doing the West Africa unit. I had seen some people who wrote about the spider Anansi so I wanted to read those stories as well. One story that I really enjoyed reading was How Wisdom Became the Property of the Human Race. I thought it was so ironic and funny. Father Anansi is the main character. He possesses all of the wisdom of the world. One day when the men of the country offended him, he decided to punish them. His idea of punishment was that he would go and hide all of the wisdom from the world so that only he had all of the wisdom. Anansi's son, Kweku Tsin, began to suspect his father so he follows his father when he leaves the house with his pot. This pot had all of the wisdom. Anansi goes and finds the tallest tree that no one could easily climb. He kept trying to climb it but ke...