Reading Notes:Myth-Folklore Unit: Chinese Fairy Tales , Part B

Centaur by Marc Camelbeke

The story that caught my eye today was The Maiden Who was Stolen Away. this is simple tale and i want to make it my own. I will make the story take place in modern city in america rather than in a city china. I would keep the story the same where a girl is in her yard then swept away by a freak storm. She will wait at the top of a skyscraper taller than any other in the city by far. I will change the ending and the creature though. I will make it a happy ending for all rather than kill the creature. In my version the creature will be a centaur with wings. I will have the brother try to kill the creature but in the end the girl fall in love with the centaur and save it from being killed. This is what I plan to do with the story.

Bibliography: The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens