Week 13 Story: Three Wasted Wishes

Fairy by Peter

There once lived a man who lived in New York. He was on a business trip for his job. This was nothing out of the ordinary for the man. But this trip will end up being the most interesting he will ever have. It starts out with him going about his normal business when he takes these trips for his company. He starts to head home after business has ben conducted and was on a crowded subway platform. He is waiting for the train in subway so that he may make his way to the airport. The train stated to arrive on the platform but instead of slowing down it passes at full speed and the lights start to flicker. As the train passed, in front of him appears a fairy. Nobody else was around. The fairy spoke and told the man he had been chosen for the chance to have three wishes and was told to use them wisely. Then the lights flickered, and the fairy disappeared, and the man was in a crowded subway platform again.

                He made his way home after this event confused and shrugging it off as if had never happened. He arrived back at his home in New York. He came home to his roommate watching tv next to a fire place and sat down. He was watching a show that was showing the most expensive pizza in New York. The pizza was two thousand dollars and had gold flakes on it. The man wished he could try the pizza. Then suddenly, a pizza came down the chimney. The roommate and man open the box to find the pizza they saw on TV and both wondered how then the man remembered what happened on the subway.

                He explained the whole situation to his friend. He said that it really had happened, but his friend refused to believe him. He also ridiculed him for coming up with the story. He asked his friend to stop ridiculing him, but he wouldn’t. he then wished that his friend would just shut up. Suddenly, his friend couldn’t speak. He told his friend that he gets this for ridiculing him.

The friend went to the doctor the next day to see if they could so anything. The doctors were completely stumped. They sent the roommate home with no success. So finally, the roommate went to the man and asked if he would use his third wish to give him his voice back. He wrote on a piece of paper he would believe his story if it came back. So the man wished for his voice to come back and it did. After this the friend believed what had happened. But they both realized through their squabbling that they had wasted three wishes on things that were almost pointless. They learned to never argue over something so obscure but serious at the same time again.

Authors notes: The original story was “the Three Wishes”. In this story a man was a lumber collector who chopped trees and before he chopped down a tree a fairy appears before him and told him he had three wishes. He went home confused and dazed not believing it. Then while at home he wished for black pudding while his wife cooks and it falls out of a fire place. Then the man tries to explain it to his wife and she doesn’t believe him. He wishes his nose to smell the black pudding but they cannot get his nose off of it so he wishes his nose free. This is what I based my story off.

Bibliography: Three Wishes By Jacob Joseph

Week 12 Story:The forbidden Love

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There was once a lady name Jess, who lived in New York City, and who fell for a hansom rich looking guy. This guys name was Jacob. Jacob always took Jess on fancy dates though out Manhattan Island. They would always end their dates at Jess’s house though. After many wonderful dates jess started asked if Jacob would like to go to his house after each date, but he would say no. But Jacob would describe his house to her so that she would have an idea of what the house looked like. He even gave her the address. This satisfied her for a while.

One day while knowing Jacob was away on business Jess hoped into a cab and headed to Jacobs house. When she arrived, it was greater than she had ever expected. The house outside was fantastic with gardens of flowers on either side of the yard. She wanted a look at the inside, so she found a window that was open and went to look inside. It was just as Jacob described but she saw a room she had never heard Jacob describe. She opened the door to see inside a room covered in plastic wrap and a table in the middle with medical tools.

                A few moments later she saw head lights pulling up and then the front door started to creak open. She couldn’t make it to the window where she entered before Jacob entered in the house. She hid in a storage closet that had a line of sight on Jacob. She saw him struggling to bring something inside. She finally realized it was a person. She looked really close at the persons face and it was the man she saw on the news the day previous for the murder of three children in a park. The man was struggling, and Jacob punched the man in the face and his teeth went everywhere. Jacob got the man in the mysterious room and closed the door. Jess then waited a few minutes and came out of the closet. She grabbed one of the teeth as proof she was there and as she left, she heard screams of bloody murder come from the room.

                The next day Jess and Jacob had a date. Jess acted normal though the whole date until they reached her home. Once they were inside, she took Jacob to her living room. Then she confronted him about what happen last night. Jacob tried to deny it at first but when she showed him the tooth, he knew he would have to come clean. He told her that he was a man that killed those who raped or murdered others that the law could not catch or got away with it. He said that what he did was wrong and would face judgement one day but until then he would help those who didn’t have help. Jess sat and thought long and hard about what she had just been told. She then decided that she wasn’t going to do anything. She loved Jacob and what he did was technically for the good of the people. She made a few rules for Jacob though. She said that he was to hold no more secrets and they were to spend time at his house. He agreed to this.

                In the end the Jacob continued what he did, and Jess knew what he was doing. They ended up getting married and moving into Jacobs house. They had three kids together. Jess made Jacob move his so-called hobby to outside for the children’s sake. They ended up living happily ever after.

Authors notes: The original story was “Mr. Fox”. There was a maiden in love with the man Mr. Fox, but they never went to his castle. I kept this part of the story. One day the maiden when to his castle and found a room full of bodies. She also saw Mr. Fox come home and cut off the hand of a dead person he was dragging inside. She took the hand and went home. I did this but with a twist on the room and used teeth. When Mr. Fox Visited the maiden confronted him and he denied it but when she show him the hand her brother and her killed him. I changed the end to where she accepts him to put a dark twist in the story.

Bibliography: Mr. Fox by Joseph Jacobs

Story Week 11: A Man and His Rabbits

Rabbit by Martin Owens 

There was once a man roaming the plains. He was hungry and willing to kill anything to eat even if It was a cute fuzzy rabbit. He soon came upon a burrow in the middle of the plains. He looked to see if anything was inside. He soon realized there was nothing inside. He stepped on the entrance and making the burrow inaccessible. He sat and waited until what lived in the burrow came home.

                Soon a family of rabbits came looking for their home and saw the man sitting at the entrance. The man explained to the rabbits that he had accidentally stepped on the entrance. He told them he would help take care of them this evening and help to build a new burrow tomorrow. The rabbits agreed to his generosity.

                The man soon got a fire going with the grass and twigs he could find around him. While gathering these items he also found a rock that he would use to strike the rabbits. While the fire the fire was going the rabbits would dance around it and so would the man. He would occasionally hit one of the rabbits in the head with the rock and then explain that the rabbit must be tuckered out but should wake in the morning. He did this until there was one rabbit left. This rabbit noticed the rock and tried to run but the man threw the rock this time and hit it.

                The man after killing all the rabbits skinned them and left their meat to dry out in a nearby tree. He returned to his fire and fell asleep. Later in the evening a few vultures saw the meat hanging in the tree and came to take the meat. They took all the meat except and especially small piece from the smallest rabbit.

                The next morning the man awoke and went to get his meat. He climbed the tree and the first piece he saw was the smallest piece and he threw it down thinking it was to small to care about. he continued to climb until he realized all his meat was gone. He soon climbed down to find the small piece he threw in the dirt. It was all covered in dirt, but the man was starving and ate the piece whole.

Author notes : I made this story for “Coyote Kills Prairie Dogs”. I change coyote to a man and I changed Prairie dogs to rabbits. It the story coyote told the prairie dogs to lock their doors so when they realized he was killing them they couldn’t go back home. I made it where the man made no entrance to their home and they had to follow him. In both stories the weapon of choice is a rock. In the original the prairie dogs realize their being killed but have nowhere to run but in mine they are all killed until one is left. In the original and mine the meat get stolen except for the smallest piece which get tossed aside and then they are forced to eat it because that is all that is left.

bibliography: Coyote Kills the Prairie Dogs By P. E. Goddard

Week 10 Story: The Mountain Lion Cub

               

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                There was once a couple who live in the mountains. They lived in a log cabin midway up a mountain. There was a general store about ten miles from where they lived. The would go there to get basic essential such as spices and tools. The way they got their food is the husband would go hunting. Once a week and bring home a dear, bear, or several small animals.

                One day while out hunting the husband killed a mountain lion that was particularly aggressive. After killing it he notices why. It was protecting a single cub. Knowing he had already killed one thing that day he did not have the heart to kill another, so he decided to take the mountain lion cub back to his wife. When she saw it, she was so happy and decided to adopt and raise it as her own.

                The cub started out so small and was easy to raise at first but after a while it started to grow. When she first had the cub, it would play with paper towel tubes but after a while it became to big. So, she got it scratching post but after a while it became to big and destroyed it. So, she made the now full-sized lion play with the trees outside. She would scratch and tear at the trees, but they were old, big and sturdy, so o could not destroy them.

                After a while the husband ask the wife if he could take it hunting for it would be a great companion. The wife agreed. After taking the mountain lion one time they realized how good of a hunter she was. So, to make use of it the husband would constantly take her hunting with him. Finally, after a while the mountain lion would go out and hunt on it own and bring back food to the couple.

                They lived happily with their lioness companion for a while. It all changed one day when it came home with a body. The husband immediately recognized the body was of the general store. He went to investigated what had happened. When he was down there he figured out the store owner had seen the mountain lion and tried to kill it. He could tell the lion only killed him in self-defense. He went back home and explained this to his wife and they sat down and discussed a decision.

They decided to report the store owner as missing and they needed to let go of the mountain lion. So, they did just this. The decided to put a collar on the lion with a blank tag in hopes people would leave it alone. The couple drove deep into the woods, so that they let the lion go away from civilization. They cried as they told it to leave but the lion understood and ran off into the woods.

                To this day people who travel deep into the wood will say they see a mountain lion with a collar, but it will not attack them for some reason. The husband and wife never saw the mountain lion again though.

 Authors notes: the original story “The Woman Who had a Bear as a Foster-Son” was about an eskimo woman who fostered a bear cub that grew up and would hunt with the men. I changed the people from eskimos and the cub to a bear but kept the story similar. Her bear brought a dead man who challenged to kill the bear and she decided to let it go after that. In my story the lion killed the store owner and brought them home. The eskimo let he bear go in the end and I did the same with my story.

Bibliography: The Woman Who had a Bear as a Foster-Son by Knud Rasmussen

Week 9 Story: The Lonely Centaur

Centaur by Marc Camelbeke

There was once a girl who lived in big city full of skyscrapers. Out of all these skyscrapers one was fifty stories taller than any of the others. This one was in the dead in the middle of the city and stood out. One day the girl was out in her backyard messing with her garden when a freak storm swooped in out of nowhere and picked up the girl. Being very scared the girl kept her eyes shut the whole time.

When the storm disappeared, and the girl opened her eyes she found herself at the top of the cities tallest sky scraper. She looked around and saw a man approach her that was also on the roof. He asked her if she would marry him and she said no. The man said that she would be on the roof until she said yes. He gave her some clothes, food, and showed her where there was a garden that she could work in if she felt like it. Then he climbed down a ladder on the side of the building to the story below. He removed the ladder so that the girl would not escape.

For the next few days the man returned by putting the ladder back and brought the girl food. Then he would ask if she had changed her mind and she kept saying no.

One day in hopes that someone would notice her on the roof the girl threw her original clothes over the edge hoping someone notice where it came from. She lucked out for the person who saw her clothes was her brother. Wondering where the clothes came from the brother went home to think that evening.

The next day the man did his normal routine but forgot to take down the ladder. As soon as the girl noticed this she climbed down to a door that was locked. The door had a small window in it though. She looked through it and to her surprise the man was on the other side but changing into something. At the end of the transformation she saw that he was a centaur with wings. She banged on the door to get his attention.

He came over with fear for she had seen what he truly was. He opened the door and told her that she was free. She did not move though. She beckoned the centaur to the roof. When up on the roof they talked.  there she discovered that he was lonely and thought this was the best way to get her to love him. She said what he did was wrong but was willing to start things off with him slowly and didn’t care what he was. She wanted to make things work out for she thought he was a beautiful creature that deserved love.

Right after they finished talking the girls brother showed up on the roof. Seeing the creature his first thought was to kill the creature with the gun he kept on him. Before he could get a shot off the girl jumped in front of the brother and the centaur. She explained that he was a misunderstood creature that made a mistake and had not harmed her. After hearing this the brother put the gun away. He was just happy his sister was safe.

A couple of days after the event the brother and sister invited the centaur to live with them. Since they both knew what he was the centaur was able to take his true form in their home. After many months together, the girl decided to marry the centaur since she had finally had the chance to properly get to know him. Form there they all lived happily ever after.

Authors note: The original story was The Maiden Who Was Stolen Away. In that story a girl was taken to the top of a tall pagoda. She had a man telling her to marry him or be locked up at the top. After a while she threw her clothes off and a passerby took the clothes to her brother because they recognized them as hers. Before her brother arrived to get her the girl figured out the man was an ogre. When the bother came for his sister he threw and ax at the ogre and cut off its arm. Then he saved his sister. My story ended much different and had different creature.

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

Week 7 Story: The Cable Mans Dreams

Larry the Cable Guy

Image by Steve Snowden 

There was once a man who cable installer. He was happy with his job and he would always do the best job possible. Then one day he had to do an install at a tri level mansion. Seeing everything that was in this house made the cable installer sad. He finished the job and left. Though this time when he left the job he felt unsatisfied with himself. He wished he had all the riches that the man who owned the house did. Then right after he thought this a voice in his head said,” Your wish is my command.”

Later that evening he arrived home in shock. His small one-bedroom house had turned into a tri level mansion. He loved it. Seeing that he had become rich he quite his job and started a new life. He felt unsatisfied with his new life style after a while though. He wanted to do more. He was watching T.V. one day and saw the CEO of a company giving a speech and showing power over the company. The man than though to himself that he wished he was a CEO. Once again, a voice came over and said,” Your wish is my command.”

The next day the man awoke to being named the CEO of a new business. He did not abuse his power while in the is position but like with be rich he soon became bored. Now the man had a taste of power he wished for more so that he could control nature. He thought to himself that he was the moon so he could control the oceans. Once again, a voice came over and said,” Your wish is my command.”

The man then became the moon. He controlled all the waves of the ocean. But as before he became bored but also, he was tired of having so much power. He saw fish every day in the ocean and thought their lives were simple. So, he thought to himself that he wanted to be a fish in the sea. Once again, a voice came over and said,” Your wish is my command.

The man loved being a fish with nothing to do and freedom to swim around all day. One day though the man got caught in a fishing net and was being taken to a fish cannery. Before he dies as a fish the man thought to himself he wanted to be a cable man again. From that day on the man appreciated everything that he had and never wished for anything to complex again.

Author notes: The original story is “The Stonecutter”. It the story he first wishes for the riches of a wealthy person and their lifestyle. Then he wishes that he could be a prince. Then he wishes that he could be the sun. Then he wishes he could be a stone and a stonecutter came along to cut him and he wishes to be a man again and realized his stonecutter life was just fine even if he didn’t have it all.

bibliography: source story and author: The Stonecutter by Andrew Lang 

Week 6 Story: The Man Who Looked for His Luck

assassin

image by Anthony Hill 

There once were two brothers. One of them was a successful business man while the other was barely making it by, paycheck to paycheck. One day while visiting the office building his brother works in looking for a job he stopped by to see his brother in his office. When he opened the door to the office he saw a man sitting there doing paper work that was not his brother. He has asked, “Who are you?”

The man relied “I am your brother luck.”

Then the brother asked, “If you are my brother luck, what are you doing here?”

He responded, “I do your brother harder paper work to keep him ahead in the game of business.”

The brother thought a moment then ask, “Where his luck was?”

To this he responded, “He is resting in a hotel.”

The man demanded to know where the hotel was, and the luck told him where the hotel was. The brother set off to find his luck. On his way he cam across a man crying. He inquired why the man was crying. The man explained that he did not have enough money to open his business. So the brother told the man once he finds his luck he will ask a way to get the money.

Next the brother came across a chef siting in front of his restaurant looking sad. He asked the chef why he was sad. The chef replied that he had not had a customer in many days. Thinking about this the brother said he would inquire his luck on why this was.

Along the way the brother saw a man in a black suit. He looked frustrated and the brother asked why? The man explained his assassin’s business was not taking off. To this the brother responded I will ask my luck for you.

Finally, he found the hotel and entered to find his luck sleeping on a couch. He woke his luck. He asked why he was not with him and it replied that he was not to wake for a few more years. The luck asked him to leave until then, but the brother wouldn’t until he answered his questions about the situation of the men he met along the way.

To this the luck responded, “For the man who wants a business tell him to get a loan. For the chef, tell him to make food people like not just food that he liked. Finally, for the assassin, tell him to take a contract out on a fool to gain credit.”

After hearing these answers, the brother left his luck. First, he inquires the man who wanted to open a business. He told him to get a loan from a bank. The man thanked the brother and asked if he would be his partner, but the brother declined for he had answers for others.

Next the brother visited the chef. He told the chef to make food for the people not just his own likings. To this the chef responded fondly. The chef asked the brother if he wanted to be his personal food taster and the brother declined for he had one more answer to deliver.

Finally, the brother found the assassin. He told the assassin to take a contract out on a fool. To this the assassin asked for the brother to sign a contract. The brother did this without reading it.

Later that night the assassin killed the brother while he slept with a snipper. The brother died.

Author notes: the original story a poor brother set out for his luck after speaking to his rich brothers’ luck. He ran across several people and told them he would ask his luck what to do in their situations. He found his luck and it responded to each situation. Then he went to each person with the answer and they all offered half their rewards for the answers, but he foolishly declined them. Finally, he answered a wolfs question and the wolf tricked him for he was a fool and ate him. Very odd story and that why I wanted to rewrite it.

bibliography: source story and author: The Man Who Went to Wake His Luck translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer

Week 5 Story: The Ghostly Replacement

Close to a ghost wife
image by Lina Blixt


There once lived a man names Spencer and his wife Angelica . They lived in a small house in the mountains with the man's sister Ashley. The Spencer’s sister was always picky about the women he brought home and knew everything about Angelica before he married her.

One day Angelica went down to a small stream that was near their house. On the way she brushed the side of a ghost that had stumbled across the path she would normally take. The ghost took offense to this and took the form of angelica. The ghost then came up behind Angelica right before she reached the stream and took her to nearby tree and buried her next to it. The ghost buried her alive with a hole to breath, for it wanted to make her suffer for touching it without permission. From here the ghost returned back to the house and took Angelica's position.

The ghost did the normal chores around the house that Angelica used to do but more efficiently. Spencer didn’t notice any difference for he was not there during the day when these things were normally done. Ashley on the other hand noticed for she knew the normal routines of Angelica. She had suspicions that is was not Angelica. So after three days she gave the ghost a task that Angelica could normally not do alone to see if she would do it. The ghost of course did it with ease.

Ashley needed more so later that night when Spencer arrived home she told him what happened. Spencer said that this was impossible but listened to his sister. So that evening they both decided to spy on Angelica cooking dinner, which she had finished early the last three days. When they looked in the kitchen they saw Angelica cooking, but she had six arms.

Without thought Spencer jumped out and yell, ”You are not my wife. Where is my wife.”

The ghost was astonished but did what was asked of it.

The ghost took Spencer and his sister to where it had buried Angelica. When arriving and unearthing Angelica they found her in a state of dehydration but otherwise unharmed. They asked why the ghost had done this to Angelica. The ghost explained that it used to be a housewife and when Angelica brushed it the creature became enraged for it used to have the same lifestyle. It wanted to take her place while Angelica suffered in loneliness as it had.

After hearing this all three of them felt pity for the ghost. So instead of sending it on its way they invited the ghost to come live with them as long as it promised to help with the daily chores. The ghost liked this offer and agreed. After this they all lived as one big happy family in the house.

Author notes: the source story is “The Ghost Wife”. In the story there is a man, his wife, and his mother. The wife goes on a late night walk and ran across the ghost that stuffed her in a tree truck and took her place. The mother notices that the wife was not the same and realized it was a ghost. They call in a exorcist to get rid of the evil. In the end they get the ghost to tell him where his wife is and send the ghost away.



bibliography: source story and author: The Ghost wife by the Rev. Lal Hehari Day

The dreaded cyclops

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There was once a great man name nicholas. He was a man that even the gods smiled upon. He was on a journey home, by sea, from the great war of troy . He was passing a land that he saw. He had noticed that he and his men were running low on supplies and decided to stop. They brought their boat ashore. When they arrived on the land and they noticed that it was fertile and full of lots of free roaming goats. That nights Nicholas and his men gathered goats and ate their fill.

The next day Nicholas Arose. He grabbed some of his sweetest wine to drink. He set out to look at the land. A little way away from his men he noticed a rock move and many goats leave. After the goats had all left a cyclops the size of fifteen men came out of the cave. Seeing this nicholas returned to his men. He made them all wake up and said, “ The strongest of you men who have no fear come with me.”

Twelve of his men followed. Soon they arrived upon the a cave where the rock had been moved. He and his men entered the cave and waited for the cyclops to come back. The reason he waited is he wanted to speak with the cyclops. He wanted to see if the giant creature was friendly and intelligent or a savage. Later that evening the cyclops arrived and all of the goats that were there also came in with him. Then suddenly after the last goat came it he covered the same with the giant rock. After this the creature saw the nicholas and his men in the cave and then spoke, “he said who has intruded in my cave.”

Nicholas was about to speak but before he could speak the cyclopes said, “It doesn’t matter. I shall eat you.”

Then he grabbed three of the men and gobbled them down quickly. This is when Nicholas realized the creature was intelligent and smart. But nick had a plan to try to outsmart the creature. Sadly the cyclops had ate all but two of his men before he had finished thinking of this plan. Fearing for his last two men he walked over to the giant and said, “Would you like some of this wine I have with me?”

Without even answering the cyclops took the wine and drank it all. Within a 30 minutes the cyclops was completely drunk. At this point Nicholas drew his sword and stabbed the creature’s single eye. It screamed out in pain. Then said, “these creatures are trying to kill me.”

The he removed the rock blocking the cave and told his flock of goats to run. In the chaos of the goats fleeing. Nicholas and his two men ran out. As running a little bit away from the cave, Nicholas Said, “I am Nicholas and I have defeated you foul creature.”

Hearing this the cyclops knew where they were and ran after. Nicholas and his men arrived with the rest of their men. Then they set sail as fast as they could. They left right before the giant arrived. Be full of pride from the escape nicholas turned around and yelled, “you have failed to foil our escape and will now suffer with eternal blindness.”

To hearing this the cyclopes lifted a giant boulder along above his head that he found on the shore and was about to throw it towards where he heard the sound. Then suddenly he slipped and the boulder left his hand and struck his head. The blow killed him instantly. After this Nicholas felt like a king for he believed he defeated the cyclops. From there Nicholas and his men sailed into the sea towards home.


Author's notes: the sources story is from Odyssey. In the story Odysseus and his men were on a journey home from the battle for troy. The came on an island they knew had cyclops. He and his men went into a cave to meet one of the cyclopes while it was out. The creature started to eat his men for his for his meal. Then odysseus tricked the creature and blinded it to save his remaining three men. All they did was blind the creature and it did not die in the end. Only cursed him with the wrath of Poseidon. They also stole his whole flock.


bibliography: source story and author: Homer’s Odyssey by Tony Kline

Week 3 Story: The Serpent's Lesson

The Serpent's Lesson


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Once there was an old man who lived in the life near Jerusalem. He and his wife were becoming ill and knew their death was upon them. The man sent a messenger to notify his son. His son's name was Spencer. His son arrived and he explained to him that him and mother were going to die and that he would need to mourn a week before Passover. Once Passover came he would need to go to the market and buy the first thing a merchant offered him and take care of it. Later that evening the father died.
The son did as he was told. He mourned with his wife and child the week before Passover, then went to the market on Passover. The first person he met was salesperson who offer for him to buy a medium sized box. Spencer asked, “ how much for the box?”
The salesman said, ”1000 gold pieces.”
Spencer knew this was a great cost, but wanted to follow his father’s wishes and bought the box. When he arrived home home, he opened the box and it contained a snake. Right there the snake spoke and said “ I am hungry. Will you feed me?”
Remembering what his father said he fed the snake and started to care for it. It continued to ask for food for several weeks and grew to an enormous size. Finally one day the snake made the a different and biggest request of all. He said, “let me eat your child.”
For some reason spencer following the snakes request and his father wishes he fed the snake his child. The next day spencer and his wife were mourning the loss of their child and the snake asked for them to follow him. He lead them to the edge of a forest. At the edge of the forest the snake began become transparent and morphed into the form of a human. The human form said, “ I am Eve from the old days of the first humans. You have treated with kindness and taken care of me even though I have taken everything from you. For this I will reward you and your wife Spencer by first giving you back your child and many riches of the world.”
Out of the bushes came their child and many creatures carrying many jewels, different foods, and finally rare spices. Then Eve spoke again. She said, “For your kindness and humility these presents shall help to make the rest of your life have less hardship. I do have one request though. I ask that you do the same with your child and I will wipe his memory of these events to test his kindness when he is older.”
Spencer agreed with these terms. After that Eve left into the forest. Spencer and his family lived life very happily after this event in there life. Spencer waited until the day he had to tell his child he was dying and hopes his child will do the same that he did.


Author's notes : The original story that I read was "The Fairy Frog." the story started out similar with a father's death and telling his son to grieve and get something from a market. He got a coffin that contained a frog. They feed the frog until the were on the brink of starvation. They were kind and listened to frog also. Now they did not feed a child to the frog. the original story did not even have child. In the end of the story the frog was Adam but did not turn into a human figure but shrank back into a frog. He did present the family with treasures but did not tell them to continue this tradition through the family. The last change was I changed the characters name from Hanina






bibliography: source story and author:The Fairy Frog by Gertrude Landa

Week 2 Story:Tiger, Brahman, and Jackal story from the tiger

Once there was I, a curious tiger was minding my own business and I got caught in a cage. I thought I would be done for until a brahman came through the same area as me and saw the cage.

“Stop, will you help me” I asked the brahman.

He replied “no, for you will eat me.”

I replied “No, I will not for I will forever be in your debt.”

The brahman, after hearing this, opened the cage for me. A few seconds from emerging from the cage my stomach started to growl, for I had been locked in the cage for days and had not eaten. My primal instinct started to take over and I had the need to eat something.

I explained to the Brahman, “I will give you a choice here. I owe you a debt for opening the cage for me, but I am fighting my primal instinct to feed on your flesh. I will give you a choice for I do owe you. I will let you talk to the first three things you see fit to ask if you should let me eat you or not.”

So, the brahman set out. I told him I would stay where we were, but little did he know I followed him.

The first thing he asked was a tree and the tree responded, “I have provided shade and cleaned the air for many but in the end, people will cut me down. Just accept your fate.”

From there the brahman left unhappy and saddened. Next, I followed him to where he spoke to a chicken. He asked the chickens thoughts and it replied, “people use me for my eggs and when I am unable to lay eggs any more they will eat me. Man, up and let what happens happen.”

Once again, the brahman left with low faith. As I followed him he finally came across a road and asked its thoughts and it replied,” People use me to have something to follow but never do they praise me for helping them not get lost. We all get used for what is needed.”

Knowing the brahman had failed to find a reason for me to not eat him I raced back to cage so that he would not know I had followed him. I arrived at the cage and waited for him to arrive.

Later that day the brahman arrived at the cage but he was not alone. He had brought a jackal with him.

I asked the brahman” Have you found a reason for me to not eat you?”

He replied” I do not, but the jackal has something”

The jackal made the statement, “I am confused on how this whole thing started. Will you explain to me what happened?”

I consented to his question being a good tiger and explain the whole situation. Then the Jackal responded, “I am still confused will you explain again but slower.”

Irritated I nicely explained the situation again.

The jackal once again stated, “I am still confused”

So, in a spur of the moment decision I jumped into the cage and asked if the jackal understood thus far. He responded, “I understood the whole time and now your locked back in the cage.”

The brahman thanked the jackal and they went their separate ways. I had felt cheated because the brahman had spoke to one more thing than we had made a deal for and ended up cheating me. I will remained locked in this cage and starve to death because I was cheated the brahman and tricked by a jackal.

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author's notes: I took the original story of the the Tiger, Brahman, and Jackal and told the story from the tigers point of view. I made the story to look like the tiger really was not the bad guy but the brahman and the jackal cheated and were bad. By changing the point of view it changes the whole tone of the story. I also changed one character which was the buffalo to chicken for I related the chicken more to the story.I wanted to tell from the tiger view for I thought it would be fun.

bibliography:  Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1912).

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image : Wild tiger in India. Credit: derrick Brutel Flickr; Link