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Rapunzel is a modernized version of The Maiden who was stolen away. Web source.  The Little Hunting Dog Sound sensitive Two inch nights riding grasshoppers Hunting dogs killing everything that’s small Hunting dog was the only thing left over Dog didn't want to leave, just wanted to hunt in the room Scholar can no sleep since dog eats all the k  nats and flies Scholar accidentally killed the dog when he woke up Maybe do an ant man story Fox- Fire Farmer on a quest to find crystal ball Climbed wall found fox breathing fire Farmer stole and swallowed ball of fire Farmer could not be invisible, see ghosts and have intercourse with the spirit-world, and could plead for people's sins Fox came back and stole the fire from the farmer once he was a wealthy man Flying Ogre Tree was a thousand feet high and many cords in breadth Hollow on the inside and you could see the sky shining down into it form above Girl in a red coat Monk only lied once and gav...

Why Dog and Cat are Enemies Ring of gold and luck Dog and Cat want to help get owners luck back Dog tells Cat it must get a mouse Dog helps get across river Cat reached home before he did Cat took all credit for getting ring back so dog got punished The Lady of the Moon Hou = great archer Sneaky wife ate some of the herb of immortality Floated up to the clouds Tree will overshadow the moon if it is not cut down every thousand years She smiled and said to the emperor: “You are a prince of the mundane world of dust. Great is your fortune since you have been able to find your way here!” Jasper rabbit ground up herbs Dark half of the moon Pear-tree garden The Girl with the Horse's Head or the Silkworm Goddes Promised the horse marriage to find her father Horse is a white stallion Killed with a crossbow then skin hung to dry Horse reincarnated from skin Tried to cacoon the girl How silkworm season came about The Girl was hung in a cocoon of webbed...

The Tortoise, the Scorpion, and the Hare There once was a scorpion and tortoise that were a close as could be. As odd as this friendship looked, for some reason it worked. The scorpion was small but mighty and the tortoise was large yet gentle. The best friends did everything together. They went drinking together at the village watering hole, they gossiped about other animals together, even took long day trips together to the next town to shake up their normal routine. The day trips were the tortoise's favorite thing to do. He would place the scorpion on his back to make sure he never got tired with his small legs. They would play your typical road trip games like I-Spy but no one ever really won or lost for that matter since everything was grey. On one of the trips, the tortoise and scorpion ran into an old hare they knew. The tortoise and the hare were notorious for not seeing eye to eye. They were always getting into arguments about conflicting views like whethe...

This story is part of the Bidpai unit . Story source: The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai by Maude Barrows Dutton, with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith, 1908. The Hare, the fox, and the Wolf Hare convinces wolf not to eat it but to eat the fox Fox had secret door-- tricked hare and wolf -- wolf ate hare Three Stories about Snakes The Sparrows and the Snake Snake stole the sparrows' home and then the nest was destroyed and the snake died The Frog, the Crab, and the Serpent The Blind man and the snake Blind man mistook the snake for a whip Wouldn't believe friend when he said it was a snake-- accused of jealousy Blind man gripped it even harder and the snake killed him The two Tortoise stories The Tortoise and the Geese Begs the Geese to take him -- he must be silent on the journey He kept his mouth shut on a stick and the two geese flew him All the humans kept laughing at seeing that He opened his mouth to call them stupid-- he died ...

This story is part of the Bidpai unit . Story source: The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai by Maude Barrows Dutton, with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith, 1908. The Rustic and the Nightingale Rustic took great pride in his rose tree Nightingale bird kept destroying it Rustic captured it and the bird talked him into letting him go Moral: Karma? The Kind, the Falcon, and the Drinking-cup Falcon descriptor: "his chief of treasures" The king killed the falcon because he kept knocking the water out of his hand A dragon polluted the entire stream with poison His falcon saved him twice and he killed him King was very set on this streams water even when other water was available  The Two Travelers Ganem wanted to follow the instructions to the feast but Salem was skeptical Salem: "Perhaps" The two divided Ganem was brought the  gates of a beautiful city The crowds roared when they found Ganem and dressed him in robes A test to fin...

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Story Source:  The Arabian Nights' Entertainments  by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898). Treasures Lamp Ring Fruit trees -- turns out is jewels Genie in a ring, not the lamp Aladdin's mom calls the genies devils Jewels from the trees convinced the Sultan to let Aladdin marry the princess Transported the bed Sultan is a tricky man and tried to get out of his deal twice "Princess," he said, "blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you." Aladdin: captain of the Sultan's armies The palace: "the greatest wonder of the world" The magician took the princess and palace to Africa Princess tricked him to drink powder A lot of acting like you aren't in this story Aladdin and the Princess reunited Web Source 

Story Source:  The Arabian Nights' Entertainments  by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898). Scheherazade ○ Clever, courageous, beautiful • Dinarzade ○ Nothing special • Grand-vizir ○ Loyalty • Told the story an hour before sunrise: The Story of the Merchant and the Genius • Genie introduced as a villain -- first impression • Cliffhangers keep her alive (Scheherazade) • Merchant ○ Honorable man ○ His life relies on a story as well § Old man's story □ Adopted son--> calf □ Mother of son --> cow □ Wife --> hind • The second old man, and of the Two Black Dogs ○ A merchant ○ Brothers are the two black dogs § Squander away money § Tried to kill him and his wife The Merchant was left with a thousand sequins from his father. Web Link

"We can change the future, not the past" "Cheers to mistakes" The two quotes I pulled from other students really go hand in hand. Sometimes I have the tendency of playing my past mistakes over and over in my head. Both of these quotes remind me that my mistakes help me change my future and move forward. After reading these quotes, I think this one helps to combine them into the right mindset for myself.  Web link here . 

I have used the Canvas app on my phone since we first adopted Canvas. In my epxerience, it can be kind of clunky; however, it has improved over the years. The app has made the messaging part of Canvas a lot easier. I can easily communicate with my teachers through Canvas which is really nice.

Story 1: Dublin is full of believers in the traditional ghost stories but there is also a fair share of doubters. This story would follow a nonbeliever trying to find the truth behind the ghost stories. He would try to find the logical reasons why these occurrences happened. Story 2: Story 2 would follow a group of freshmen throughout their first semester at Trinity College and their encounters with the infamous ghosts that reside there. Trinity College has a few ghost stories floating around campus.  Website link Story 3: Someone would come into contact with a ghost (probably at a church) and tell that ghost their own ghost story. The ghost would critique the story and give their version. The encountered/reader would have to distinguish  for themselves what is true and what is false. Links: https://www.dublintown.ie/ghosts-stories-of-dublin/ http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tigs/tigs03.htm

How would it feel to fall in love with love itself but not know? The tale of Psyche and Cupid goes a so. Psyche, a beautiful princess, was often compared to Venus. Venus you could imagine was not thrilled to be compared to such a mere mortal like Psyche herself. Out of spite, Venus ordered her son Cupid to strike Psyche with one of his bows to torture the princess. One small prick from Cupid's arrow will put a mortal like Psyche in a treacherous state of irrational unbending love. Now Cupid loved his mother with such devotion, but one look at Psyche could make even the most honorable son betray his mother's trust. With Psyche and his mother Venus none the wiser, Cupid led the princess to safety and hid her away in a sanctuary. Cupid would love on her at night and fly away in the morning so she would never who he was. She had almost everything she could ever want: riches, servants, and a loving husband. Cupid used darkness to conceal his true identity.  Image info: ...

Notes This story is part of the Cupid and Psyche unit . Story source: Apuleius's Golden Ass , as translated into English by Tony Kline (2013). Apuleius: The captive woman • Donkeys and horses • The narrator is an old woman robber • Young + old =important • Lucious (donkey) eating scraps instead of rich food • Robbers --> Kidnappers ○ Also, they seem to think they are honorable robbers • Old lady refers to robbers as her young men Her Dream • Robbers described as warlike gang • Robbers kill the husband in the dream • "Be of good heart, young mistress; don’t let a dream’s vain fantasy disturb you" - Old Lady • The old lady tried to convince her being kidnapped was a good thing indirectly by saying if you are having a nightmare it is actually a good thing Psyche's Beuty • P is too beautiful for Human speech • Psyche: adjectives ○ compared to the goddess of Venus ○ a new celestial emanation ○ The sight of the ages ○ Eart...

Topic 1: Irish Ghost Stories I come from a very Irish family. We have always had a strong connection to our Irish roots since most of our family still does live in Dublin. I've never heard any specific Irish Ghost stories, but I do know how seriously my cousins take the spiritual world. It would be really interesting to learn more about these stories and possibly rewrite them. Online links:  A previous student's project, Dublin Haunted Houses:    https://sites.google.com/site/hauntedhousesindublin/home Briefly describes a lot of Irish ghost stories:  https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/features/spooky-news-six-ghosts-to-make-the-headlines-882161.html Topic 2: Nursery Rhymes My parents never really told me or read me nursery rhymes growing up. I don't know a lot about them but I think I would be really interested in studying the lyrics and origins of these nursery rhymes. After that, I think it would be a challenge to create a new nurs...