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Henny-Penny Henny got hit on the head and thought the sky was falling Cocky-locky saw henny-penny on the way and asked to join Ducky-daddles joined on the way too Goosey-poosey joined then Turkey-lurkey Foxy-woxy told them they were going the wrong way and that he would show them F took them back to his hole F tricked them and started to eath them killed all of them but Henny-p got away but she never told the kind the sky was falling Johnny-Cake Old mand and old woman and a little boy the little boy was baking the cake while his parents worked The cake came alive (the gingerbread??) The cake out ran the family  and then the well-diggers then a bear then a wolf Said he could out run the fox but he tricked him The family chasing Johnny-Cake. Web source This story is part of the  English Fairy Tales (1) unit . Story source:  English Fairy Tales  by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890).

The Story of the 3 Little Pigs when pigs spoke rhyme, monkeys chewed tobacco, hens took snuff to make them tough and ducks when quack quack quack, O! First pig house was made of straw-- the wolf blew it down Second pig house was furze-- wolf blew it down Third pig house was brick-- wolf coudln't blow it down Wolf suggests going to get turnips for dinner and pig says ok Pig tricked wolf, went an hour before they said they would go Wolf suggested going to get apples pig got up an hour early  Wolf catches on and meets him by apple tree Pig threw apple so far for the wolf to get he was able to run home Wolf invited him to fair -- pig did the same thing as usual Pig hid in a butter-churn and rolled down the hill which scared the wolf so he ran home Wolf tried to go through the chimmy but the pig boiled water over the fire -- the pig ate the wolf The Three Little Pigs and Their Mom Web Source Story Source:  This story is part of the  English Fairy T...

Diddle, Diddle Son John went to bed with shorts on and one shoe left on AAAA Cock-a-doodle-doo AABA lost her shoe master lost his fiddling stick his dame will have to dance without her shoe Master found his fiddling stick but she never found her shoe Hey Diddle Diddle Cow jumped over the moon little dog laughed the dish ran after the spoon Jack and Jill went up the hill for a pail of water jack fell downa nd cracked his head jill came tumbling after Jack and Jill fell down the Hill Web Source Story source:  This story is part of the  Nursery Rhymes unit . Story source:  The Nursery Rhyme Book  edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).

Babes in the Wood AABACC Kids kidnapped to the woods The kids died the moon didn't shine that night Robins brought Strawberry-leaves and spread them over Crooked Man Moral: if you are a crooked person then everything you do will be crooked Web Source Simple Simon Wanted pie from pie man but didn't have a penny he wanted to catch a whale but the water he had was his mothers pail ABAB Needles and Pins NEEDLES and pins, needles and pins. When a man marries, his trouble begins. Sneezing on days Monday = for danger Tuesday = kiss a stranger Wed = for a letter Thursday = something better Friday = for sorrow Saturday = see your sweetheart tomorrow Story source:  This story is part of the  Nursery Rhymes unit . Story source:  The Nursery Rhyme Book  edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).

Pâtussorssuaq, Who Killed His Uncle Pat had a beautiful wife but was not satified Liked his uncle's wife more killed uncle Pat's wife saw what happened and ran away to her parents  Little boy saw her run but pretended like he didn't  Pat gave up on looking for her and took his uncles wife She died soon after Pat was attacked and killed by his uncles soul in the body of a fox His daughter saw everything but the uncle made her forget what she saw  arctic fox, photo by Will Brown Web Source The Wife Who Lied She grew up in a tribe that ate men Married into a tribe that didn't eat men Her old tribe started war against her new tribe 3 woman surviced the attack by hiding in (skin, box used for dogs meat, store shed) The new tribe attacked back and killed everyone  The wife had her arms and legs cut off Thats what she got for lying Story source:  Eskimo Folk-Tales  by Knud Rasmussen with illustrations by native Eskimo artist...

Nukungusik, who Escaped from the Tupilak many brothers no wife middle brother trying to kill him --killed him helped them search for the body Nuk lived very long and died last of the brothers The Giant Dog man with a very big dog  could swim in the sea and could haul whale and narwhal to shore drilled holes in teeth and put a harness in it so he could ride the dog the guy never had son so gave the dog this amulet (knot of hard wood)  this helped the dog not die the dog ate a man so the owner had to go live somewhere else with his dog Someone came on the island so the man tried to make sure the dog didn't know  the dog smelt the new man and his owner hid the new comer dog would go kill inlanders and then bring the legs back to his owner  this is why the inlanders are scared of all dogs The Giant Dog Web Source Story source:  Eskimo Folk-Tales  by Knud Rasmussen with illustrations by native Eskimo artists (1921).

Why Hummingbirds Drink Only Dew Only drink dew  hummingbird and great blue heron ownded a lake tougher  they had a gambling problem Hummingbird bet that he could fly from one end of their lake to the other faster than the heron Whoever lost the bet had to give up drinking from that lake and all others Humming is faster but didn't know he couldn't fly across the lake in one day  got dark and he can't fly in darkness but Heron could fly at night -- but Humming did not know it  Heron was at the end laughing at Humming  this is why Hummings only drink dew How Sickness Entered the World Sickness used to not be in the world then two Indians killed a messenger from the Great Spirit The Great Spirt left an old medicin man wisdom before the medicine man died GS would send down a messanger to tell the medicine man what to do but the man got too weak so he sent two Indians the messanger  The two young men were waiting for the messenger bu...

The Cloud That Was Lost high mountains clouds sleep on the top of peaks  trying to grow heavy enough to send down rain explains fog cloud got lost over flat land cloud started crying stretched itself out and gave flowers below color how the flower Wild Pholx got its soft colors that look like evening clouds Grandmother River's Trick scared of other fish in the river Basically bully of the river ate and ate but were never hungy oh grandmother was river  she didn't like the bully fish  The river asked the cloud to create a flood Tricked the garfish to swim out of the river banks and explore where her water now touched was able to run and leave the gar fish in the little pools newly created The plant that grows in trees mistletoe  only birds can reach the little white berries that only appear in both in summer and winter bird put it there once because it had pity on the mistletoe Thunderbird thanked the mistletoe for its berries...

The Fetish Sunga Lied about catching fish walking through water hosting a feast for him The wine took away his power of speech The Fight between the two fetishes, lifuma and chimpukela Songye power figure from Congo (sometimes called a fetish) Web Source loved all of his fishermen collected sand and shells in a jar  so his people could own part of the beach again Tripped over an ant hill and broke his leg-- why there are no ant hills in congo because he tried to take the ocean he cursed it again why there are none in Conogo The Leopard and the Crocodile wives refused to work made a deal with the leopard made the same deal with crocodile this means he went back on his sole deal with the leopard man planned to no longer do business with them so he wouldn't have to feed them his dogs man tricks croc and leopard into thinking each other were dogs then the town feasted on the flesh of the two dead animals This story is part of the Congo unit ....

How the Wives Resoted their Husband to Life kept complaining of hunger even with plenty of food  Husband got killed hunting for them wives fighting over who sleeps with the husband first when he comes back to life all three helped find and bring him back to life him Husband chooses Fulla Fulla people say he should have eaten out of all pots at once.. The Jealous wife Here the jealous wife is being killed. Web Source had to take turns fishing for husband sense they both had kids elder went first Elder wife plans on murdering the younger wife's kid accidently killed her own son Husband doesn't believe younger wife his friend finds elder in woods crying over child Husband and friend killed her and burnt her body The Wicked Husband Keep running out of Palm-nuts because husbands relations keep asking  he cut off her arms and legs hunter found her and the prince found out she died as soon as she got taken to the palace burnt him with dead wi...

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...

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...

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...

Saint Blaise and His Beasts Story Source: The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown (1900) Time period: 316 A.C Emperor Licentious was killing Christians Saint Blaise Just wanted to learn how to help the creatures he loved Loved everything-- people, "dumb bests", everything that suffered and was sick Everybody loved him because he was always helping out -- with children, healing cattle and house pets Not scared to die in the end On his way to die he cured a sick child Put in prison and tortured Couldn't put him to death by beasts -- tried to drown him Christ analogy Was then beheaded England-- February 3rd-- light bonfires in honor of his name Wild Beasts Blaise never forgot about them Would visit them in the woods Always wanted to learn about them Love Blaise because he never hurt them, talked to them "kindly" and healed them when they were sick or wounded Had a relationship with him-- he help...

Fairy Tales: Beuty and the Basilisk  Three Roses Story Source: The Key of Gold by Josef Baudis (1922) First two daughters want everything The third daughter wants nothing besides three roses Doesn't specially ask-- says if you like, you can bring me the roses Mom wanders into the castle -- exhausted from carrying all of the stuff for other sisters Palace has beautiful roses outside -- mistakenly picks them Daughter wants nothing which costs her her life -- but didn’t care? Basilisk wanted her to give him life and kill him 3 roses- 3 hours of nursing a day - 3 days Hesitated to kill the beast but easily killed the serpent inside She ends up Marrying the attractive male and having a big wedding The Three Roses are a focal point in the story.  Taken from Poem Hunter

Reading Schedule Choose from  CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units  for Weeks 3 and 4. Week 3:  Saints and Animals Week 4:  Cupid and Psyche Choose from  MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units  for Weeks 5 and 6. Week 5:  Santal Week 6:  Twenty-Two Goblins Choose from  ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units  for Weeks 7 and 9. [Week 8 is review week.] Week 7:  Jamaica Week 9 : Laos Choose from  NATIVE AMERICAN units  for Weeks 10 and 11. Week 10: American Indian Tales Week 11:    Hero legends Choose from  BRITISH and/or CELTIC units  for Weeks 12 and 13. Week 12:  Beowulf Week 13:  Robin Hood Choose from  EUROPEAN units  for Weeks 14 and 15. Week 14:  Librivox Week 15:  Italian I am looking forward to most of these readings. I chose stories with some heavy focus on animals. I am also really excited about the British/Celtic unit. I am a big fan ...