Week 7: Reading Diary

Week 7 Reading Diary: Chinese Fairytales

Reading Diary A
The Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck:
Wow this story was really sweet until the second to last sentence. I did not see that coming at all. This one would be fun to recreate the ending and maybe not have the wife die. Or I could keep it the same because it is twist that people would not see coming.

The Cave of the Beasts:
I did not like the way this story ended. The father leaves his daughters to be eaten by wolves in the woods because they ate his eggs, and they return the favor by letting him take all of the jewels and stones home? They should have cooked him in the kettle pot like they did to the fox and wolf! That is how I would rewrite the story!

The Panther:
This story reminded me so much of Little Red Riding Hood. IT was very similar because the wolf dresses like the girls' mother and then pretends to be her to the daughters. Explaining why her eyes are big, her face has spots, and why her feet are so big!

Why Dog and Cat are Enemies:
I actually read a story very similar to this the first or second week of class. Actually, I liked this story better! It made more sense to me. I thought it was fun and is a story worth rewriting because no one really knows why dogs and cats do not get along.

The Miserly Farmer:

The Pears

I really liked this story! It had a great message: KARMA. The farmer would not spare one pear for the poor priest so when someone bought the priest a pear he planted the seed and it grew immediately. He served all of its fruit then cut it down. When the farmer looked at his wagon, all of the pears were gone and the axel of his wagon was gone. He realized those were his fruits and the tree was his axel.

Reading Diary B
Fox Fire:
This story was very different. The farmer steals the fire ball from the fox and inherits special powers. The fox comes back 30 years later to take it back from the farmer.

Retribution:
I really enjoyed this story. The old man watches the water boy die and says nothing. So years later that water boy is reborn into a wealthy family and accidentally throws a rock at the old man. The old man dies and the boy says nothing. I would actually like to rewrite this story to where the reborn water boy purposely seeks out the old man for revenge.

The Maiden Who was Stolen Away:
This story was pretty good! I did not see the whole man turning into an ogre thing coming. I personally would have liked the rescue to be a little more detailed and grand, but it was overall a good story that I enjoyed.

The Flying Ogre:
I thought this story was going to be a little more exciting than it was. People are looking for an ogre who is disguised as a young girl. I would probably make this story more elaborate.