Monday, November 7, 2016

Reading Notes: English Fairy Tales, Part A

This week I chose readings from English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

Binnorie: This is a very interesting story; one that stuck out to me from this weeks first reading. It is about a jealous sister who eventually drowns her sibling in order to get her love. After her death, someone finds her body and makes a harp out of her breast bone and hair. The harp sings and tells those that her sister drowned her and then the harp breaks. Jealousy is a cruel and powerful emotion that can drive people to do very crazy and unthinkable things.

Mouse and Mouser: This story kind of reminded me of the cartoon Tom and Jerry. A mouse is talking to a cat and telling him of how he went to market and bought some pudding. In the end the cat eats the mouse. It is told in a rhyme scheme that is very repetitive. I think it would be cool to tell the story in the same way but make it more humorous and have a happier ending...maybe one similar to a Tom and Jerry cartoon.


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