Extra Reading Diary - Nursery Rhymes

For this reading diary, I am finishing reading Nursery Rhymes.

Nursery Rhymes: Jingles - I wasn't surprised by the fact there were only a few I recognized.  It seems like there are quite a few that I have never heard of.

Nursery Rhymes: Love and Matrimony - I understood why the majority of the nursery rhymes were put in this section, but there were a couple that I was confused why they were there.

Nursery Rhymes: Natural History, Part 1 - I thought all of these nursery rhymes were very cute, talking about the different animals.

Nursery Rhymes: Natural History, Part 2 - I thought these rhymes were just as cute as the first page of natural history rhymes.

Nursery Rhymes: Accumulative Stories - I was surprised there wasn't a rhyme similar to the old lady who lived in a shoes.

Nursery Rhymes: Relics - There was only one that I recognized which was the rhyme "Little Miss Muffet".

(Wikipedia)

Extra Reading Diary - Nursery Rhymes

For this reading diary,  I am reading Nursery Rhymes.

Nursery Rhymes: Tales - I liked the different nursery rhymes.  I had actually known about the Solomon Grundy rhyme because he is a character in a video game that my boyfriend likes to play.

(Printable Coloring Pages)

Nursery Rhymes: Proverbs - I liked reading the different proverbs.  My favorite was the one called Monday's child.  I don't know why, I just liked reading it.

Nursery Rhymes: Songs, Part 1 - I liked reading the different songs that were on this page.  There were some that I didn't recognize and there were some that I did recognize like "Little Bo Peep" and "London Bridge".

Nursery Rhymes: Songs, Part 2 - These songs were interesting to read.  There were not as many that I recognized on this page, as I did the last.

Nursery Rhymes: Riddles - I liked the challenge of these riddles.  I didn't know that Humpty Dumpty was originally supposed to be a riddle.

Nursery Rhymes: Paradoxes - I had never read any of the different paradoxes that were included.  I thought it was a very interesting read.

Nursery Rhymes: Charms and Lullabies - I liked recognizing the different lullabies and charms that I had read previously.

Nursery Rhymes: Games - I remember playing a few of the games when I was younger.  I would be interested in finding out how to play the other games.

Storytelling Week 11

Alice was sick of all of this.  She couldn’t believe how incompetent the Queen and King were!  They were just doing whatever they wanted and didn’t even care about the people they were effecting! 

“Sentencing first then reading the verdict!”  The Queen declared with the pompous attitude that Alice was really getting sick of.

(Wikipedia)

“That is not how it goes!” Alice huffed.  “You have to hear the verdict before the sentencing!”

The Queen glared at Alice and started to turn a rather interesting shade of purple.  “OFF WITH HER HEAD!” She yelled at the top of her lungs.  All of the guards rushed towards Alice with hesitation.  Her head was hitting the ceiling of the huge courtroom.  How were they supposed to control someone who was as tall as the building they were in?  They also liked Alice.  She didn’t yell like the Queen and actually seemed to be kind.  They all gathered around Alice, looking up at her, unsure of what to do next. 

“Stop, stop, stop!” yelled Alice.  “This is not how it is supposed to be!  The Queen and King are the people that you are supposed to want to follow.  Not the people you HAVE to follow!  Everyone is supposed to have a ruler that they want ruling their kingdom.  Not a tyrant that does what he or she wants!”

Everyone in the courtroom looked around at each other, unsure of what to do next.  Then, one by one, all of the cards turned around and faced the Queen and King.

“You have controlled Wonderland enough!  We no longer want you to be the rulers of Wonderland!” one of the cards yelled out.

“Yeah! Enough!” Shouted everyone else in the room, including the animals in the jury box.  The King and Queen exchanged nervous glances.  Everyone could read their expressions, and it said What was going to happen next loud and clear. 

Suddenly, all of the cards charged for the King and Queen shouting at the top of their voices.  It was all chaos and confusion for a while after that.  But eventually, everything calmed down.  Everyone in the room stopped and turned to look at Alice.  “Well, what do we do now?” wondered Alice.

The white rabbit sat up on the stand where the King and Queen had been before they ran out the door.  “Anyone opposed to Alice becoming Queen of Wonderland, speak now.”  The room was quiet.  No one said anything.  “It is settled then.  Alice is the new Queen of Wonderland.”

The room erupted into cheers.  Someone gave Alice a piece of cake, where she became the same size as everyone else.  She then went and ruled Wonderland and Wonderland was the happiest it had been in a long time.  

Author's Note: While taking inspiration from the entire story of Alice in Wonderland, I mainly used Alice's Evidence (cont.).  I wanted to take the ending that we all know so well and change it so there is a different ending to the story.

Reading Diary B - Alice in Wonderland

For this reading diary, I am finishing reading Alice in Wonderland.

A Mad Tea Party - The march hare, the mad hatter and the dormouse were all sitting at a table under a tree.  They said there wasn't any room for Alice at the table when there was plenty of room.  Then the four of them began to banter back and forth.  Finally Alice said that she just simply did not understand them.

A Mad Tea Party (cont.) - The dormouse fell asleep again, and none of them could figure out why a raven was like a writing desk.  They continued to banter on together, making absolutely no sense.

A Mad Tea Party (end.) - The four of them still bantered on together, and then finally everybody except for Alice tried to see if they could put the Dormouse into a teapot.  Alice then found an interesting looking path, that she followed.  Before she knew it, she was in a beautiful garden.

The Queen's Croquet Ground - Alice saw three playing cards painting all of the white roses in the garden red.  The three cards heard that the Queen was coming and they became absolutely terrified.  Alice looked around and saw a parade of people.  First were soldiers, then the white rabbit, and then the King and Queen of Hearts.  The Queen became very angry about the white roses, and declared that the three cards should be beheaded.  She then invited Alice to play croquet.

The Queen's Croquet Ground (cont.) - This is the part of the story where Alice plays croquet with the Queen of Hearts.  Alice was very confused by all of it, but then she saw the Cheshire cat was there.

(Wikipedia)

The Queen's Croquet Ground (end.) - Alice was talking to the Cheshire cat and the King found the cat displeasing.  So he had the Queen order his head be cut off.  The executioner tried to behead the cat but it was hard because he did not have a body.

Who Stole The Tarts? - In this chapter, there is a trial of the Knave of Hearts who supposedly took the Queen's tarts.  The trial than turned into focusing on the Mad Hatter and his hats.

Who Stole The Tarts? (cont.) - The trial on the Mad Hatter was very confusing with a lot of people going around in circles.  Then suddenly, Alice heard her named being called to enter into the trial.

Alice's Evidence - Alice suddenly realized that she had grown quite a bit in the last few minutes and completely disrupted the court.  They tried Alice, then they tried to get her to leave the court.

Alice's Evidence (cont.) - The White Rabbit read a poem that the King thought proved someone was guilty.  The Queen then wanted Alice beheaded but since she had grown her full size by this point, she was not going to pay attention to the Queen.  Then Alice's sister woke her up saying she had been asleep for a while.

Reading Diary A - Alice in Wonderland

For this reading diary, I am reading Alice in Wonderland.

Down the Rabbit Hole - Alice was tired of watching after her sister, so she let her mind wander.  She was suddenly surprised when a white rabbit jumped in front of her and checked the time on a pocket watch!  She followed the rabbit down the rabbit hole it had scurried into.  The hole became a long tunnel and suddenly she was in a large room with different jars.  She wondered where she was because she was suddenly in a very curious place.

Down the Rabbit-Hole (cont.) - Alice was very confused as to where she was.  She looked down a passage and saw the white rabbit scurrying in front of her, so she followed the passage.  It led her to a room filled with locked doors.  She then saw a gold key, which unlocked one of the doors!  It led to a garden but sadly, she would not fit because the door was so small.  She thought it was no use trying to get into the door, but then she found a bottle that said "Drink Me".

Down the Rabbit-Hole (end.) - Suddenly Alice found herself only 10 inches high.  She went to go to the door, but she had forgotten the key on the table!  She tried to climb up, but she wasn't able to climb up.  Then she found a small cake labeled "Eat Me".  She ate the cake and started to grow.  She then struck the roof of the room!

Advice from the Caterpillar - "Who are you" asked the Caterpillar.  Alice wasn't very sure how to respond.  The caterpillar and alice went back and forth discussing who exactly she was.

Advice from the Caterpillar (cont.) - The young man asked Father William if it was ok for him to stand on his head at such an old age.  The young man asked the same thing about him somersaulting backwards time and time again.  Father williams said each time that because he was old, he did not have to worry about injuring something.

Advice from the Caterpillar (end.) - Alice was very much glad to finally back to a normal size.  She then suddenly found herself covered in green sea-leaves where a pigeon mistook her for a serpent.  The pigeon thought she was a serpent and not a little girl because she had a rather long neck, due to the mushroom.  She went on her way until she found the same mushroom and ate a little bit to make herself go down in size.

Pig and Pepper - A fish-footman and a frog-footman both pulled up to the house that was in front of Alice.  Alice tried to get into the house but the frog-footman said there was no point in knocking.  The ruckus in the house was so loud no one could hear her knocking.  The Duchess was cooking in the kitchen, and could not see anyone outside of the kitchen.

Pig and Pepper (cont.) - Alice said she didn't know a lot about cheshire cats, and the Duchess agreed with her.  The cook then started to throw everything in the kitchen at the Duchess.  The Duchess and the cook started fighting with each other and yelling at each other.  Alice cared for the little baby, because the Duchess had put the baby to the side.

Pig and Pepper (end.) - Alice set the pig down and it walked into the forest.  Alice asked the cheshire cat how was the way to go, and the cheshire said it was dependent upon where she wanted to go.  Alice started walking and then she saw the march hare.

(Wikipedia)

Storytelling Week 10: My Romance

"My mother is crazy.  She wants me to go marry some BUTCHER, of all people.  Who does she think she is?!  Who does she think she is dealing with?!" I ranted to myself as I walked through the woods. I hated the idea of killing animals.  I would much rather spend my time in the woods or with Angelo.

Even thinking of him made me smile.  He was one of the woods people who never interacted with the village.  They had an area all to themselves in the woods and were able to provide for themselves as well, which is why they never went into the village.  Most of the people in the village didn't believe that they existed.  They all thought it was some sort of legend that was passed down from generation to generation.  But I had met them and was even in love with one of the members.  I like to spend time in the woods.  One day, I wandered a little farther than I should have.  I suddenly heard voices and went off to investigate.  I had found the woods people!  I couldn't believe it.  The first person I met there was Angelo, and the rest was history.

I went over to Angelo's hut.  He was sitting there, working on making a basket to collect plants in the forest.  When he looked up and saw my face, he automatically knew something was wrong.  I sat down and explained the horrible, horrible situation.

The horrible situation was the fact that my mother wanted me to marry the local town butcher.  Heavy set, rude, and not even caring about the animals that he slaughtered, I couldn't picture a man more unsuitable for me to marry.  Somehow my mother thought that he would be a good person to settle down with though.

Angelo listened to my woes and let me work through my tears and my ranting.  We had been together long enough that he knew I needed to get through everything first or I would just end up snapping at him.  After my tears finally stopped flowing, he had the biggest grin on his face.

"Why are you smiling?" I asked him suspiciously.

"Because, my dear, I have a brilliant idea that you are going to love," he said, his voice shining with excitement.

"Oh yeah?  And what is this great idea?"  I asked him dubiously, thinking there was no way he would be able to turn this situation around.  But as he started to whisper to me what his idea was, I started to become excited as well.  I could not wait for this plan to happen.

A few weeks later, I was getting dressed for my wedding to the butcher.  Everyone else was buzzing around with excitement but I was as calm as I could be; considering what was going to happen, I needed to be as calm as possible.  Before I knew it, I was ready to go.

(Wikipedia)

I started to walk outside when my mother made me stop short.

"Where do you think you are going?!" My mother exclaimed when she saw I was heading outside.

"To the woods.  This will probably be the last time I can go to the woods.  I need to say good bye."

"Ok go.  But don't stay out too long!  The ceremony starts in an hour!"  She yelled after me as I walked out the door.

I reached the woods and breathed a sigh of relief.  I had made it.  I started walking and didn't stop.  I kept walking and walking and walking.  Finally I found Angelo.  He almost started crying when he saw me.

"You look amazing my beautiful bride.  Let's go get married, shall we?"  And grabbing my hand, we walked into the hut that was to be our chapel.  I never looked back.

Author's Note:  I wrote this story based off of story The Fairy Bride.  I liked the story and how the story developed, but I thought that there also could be so much potential when Neen-i-zu's side of the story was taken into consideration.  I also just finished watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time recently, so hearing the story mention fairies inspired me.

American Indian Fairy Tales by W.T. Larned, with illustrations by John Rae (1921). 

Reading Diary B - Native American Fairy Tales

For this reading diary, I am going to finish reading Native American Fairy Tales.

The Boy Who Snared The Sun - Iagoo starts to tell the story of how there was a time that a thousand strong young boys would not have been a match against a mouse.  In that time, people did not eat animals but instead ate berries and what the ground provided.  The biggest animal there was was the Mastodon called Bosh-kwa-dosh.  In that time there was a little girl and a boy who was a dwarf.  The girl brought the boy everywhere with her.  One day she decided to make him a bow and some arrows for him to practice with.

The Boy Who Snared The Sun (cont.) - Winter was coming and the boy was wondering how he would keep from freezing.  So he learned how to shoot with the bow and arrow and killed ten snow birds.  His sister then sewed the skins together to make a coat for him.  He then decided to see if there were any other humans living on the earth.  His sister was afraid that he would be hurt, but he went anyway.  He walked and walked and found a flat area with no snow and fell asleep.  The sun then shrank the feathers on the coat that the boy was so proud of.  When he woke up and saw what happened, he vowed to take revenge on the sun.  He spent 10 days laying in the grass on his back then 10 days on his stomach and decided to use a noose to capture it.  His sister then created a rope using her hair for the noose.  He then drew it between his lips and it became stronger and longer until it became a metal he would wrap around his body.  He then put the noose where the sun would rise first thing in the morning and it was caught.

The Boy Who Snared The Sun (end) - The animals were all very confused by the fact the sun had not risen.  The East Wind told the animals why the sun had not risen.  Many animals tried to cut the rope but no one could get close enough.  Finally the animals decided to wake up Dormouse to cut the rope.  Their argument was that Dormouse was so big that if part of him burned up, there would still be enough of him left.  So Dormouse started to chew the rope, and by the time he was done, he was no bigger than an ordinary mouse.

How The Summer Came - Morning Glory was sick of the snow and the winter.  She asked Iagoo if there was ever a time that the North Wind just stayed and summer never came.  Iagoo said there was a time and proceeded to start the story of how summer first came to the world.  There one was a mighty hunter named O-jeeg who was able to hunt every type of animal.  Everything he did, he did very well.  He was also friends with all of the animals for he was able to turn himself into the fisher.

How The Summer Came (cont.) - O-jeeg had a wife and son whom he loved very much.  His son was showing just as much skill at being a hunter as O-jeeg had.  The son had heard a story about how the sky was also a floor for a world called Summer.  The son often wondered if there was a way to bring the world of Summer to the land that they now lived in.  One day the son was out in the woods and had been unsuccessful in his hunt.  He saw a squirrel nearby and went to go shoot it.  However, it told him that he, the squirrel, knew how to make Summer come to the Earth.  The boy was shocked because the stories were true!  The squirrel told of how the animals had known for a while and how O-jeeg could be the one to help because he was a Manito.  The boy went home and bugged his father until he agreed.  O-jeeg then gathered the animals to decide what to do.  Lynx said that there was a very tall mountain that almost touches the sky.  And there was also a Manito who was the size of a giant that could help them open the sky.

How Summer Came (end) - O-jeeg set off on this great journey, following the lynx.  After a month they reached the tent of the other Manito.  The Manito told them how to reach the mountain.  Then he warned that O-jeeg would be able to reach the sky, but he may not make it back down again.  The group, O-jeeg and the animals, set off for the mountain.  They reached the mountain and began to climb.  They climbed and climbed until they finally reached the top.  After taking a break to smoke a pipe and celebrate their accomplishment.  The animals then tried to break the sky.  Otter first tried, the beaver and then lynx.  Wolf then tried and he was able to start breaking the sky.  O-jeeg had spent his entire life in winter, so he amazed by the beauty of summer when the sky finally broke.  O-jeeg open cages to let birds out and soon the other seasons.  The sky-people saw what was happening and started making noise.  Wolf was able to jump through the hole and escape but O-jeeg was not as lucky.  The sky-people chased him and eventually shot him in the one spot that was fatal to him.  So O-jeeg was able to lay down in the ground and die peacefully, and now you can see the Fisher in the stars.

(Plough Constellation Wikipedia)

The Fairy Bride - Once there was a lovely girl named Neen-i-zu, who was the only daughter of the tribe chief.  She was very much loved by her parents.  Her parents did worry for her because she would wander into the forest and be there for hours.  When she came back she would always have a dazed looked in her eyes.  Her mother worried that she would not be able to marry and settle down like the other girls were.  There were said to be mischievous fairies called Puk-Wudjies living in the sand hills where Neen-i-zu walked.  No one had ever actually seen these fairies but everyone knew that they lived nearby.  Many fisherman had been victim of the fairies tricks.  Neen-i-zu wanted to find the fairies and have them take her to Happy Land.  So she spent many days trying to search for them in the woods.  One day she sat in the woods and sang herself a little song.  After she finished, she thought she heard the Puk-Wudjies repeating her song.

The Fairy Bride (cont.) - Neen-i-zu stayed in the forest longer than she should have because she tried to find the Puk-Wujies.  When she went home, her mother told her that she wanted her to marry a hunter.  Neen-i-zu said she knew who her mother was talking about but she did not want to marry him because he only thought about hunting.  Neen-i-zu then argued with her mother about whether or not she should marry and if Neen-i-zu knew what was best for herself.  Then her mother picked a day for her to marry this man, even though Neen-i-zu did not like him.  On the day of the wedding, Neen-i-zu prepared for the wedding.  She went out one last time to the grove to say good-bye.  Suddenly there was a slight shadow over the sun.  After some time went by, Neen-i-zu had not returned.  the guests went to look for her but she had disappeared.  The hunter came back with a strange story that he had seen Neen-i-zu with a man that had to be a fairy.  So she became a bride after all.

Reading Diary A - American Indian Fairy Tales

For this reading diary, I chose to read American Indian Fairy Tales.

Iagoo, The Storyteller - Iagoo, is a great storyteller and a favorite amongst all of the children in the village.  He knew how to entertain them and how to help make the best necklaces for the girls and the best bow and arrows for the boys.  He also knew the best stories to tell the children.  The strong North Wind frightened the children.  One girl asked if the North Wind could hurt them.  Iagoo said that it was not possible and decided to tell the children the story of how the North Wind is just a big coward that makes a lot of noise.

Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind - The story starts off with saying that the North Wind was not satisfied with the large area of land that he did control.  If the North Wind would have it his way, the entire world would be covered in ice and snow.  However, he was no match for the South Wind who caused summer to occur wherever he went.  The fisherman in the North knew that they needed to hurry.  The time that they had to fish would not be very long.  Before they knew it, all of the signs that Winter was approaching had arrived.  The man called the diver just laughed and said he would be able to survive the North Wind and fish in the ice.  The other fisherman left sadly for they thought they would never see the diver again.

Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind - Shin-ge-bis prepared to fish and made sure he had enough to light a fire.  Then he would go out onto the ice everyday to fishing, singing that the North Wind would not be able to conquer him.  The North Wind heard about this and became very angry.  He was going to blow out Shin-ge-bis' fire and spread the ashes everywhere.  Shin-ge-bis was sitting in his hut, enjoying the fire and the fish he was about to eat.  The North Wind then blew great snow drifts around the wigwam until it was covered in a thick layer of snow.  But that just made Shin-ge-bis warm.  The North Wind then blew down the chimney but Shin-ge-bis enjoyed the noise in the quiet of winter.  Finally the North Wind went into the wigwam and instead of destroying everything, the great North Wind was melting.  So he went outside and became immediately revived.  He then challenged Shin-ge-bis to a fight to determine the real victor.  They fought all night and eventually Shin-ge-bis became the victor in the morning.

The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds - Morning Glory asked Iagoo if the mountains had always been here.  In response Iagoo told them the story of the Big Rock and how it carried the little boy and girl into the sky.  There was a valley that was a great place to live.  All of the animals there got along and there was a little boy and a little girl who lived there.  The children's favorite animals to play with were Jack Rabbit and Antelope.  There was also one pool that the children especially loved to play in.

The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds (cont.) - One day the boy and girl were in the pool longer than intended, so when they got out they were rather tired.  They decided to climb up on a rock covered in moss and soon they fell asleep.  The rock they were on started to grow and soon it was taller than the tallest trees. The mother and father became worried about their children and tried to find them.  However, no one had seen the children.  The Coyote used his nose and discovered that the children were on the rock.  So all the animals got together to try to find a way to get the children.  No animal was was able to jump high enough.  But the measuring worm was able to climb up so he helped the children down.

The Child of the Evening Star - Once there was a hunter with ten beautiful daughters who many men tried to court.  They came from all around and brought many gifts.  Soon all but the youngest daughter, Oweenee, were married.  There seemed to be no suitor that would please her.  Her father asked why she would not marry and she explained that she had not yet found one with a good heart.  Then a poor old man came and she married him.  The sisters did not approve because of his outward appearance.  But Oweenee knew that he had a heart of gold, which was why she loved him.

The Child of the Evening Star (cont.) - While many made fun of Osseo, no one knew that he had been cursed and was actually the son of the Evening Star.  He would often look up at the Evening Star and reach towards it.  Then one night there was a great festival and everyone was invited.  During the trip, there was a great log that everyone else walked around.  However, Osseo walked through it.  When he did, Oweenee turned old while Osseo became youthful again.  When Osseo started to exclaim, Oweenee said it did not matter.  For as long as they still loved each other, that was all that mattered.

The Child of the Evening Star (cont. again) - All of the sister could not believe what had happened.  Osseo was much more handsome than their husbands and they were also glad that Oweenee could not outshine them in her beauty.  At the feast, all was going well until they all stopped.  They had heard a strange noise coming from the forest.  The Evening Star told Osseo that he was freed of the curse.  Suddenly everything started shaking.  All the nine sisters and their husbands were turned into birds, while Oweenee regained her beauty.  The Evening Star welcomed them with open arms.  He explained that was an evil wizard that had changed Osseo but the power of love had changed them back into their former state.

(Wikipedia)

The Child of the Evening Star (end) - Oweenee and Osseo were very happy and even happier still because of their son.  He was a beautiful boy but as he grew up he was lonely and wondered what Earth was like.  He wanted to go visit so badly.  One day he decided to let the birds out and they could take him down to Earth.  So he opened the door to the cage and all the birds got out and were flying around in circles.  The son insisted that the birds get back into their cage.  They did not listen to him so he shot one and caused it to bleed.  Since no one can bleed on the Evening Star, the boy suddenly realized he was being taken down to Earth.  The birds followed him down and when they reached Earth they became what is known as little people.

Famous Last Words: Week 9

Spring Break is almost over, and I can't believe it.  My spring break was spent down in Naples, Florida.  I went to visit my family and had the most relaxing vacation I have had in a while.  It seemed like every other vacation I have had in the past few years, I have either been planning for something, studying something, researching something or working.  This was the first vacation where I was able to relax and not worry about anything school related.

Personal Photo of Tiger Tail Beach

One of the main reasons I was able to do that, is that I have been officially accepted into graduate school!  It was the biggest relief for me to receive the notification and to say, I officially have a plan for next year.  The school I was accepted to was OSU (I know, I know, our rivals).  However, they have one of the best school psychology programs in the country and I have wanted to go there, and have been working on getting into there, for about two years now.  So the fact that I was accepted was a dream come true.  There is one other school I am waiting on before I make my official decision.  I am currently waitlisted there, so there is a possibility I could be accepted and I want to consider all of my options before making a decision.  However, I will most likely be heading up to Stillwater in the fall and I cannot wait to start my future career.  

I know that it will be hard for me to keep the momentum as the school year comes to a close, but considering graduation is less than two months away, I will just have to keep pushing myself so I can reach the end.  For all of those who are still juniors, or graduating in December, watch out.  Because graduation will creep up on you before you know it.  

Extra Reading Diary - Native American Hero Tales

For this reading diary, I chose to read Native American Hero Tales.

The Jealous Uncle - This story is about an uncle who a;lways kills his nephews when they are about two years old.  The mother of the boys and the uncle's wife agreed to trick the uncle next time there was a boy born, to let him live.  So a boy was born and the ruse worked for a while, but eventually the uncle found out.  He tried to kill him by trapping him in a log.  However, the boy was able to escape from the log.

The Jealous Uncle (cont.) - The unnatural uncle is still trying to kill the boy.  He first tries to kill him by going to gather ducks and eggs.  The uncle pushes the boy over a cliff, and thinks that kills the boy.  However, the boy has some eagle down that he is able to use to float down to the bottom of the cliff and then use to come back up.  The next day the uncle has the boy go get calms and a very large clam eats him up.  But the boy is able to escape and return with some clams for the uncle.

The Jealous Uncle (end):

            The boy was put in a box that his uncle had made and the box was put out to sea.  Eventually the boy found himself on the shore of the land that belonged to the Eagle people.  He then married the older daughter of the chief in the land.  As time went on the boy was sad for he missed his parents.  The chief told him to bring his parents to the land of the Eagle People.  He went back to his old village and saw the uncle was treating his parents badly.  He took the uncle to a high cliff and said either be dropped from the sky or swim from the middle of the lake.  The uncle was then dropped from the sky, since he could not swim, and the uncle died. 

Bluejay and his companions:

            Bluejay and his friends liked to hunt for seals, but only gave lean parts to Grouse.  So one day Grouse made a wooden seal and put it in the water.  The bluejay and his friends spear the seal and it swam for three days into the middle of the ocean.  The bluejay and his friends paddled back, but it took four days to paddle back and they were very tired at the end.  Then squirrel challenged bluejay to a climbing match, which bluejay won in the end. 

Bluejay and His Companions (cont.):

            Bluejay and his companions continued to paddled down the shore line and then hair-seal challenged bluejay to a diving match.  Bluejay won so they continued paddling down the coast line.  They then reached a village where they were put to more challenges but, were able to survive those.  Finally bluejay and his companions arrived back at their village and they gave grouse the biggest and fattest seal they could find.

(Wikipedia)

Dug From Ground:

            A young woman was digging up roots and ended up digging a baby from the ground.  She did not want to raise the child so she had her grandmother raise the child.  The boy learned to kill many things.  When he had become a man, the young woman would go out all day and come back at night with very long acorns.  Eventually he decided that he was going to follow her.  So eh followed her and saw where she got the acorns from.  He then decided to go get some of the acorns.  After he got some of the acorns, he killed a white deer, and then his mother recognized him as her son. 

Dug From Ground (cont.):

            This story was very confusing because it suddenly brought in a bunch of characters that I did not know where they had come from or who they were.

 The Attack on the Giant Elk - It was mean for all of the other animals wanting to attack the giant elk for no good reason.

The Attack on the Giant Elk - The attack on the giant elk, continued to be hard and unnecessary.  But the right person won in the end.  

The Adventure of My Life: Storytelling Week 9

One day it was a rather windy day.  My dad was trying to sleep and the Wind was not letting him.  So he turned to me and told me to go tell the wind to be quiet. 

"But you must listen to my directions.  You have to first put your arm out of the smoke hole and then stick your head.  The wind will listen to you only if you do that."

So I climbed up to the smoke hole at the top of our teepee.  But as I got closer and closer to the smoke hole, I got more and more excited.  My father did not let me normally see what was outside and I was a very curious girl.  I wanted to see what the world was like because my father normally had me stay in the teepee and never go anywhere.  So when I reached the smoke hole, I stuck my arm and my head out of the smoke hole at the same time.  Before I knew, I felt a tug on my hair and I was off!  I was being whirled around in the air, across the ground, over the shiny black ice.  It was one of the most terrifying and exciting things to have ever happened to me!  Eventually I started to feel the cold no matter what I did.  It was completely inescapable no matter what I did.

Suddenly, I felt myself land on the ground, on the frozen solid ice.  I was huddled there, shivering from the cold thinking that I was going to die right then and there.  I just waited for something, anything, to happen. 

Suddenly, I barely saw a figure in the distance.  I was half delirious by this point in time and thought it was just a figment of my imagination.  I didn’t realize that it was an actual person coming towards me, so I just closed my eyes and waited for something to happen.  Next thing I know, I was being picked up in a pair of soft, warm, furry arms.  I realized that the figure I had seen was actually a grizzly bear! 

(Wikipedia)

“Don’t worry little one.  I will take care of you.  You will be safe with me,” he whispered to me as he continued along his path.  I feel asleep in his arms from the exhaustion of everything that had happened.  I woke up when I felt a sudden rush of heat. 

“Don’t worry sweetheart.  You are going to be ok.  Let me get you warm and give you some food,” said a new grizzly bear, who I was assuming was the wife of the grizzly bear that had picked me up from the ground.

Both of the grizzly bears helped me regain my health.  They nourished me, cared for me, and basically became my second set of parents.  As time went on, I grew older.  Soon I was old enough to marry and it was decided that I was to marry the grizzlies’ son.  I had known him ever since I had been brought into the grizzlies’ house, so the choice to marry him was a clear one. 

We got married, and then children followed.  The mother grizzly became worried about what my father would say.  I had been away from him for such a long time; it was hard to imagine him back in the picture.  But mother grizzly insisted that we needed to let my father know that I was alive, married and that he had grandchild.  So we sent the eldest child back to my father to let him know about me.  We only had to wait a day or so to hear anything.

My father stormed into the grizzlies’ house, furious. 

How DARE you take my daughter as your own.  She is my child!  She belongs to me!  She does not need to marry any grizzly ever!” he spat those last few words.  “She is coming back with me to my teepee.”

“Father, don’t do this.  They cared for me when I was sick and I love them!” I tried to plead with him, but he was not having it. 

“I don’t care what you say. You are coming with me and we are leaving all of these grizzlies and grizzly children behind.  And as for YOU,” he spun around and pointed at the grizzlies, “you will never stand on two legs again, and you will never be able to speak, AGAIN!” 

And with that he stormed out of the house dragging me with him.  I cried for the rest of my days for the loss of my beloved grizzly family.

Author's Note: I wrote this story based off of the story I read called Old Man Above and the Grizzlies.  I wrote this story from the perspective of the Old Man Above's daughter and what she must have felt throughout the entire story.