Reading Notes A: Tales of a Parrot: Khojisteh and the Parrot

Reading A:

·         A prince named Ahmed had everything he could ever need.

·         He did not have any kids and wanted them.

·         Finally, he had a son and he named him miemun.

·         He grew up and got married to Khojisteh.

·         They were inseparable.

·         He bought a parrot at the marketplace.

·         The parrot convinced the guy to buy him and so he did.

·         He then bought another bird because he enjoyed the conversation with the other parrot.

·         He planned a long voyage and his wife was sad and lonely.

·         She didn’t sleep or do anything.

·         The parrot would tell her stories on stories to keep her distracted. 

Bibliography: 

            Tales of a Parrot: Khojisteh and the Parrot

http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/myth-folklore-unit-tutinameh-or-tales.html

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Week 7: Friendship 

Week 5 Story: The Friendly Stranger

Story:

            There once was an older man who had been homeless for a long time and went by the name of John. He did not have a steady job and so he would wait and ask all of the people walking on the sidewalks near downtown. He was always there and somehow he always provided just enough food for him and his wife. One day he had enough of struggling day to day and so he decided to go to the Trump tower to see if there was any way that he would help him. When he got there Trump and his assistants were talking about a haunted house that was on the outskirts of town. It was known to be the most haunted place in the country and Trump wanted to see who could do it and make it out alive. John spoke up and said he was up for the challenge. Trump told him if he decided to do that he would not only give the man a skyscraper with a penthouse, but he would also give him one of his five star restaurants to profit from.

            That following night John started his journey to the house, despite the fact that his wife begged him not to. He made the hour long walk and was ready for the task at hand. When he first saw the house he started to shake and show his fear. All of a sudden someone appeared next to him and asked what was wrong. He told him about the bet and how poor he had been and how this would change his life. The man told him to follow him and he will keep him safe. They walked up the steps and entered the house. As soon as the door shut behind him the ghosts started making their way to him. The man stopped in front of the ghosts and told them that they were to keep him safe because he was a friend. They did as he said and the man walked back to Trumps tower that next morning.

            When he got to the tower Trump followed through with his commitment and granted him his new house and business. The man was so pleased and grateful that he invited all the poor people to come and eat for free in this restaurant. The man who helped him came and was present but shortly slipped away after telling John he had done what he came to do.  It was a great celebration and John and his wife lived happily ever after, never seeing the man again.

Bibliography:

 Bengal: The Story of a Brahmadaitya

http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/07/myth-folklore-unit-folktales-of-bengal.htm

Authors note:

             This started out as an old time ghost story that took place in a village with a king. The man still completed his task of going to the haunted tree and was granted a farm with lots of crops. The ghosts also helped him farm his land when he was in need. I thought adding a recent time period to this story would help draw the reader in and help them connect more. 

Trump Tower

Reading Notes B: Bengal: The Story of a Brahmadaitya

Reading B:

·         There was a poor man with a wife who begged for their food each day.

·         There was a new leader.

·         He went to the leader and he heard about a tree with ghosts in it.

·         Last time someone went there at night their necks were wrung and they died.

·         The leader said if anyone does this and cuts one of the branches off he would give him 30 acres of rent-free land.

·         He decided to do it.

·         When people heard they pitied him.

·          His wife tried to convince him otherwise and he but he still went.

·         He went to the tree and was stuck with fear.

·         The brahman said he would go with him so he would have courage.

·         The brahman convinced the ghosts to let him have the branch.

·         They gave him a branch and he ran home.

·         He got the 100 acres of land and became rich.

·         The land was ready for harvest but he didn’t have the means to do it.

·         He asked the brahman and he said he would take care of it as long as he brought sickles from the village men at night for him to use.

·         He prepared and went to sleep.

·         All the ghosts came together and they worked on it all through the night.

·         It was all done by morning and everyone was shocked.

·         He wanted to feed 1000 poor people with his crop.

·         HE did and the brahman went up because he had done what he needed. 

Bibliography: 

 Bengal: The Story of a Brahmadaitya

http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/07/myth-folklore-unit-folktales-of-bengal.htm

Ghost Tree

Reading Notes A: Bengal: The Evil Eye of Sani

Reading A:

·         The god of bad and good luck fell out of heaven together.

·         They were fighting over who was higher and because they were on the equal ground the gods decided to let humans decide.

·         Wise and rich man named Sribatsa.

·         They wanted to go to him to decide who was higher.

·         He didn’t want to choose because one would have a grudge against him.

·         He got a gold and silver stool made and told them to sit on it.

·         He chose the good luck to sit on the gold stool and so the other was mad.

·         He tried to run away from his wife so she wouldn’t get the bad luck either but she followed him.

·         They ran and put their money in the mattress and carried the mattress on their journey.

·         They tried crossing a river and the water pushed the mattress and consumed it.

·         They went into a town to make money and found some woodcutters.

·         They were cutting good trees and getting a lot of money for it.

·         The other woodcutters planned on a plot out of jealousy.

·         The same thing happened with the weavers.

·         People caught his wife and captured her.

·         He then followed the stream to try and find her.

·         He found a cow he milked and then he realized it pooped gold.

·         She was beautiful but prayed to be ugly and so it was granted.

·         She was thrown to the cargo room.

·         He floated until he got to a garden.

·         The king saw that the garden became flourished with plants and so they rescued his wife and she became beautiful again.

·         The king gave him everything and he was good again

Bibliography: 

Bengal: The Evil Eye of Sani

. http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/07/bengal-evil-eye-of-sani-end.html

River 

Week 4 Storytelling: Blaine's Love Story

This story is now in my portfolio on google sites. Below is the link to my portfolio website. 
https://sites.google.com/view/acethestory/love

The story all starts with Blaine, a 25-year-old successful business owner, who lived in the penthouse in the middle of this New York skyscraper. One night he couldn’t sleep and so he stepped out onto the patio that overlooked the majority of New York. While looking out on all of the other buildings, a beautiful woman who happened to be showering in her apartment across the street caught his eye. He requested that his assistant find out who this was immediately and how he could have her as his own. He waited a few days and finally, his assistant came through. Her name was Halle and she just happened to be one of his employee’s wife. He ended up calling her and inviting her over and she showed up late one night when her husband was working late. They ended up having a great night together that ended in Halle getting pregnant. When they first found out, both Blaine and Halle were overwhelmed with emotion and panic. Blaine promised her he would take care of the situation, and that he did.

            A few weeks after the news Blaine sent Halle’s husband, Jack overseas to run his corporate office over in Australia. He played it up and made it an opportunity that Jack could not turn down. When Jack told Halle, she took that opportunity to end things and break up the marriage. Within another two weeks, Jack was leaving and was not expected back anytime soon. Halle decided to move into the penthouse with Blaine and they both started their life together. A year later they are happily married with one seven month old and another one on the way. For Jack, he is thriving in the company and has no idea what is taking place with his ex-wife and boss. 

Authors Note: 

This story came from the story of Bathsheba and David in the old testament of the Bible. She was a wife of a soldier in Davids army and he wanted her. Once he got her, she got pregnant and so David had her husband put at the front of battle and killed. David then moved her into his house and made her his wife. I tried to make it a current time so that it through a unique twist to the plot. 

Bibliography: 

http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/04/myth-folklore-unit-bible-women.html

Blaine in his Penthouse

Reading Notes: Bible Women: Part 3

Bible Women Part B:

·         Saul saw the host of the Philistines and was afraid.

·         He asked the Lord but he did not answer him.

·         He sent his servants to find a girl with a similar spirit.

·         They told him about a lady in Endor.

·         He went to her and talked to her.

·         She assumed he would be killing her because of his past.

·         He promised he would not hurt her.

·         He asked for her to bring up Samuel.

·         When Samuel was brought up he told him about the war.

·         He told him the Lord will deliver them, but this happened because they didn’t listen to the voice of the Lord.

·         He was given bread from the lady and even though he refused, his men and her convinced him.

·         They had the strength and went home.

·         David was on the roof and saw a woman bathing herself.

·         It was Bathsheba who was married to Uriah.

·         She came over to David’s and they slept together and then she went back home.

·         She got pregnant.

·         David told Uriah to go home and he didn’t and he slept on the porch with the servants.

·         He was such a good guy, he didn’t want to sleep inside when they were outside and suffering.

·         David then told Joab to make him a front runner in battle so he would die.

·         He did as he was told and Uriah died.

·         She mourned for her husband and then she became his wife and moved in with him.

·         He displeased the Lord. 

Bible Women Link: 

http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/04/myth-folklore-unit-bible-women.html

Women of the Bible

Reading Notes A: Bible Women

Bible Women:

·         Eve was Adams wife.

·         There was one rule, not to eat from one tree.

·         Adam named every creature and thing.

·         He created Eve from one of Adam’s ribs.

·         They were naked and not ashamed.

·         The snake came and was trying to convince the girl that she could eat from it.

·         She ate it and she gave some to her husband as well.

·         Both eyes were opened and they realized they were naked.

·         They hid from the Lord.

·         They were not saved by the Lord anymore and they were kicked from the garden.

·         Sarah was Abrahams wife.

·         She was told to prepare three meals.

·         Because Abraham did as they were told, God said he would give them a son.

·         They were both old.

·         She became pregnant with a son and they named him Isaac.

·         Hagar was Abram’s handmaid.

·         She became pregnant because his wife could not reproduce.

·         She then was despised by her.

·         She ran away from the house out of despair.

·         The Lord told her to return to the house.
            She will bear a son and he will be named Ishmael.

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