Reading B: Daunte's Inferno

Reading B:

·         They were climbing down a craggy bank and there was a wooden cow laying down.

·         The bull got mad and the man took that time to run to the passage.

·         We made our way down and it was shifting because of the rocks.

·         There was an earthquake not long ago that cause a mess.

·         They made it to the blood river.

·         He came across a canal and there were animals chasing and racing all around.

·         Three people saw and came to talk to them.

·         They guard the canal and shoot anyone with arrows that get in their way.

·         He realized that the man was not dead and was concerned.

·         The helper said that he was showing him how to get back to earth and they moved aside and let him pass. 

Bibliography: 

http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/07/inferno-minotaur-and-centaurs.html

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                        Canal in Hell

Reading A: Dante's Inferno

Reading A:

·         A man went into the woods and found good but also saw a lot of bad.

·         He was almost asleep when he went into the woods initially.

·          He got to the bottom of the hill and all the fear was gone and he saw a bright road.

·         When the fear had settled and he realized he was ok he looked back at what he had just gone through.

·         He rested a while and then went on his way back.

·         On his way, a leopard jumped in front of him.

·         It seemed that he wanted to eat him so the man was fearful.

·         He ran from him and had to go back to the place he didn’t want to go.

·         He saw a man and yelled out to have pity on him.

·         The strange an asked him who he was and why he came back after making it out.

·         He said he will have to find a new path out because the cat does not take mercy on everyone and is always hungry.

·         He offered to be his hide but he told him he would see horrible things. 


              Bibliography:
                     http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/07/myth-folklore-unit-dantes-inferno.html

                 

Hell

Reading Notes: Europa's Fairy Book

Reading B:

There was a deer hunter who loved hunting deer.

He heard a loud sound that sounded like wings from a bird.

He was going to shoot it but it was seven maidens.

He stole one of their beautiful robes.

They spoke to the man and told him his fate will be.

Then they flew far away.

He said he would give it back if she married him.

They had kids.

One day her daughter was playing hide and seek and found the robe.

The mother ran away for good.

He went to go find her but no one knew where she went. 

     Bibliography; 

         Europa's Fairy Book by Joseph Jacobs

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                                       Hunter

Reading Notes: Europa's Fairy Tale book

Reading A:

·         There was a king long ago who had a son that was becoming of age.

·         His father hosted a ball in which his son would choose who he wants to marry out of all the girls in town.

·         There was a man who married a woman with two kids.

·         She only cared about her two kids and not the man’s daughter who was named cinder-maid.

·         The daughter was told to do all the housework and duties.

·         When the king announced the ball the girls were so excited, but they weren’t going to let the cinder-maid go.

·         She helped the other two get ready and then she sat and cried out by her mother’s grave.

·         A dress appeared and she was able to go to the ball.

·         The prince instantly fell in love and ignored all the other girls.

·         Once midnight hit she had to go home and ran far away.

·         The prince’s soldiers tried following but couldn’t find her in the mist.

·         The sisters came home and were so mad that this girl stole the spotlight.

·         There was a second ball and everything was the same.

·         This time the prince told the guards to put honey on the stair so her shoes would stick to it. 

    Bibliography; 

         Europa's Fairy Book by Joseph Jacobs

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                                                        Cinder-maid

Reading Notes: Robin Hood: Part B

Reading B:

·         Robin Hood told his crew that the bishop of Hereford was to come and they would kill his deer and they would feast.

·         Robin hood and his men dressed up like shepherds and fired at him as he went to meet them.

·         The bishop saw how brave they were for doing this with such a small amount of people.

·         The bishop tried to capture him but instead he blew his horn and ten of his men came out and in a row.

·         His crew wanted to cut off the bishop’s head.

·         He captured the bishop and made him come and drink.

·         Little John told the bishop that if he gave him his purse that he would let him go.

·         They got 300 pound and so they played music and took him back to the area where he could leave.

·         Robin told John to go and beg.

·         John agreed but was going all out for it.

·         Little John saw some other beggars and decided to keep them as a company.

·         He talked to them for a while and then beat them all and took their things.

·         He stole 300 pounds.

·         He brought it to Robin and they danced and sang. 

       Bibliography: 

        Robin Hood - Francis James Child

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                                                        Gold

Week 13: Robin Hood: Reading A

Reading A:

·         Robin Hood was a tall young man.

·         He was 15 and was very proper.

·         He went to dinner with the general and there were 15 foresters drinking alcohol.

·         He asked them for news.

·         There was a shooting match and he was ready with his bow.

·         They recommended that he was too young to participate.

·         Robin Hood bet them 20 marks that he would hit 100 and make a heart die.

·         They agreed to the bet.

·         He followed through and won the bet.

·         He also broke three of their ribs.

·         They told him that it was not right and he did it again.

·         He shot him through the head because he tried to fight it.

·         He killed them all and laughed when they were dead.

·         He went back to the woods.

·         The people of the town grabbed all the dead foresters and buried them in the churchyard.

·         When he was 20 he happened to meet Little John.

·         He was far from little and was swift with a blade.

·         He had someone keep watch while he wandered through the forest.

·         He told them that if he was beaten and couldn’t return he would blow his horn.

·         He shook hands with them and went on his way.

·         They met on a bridge and they went head to head with a bow and arrow until Robin warned him.

·         He picked up a staff to make it fairer.

·         They fought and then Robin said the battle was done.

·         His friends came to his rescue but he told them that this man shouldn’t be harmed. As long as he was to join their clan.

·         He had them create a feast.

·         Robin dressed him in green and gave him a bow.

        Bibliography: 

        Robin Hood - Francis James Child

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Robin Hood

Reading Notes: The Nursery Rhymes: Reading B

Reading B:

·         John went to bed with his trousers on.

·         Dame has lost her shoe.

·         Master lost his stick.

·         The dame will dance without a shoe until the master finds his stick.

·         He found his fiddling stick!

·         The dame will dance while the master fiddles his stick.

·         She went to bed and scratched her head and never found her shoe.

·         Cat and the fiddle.

·         Cow jumped over the moon.

·         Dog laughed.

·         Pussycat is getting married.

·         Beer needs to be brewed and bread needs to be baked.

·         Don’t wait!

·         The cat is in the well.

·         Tommy put her in there.

·         The dog pulled her out.

·         Bad boy trying to drown the poor cat. 

 Bibliography:

                The Nursery Rhymes by Andrew Lang 

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Cow Jumping Over The Moon

Reading Notes: The Nursery Rhyme Book: Part A

Reading A:

·         The man in the moon – he burnt his mouth on porridge.

·         Two poor children were taken on a Summer’s day.

·         They were left in the woods.

·         Every nigh the cried and they laid down and died.

·         The birds brought leaves and put them on top of the children.

·         They sang to them all day long.

·         There was a crooked man.

·         He bought a cat and the cat caught the mouse.

·         Simple Simon meta pie man.

·         Simon sked to try the pies and the man said show me your money first.

·         Simon didn’t have any.

·         He then went fishing to catch a whale and he only got water.

·         Jack and his brother.

·         There was a man and robbers came to rob him.  

·         He crept up the chimney and they thought they had him.

·         He got down on the other side and they couldn’t find him.

·         He ran 14 miles in 15 days and never looked behind him.

·         There was a fat man of Bombay who was smoking.

·         A bird called a snipe flew away with his pipe.

·         Tom the piper’s son stole a pig and ate it.

·         Bryan and his wife and her mother all went over the bridge together.

·         It was broken and they all fell in together.

·         There was a little guy with a gun.

·         His bullets were made of lead.

·         He went to the water and saw a duck.

·         He shot it and brought it home to his wife.

·         He had her cook the duck on a fire.

·         Three men went to sea in a bowl and it was not able to hold them.

·         Robin ate more meat then four men.

·         He ate cows and a butcher and a church and the priest and all the people.

·         He always complained that his stomach wasn’t full.

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       Bibliography:

                The Nursery Rhymes by Andrew Lang 

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