We have been reading and discussing some great folktales in class. Go to this site, and find a folktale to read. http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/folk.html
After you read it, come back here and tell us the following:
1. Provide a short summary of the folktale. It should be one to two paragraphs long.
2. What kind of folktale is it? ex: American folktale, African folktale, Cajun folktale
3. What was the morale of the story?
4. Did you like the folktale? Why, or why not?
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Master Man
There was a man named Shadusa and he was very strong. He was always bragging about his strength.His wife said that there was always someone stronger than him.His wife met stronger at the village well the next day. Shadusa didn't like the fact. So, he thought he could teach the real master man a lesson.The master man's wife was at the well with a baby as strong as his father, the master man.The baby pulled up the bukcket that couldn't be lifted. Shadusa found out that the real master man eats elephants.The master man kills his elephants with his bare hands.
The moral would be that you should not mess with something you don't know you can handle. This was a Nigeria folk tale.I didn't like this because it was too fictional.
Ashlee Wilder 5th
MOUSE DEER
He is a favorite trickster of the Indonesia and Malaysia, two countries of the Southeast Asia.He sis not a real mouse ,he is an animalabout the size a cat.he lives in the jungles of Africa,Asia, and many Pacific islands. It has legs and the tail of a deer,and the face and the body of a mouse. but it is not really a mouse or a deer.The mouse deer eats only plants, but lots of animals eat the mouse deer.
2.It is an Indonesian and Malaysian story.
3.The story's that you should never trick anyone and then run away and expect to get away from them.
4.Yes, it was cute,it taught you a good lesson.
Brittany A.
5th period
02/20/09
1. A boy named Hans wanted to discovered what willies were.So Hans left home to find out what willies are. Hans asked the King and to give him the willies and the King tried to but didnt succeed. The King had and idea of Hans going to the dark side of the castle. Hans did as he was told, and went the man course and made them through and found treasure . the kinfg was amazed and let Hans stay in the castle and marry his daughter.They had triplets and he named them all willies.
2.European Folktale
3."Sometimes you go through many obstacles to get to the thing u really want."
4.Yes, i like this folktale because it was very humorous an kept me very interested.
Mekiya White
6th period
The story was about a baker and an old lady who bought a dozen Saint Nicholas cookies but she said that that he cheated her by not giving him 13. He said that a dozen was 12 but she said a dozen was 13. She said he would be punished and he was people stop coming and he became poor. A year later the old woman and she wanted some of his cookies so counted out 12 and one more. He said from now onhe would give 13 for a dozen. People stared to hear about it and coming. He got rich and also gave 13 for a dozen for than on.
Muck
The story i picked for this blog is "The Master of Masters". I loved this folktale. I would recomend it to anyone who loves to read folktales. This folktale is a from Norwegian,Christian. The morals is boasting.It was about a man who had a blacksmith shop. One day Jesus and St.Peter were walking through a village, and they saw the blacksmith shop, and above he saw a sign that said master of masters. Jesus said that was a coicidence because that is what people called him. The smith said they need to stop. A man came in and asked if the smith could shoe his horse. There was a way every one shoes a horse, but Jesus had his own way. The funnyest and my favorit part was when Jesus pounded that man with the hunchback straight. I think this story tells people that they are not better than every one. You will have to read the rest of the story like i did to find out what happened after that.
Logan Henning.
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