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(Image of a white feather with a golden tip. I felt it symbolized the story well. Image can be sourced  here .) The story begins of a poor family which consists of a father, mother, and his beautiful daughters. The father decided he would try to get rich and come back to share it with his family. He told his family this. While traveling in the forest, he encounters a fairy.He tells the fairy of his problems and she turns him into a goose. He is sad until he looks at his reflection in a pond to see that he is a golden goose. He has feathers that are literal gold. He went back to his family and would give them a golden feather. The feather was worth a lot so it would suffice for various things (food, clothes, etc). He would only give them a feather one at a time and only after they fully used the old one. Well, the mother grew impatient one day and decided to pluck all of his feathers. She didn't know this was her husband. When she did this, the feathers turned white (not gold

(Picture of a baby tortoise eating a strawberry. Picture is a still from a video that can be sourced  here .) In this tale, there was a tortoise that talked a lot. Many of the fish in the pond became tired of his ramblings so they moved to the land. Two geese saw what was happening and wanted to try to help the tortoise so they told him to live in the mountains. This way, no one would be around and he could keep talking. They gave him a stick to bite onto and flew him to the mountains. They told the tortoise not to talk until he made it to the mountains so he could keep biting onto the stick. While flying, some children saw the geese and pointed. The tortoise opened him mouth to tell them to mind their business but ended up falling onto the ground because he let go of the stick. His shell cracked and he probably died.  BIBLIOGRAPHY: Author: W.H.D. Rouse Title:  The Talkative Tortoise

(Zeus and Indra; this picture was taken from an article comparing Greek and Indian mythology. Image can be sourced  here .) I thought the CrashCourse videos might be fun even though it is aimed more towards the other class because I enjoy mythology. The first video explains how myths are not based on truth, but interpretations. When reading mythology, we should be looking at how the stories define/shape one's culture rather than focusing on "truth".If we focus on the "truth", we miss the cultural discussion potential. Also, many myths date back to thousands of years ago, when technology was limited so it is easy to critique in retrospect. Years from now, there will surely be things future generations will be surprised about what we believe in. The different version of stories is cool because we can see similarities horizontally and vertically between and within cultures. The second video draws a connection to how myths have helped with psychology. It

The Foolish, Timid Rabbit In this story, the rabbit awakes to a coconut hitting the ground. The rabbit does not know this is a coconut, so he begins to run out of fright. He passes other rabbits and animals telling them of the earth is breaking inaccurately because of the coconut. The word passed on from animal to animal, scaring everyone. Eventually word got to the Lion, who was "brave" enough to check the area. He went to the spot the rabbit was at when the coconut fell. He realized it was nothing and told the rabbit he was foolish to believe so and get everyone caught up. (Photo of a cartoon bunny eating a carrot. The image can be sourced  here  and is actually available for purchase as a vinyl decal). BIBLIOGRAPHY: Title: Babbit Jakarta Tales Part A,  The Foolish, Timid Rabbit A uthor: Ellen C. Babbitt

There was a mouse that found gold on a farmer's property. The mouse liked the farmer so everyday he would bring him a gold coin. The farmer would use these to buy a lot of meat and share with the mouse. One day, a cat saw what was happening and wanted to eat the now plump mouse. The mouse told the cat he would give him his share of meat if he would spare his life, which the cat did. Because the mouse kept giving the cat food, he lost weight. The farmer noticed and asked the mouse about this-to which the mouse told him what was happening with the cat. The farmer came up with a plan to put the mouse on a inkstand. When the cat ate the mouse, he died because of the inkstand, to which the mouse crawled out after. (What I imagine the cat and mouse look like, image can be sourced  here .) Author: W.H.D. Rouse Title: Jakarta Tale:  The Mouse and the Farmer

(This is sort of how I imagined Pickle looking like when I wrote the story.) Long ago, there was a little dog living in a small town named Pickle. Pickle had a family, but he had always been the runt. Everyone still loved him and assured him that his size did not matter. Still, Pickle always felt very insecure about this. One day while Pickle was drinking water from the lake, a magical genie appeared. "Why hello little man" said the genie. "I'm not little" answered Pickle. The genie responded, "If you so desire, I can grant you a wish. It can be anything." Pickle replied without hesitation, "Yes please sir. I would like to be bigger." The genie questioned, "Little one, it is not my place to judge your wish, but are you sure? I find in past experience that this does not bring as much happiness as you think" "You are right, my wishes are not your personal concern and I would still like to be taller" said P