Showing posts with label Week 10. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week 10. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Week 10 Reading Diary Continued: American Indian Fairy Tales

American Indian Fairy Tales from American Indian Fairy Tales

Lagoo is still the one telling the stories. The mouse used to be huge, and Lagoo is going to tell the story of how. Man used to not have fire, ate everything raw. Mostly fruits and veggies. Boy shoots tons of birds so that he can wear their feathers. Sun ruins the boys new coat by tanning the birds hides. Boy vows revenge. His plan is to lasso the run with his sisters hair. Mouse nibbles away the lasso, the sun burns him down. This is why he is so small today. Girl seeks out happy land, a place without worry or care. Mother wants this girl to get married, girl does not want to. Instead of marrying the hunter, she marries a fairy in the grove.


An Indian from How the Summer Came
Source: UnTextbook

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Week 10 Reading Diary: American Indian Fairy Tales

American Indian Fairy Tales from American Indian Fairy Tales

Lagoo is the one telling the stories. The north wind story. Picky Oweenee has a hard time finding a husband. She has a problem with every man that courts her. She chose to marry a man that had a heart of gold and would take care of her even though he was ugly and poor. Oesso has curse on him that gets put on Oweenee, making her old and feeble and him young and strong. All of the sisters and their wives are turned into birds for mocking Oesso. Oesso shoots a bird with a bow which you are not supposed to do, apparently.


The north wind
Source: UnTextbook