Storytelling for Week 6: The Two Nerds

Two little children were sitting together at lunch in the school’s cafeteria. They had been friends for many years but had not made any other friends. Many kids picked on them because they wore glasses and carried Pokémon lunch boxes. The two little kids always ignored the comments and were thankful to have each other as friends.

One day, the two little kids were walking home when they ran into a big mean bully. The big mean bully grabbed both of them by their underpants and went over to the side of the road. The two little kids kicked and squirmed but could not get out of the strong grasp of the bully. The bully then hung the kids by their underpants up on the nearby fence post and left them hanging there as he ran off in laughter.

A horse in the field on the other side of the fence saw what happened and galloped over to help the kids. He grabbed each one by the strap of their suspenders and lifted them off the fence post onto the ground. The horse said, “Let me follow you home tomorrow and I will protect you from the bully.” The kids began to run the rest of the way home after thanking the horse, because now the bully would not come back and get them. On the way they passed a barn cat that asked them, “Why are you two kids running so fast?” The kids told the cat about the bully and the cat wanted to help protect the kids the next day just like the horse did. Before the kids could make it home, they ran into a rooster and a porcupine. Both the rooster and the porcupine asked the kids why they were in such a hurry to get home. After the two little kids told them about the bully, they also wanted to protect them the next day.

The next day finally arrived and the two little kids went to school. They did not see the bully all day and when the bell rang they began to head home. They ran straight to the horse in the field that was waiting on them. As the kids were approaching the horse, they heard the bully yelling at them nearby. The horse neighed at them to jump on his back. The bully was getting closer but the horse managed to gallop off towards the kids’ house faster than the bully could run. The kids hopped off the horse’s back and began to run the distance that was left to their houses.

The bully had taken a different route and cornered them a distance relative to one block away from their houses. The barn cat was hiding a top his barn next to where the bully had cornered the kids and jumped on the bully’s back. The cat began screeching and clawing at the bully, distracting him as the kids kept running home. The bully was taken by surprise from the cat’s attack and, exhausted, began to walk one more block to the kids' house. “These two little nerds will not get away with this!” yelled the bully. In the meantime the two little kids had arrived at their house and had the rooster and porcupine stand watch. When the bully showed up, the rooster began chasing the bully. “No rooster will stop me from beating these nerds!” screamed the bully. The bully ran around in circles trying to escape the rooster. He began to get dizzy and stumbled, landing on something very pokey. “Owww oww oww oww!” cried the bully. He jumped up and saw a porcupine where he had fallen and reached down to his leg where there were many porcupine needles stuck!

The bully ran off back to his house crying and hopping on one leg. The two little kids watched from the window as the rooster and the porcupine had scared off the big mean bully. After that day the two little kids never had a problem with being bullied by anyone ever again. The animals always watched the kids walk home in case they needed to protect them again.

(Superheros:Smosh)

Author's Note: This story is from The Two Little Cats story from the Tibetan Folk Tales unit.  I went along with most of the story except I used all animals that were saving humans.  In the original story there were animals and objects that had a plan to protect the kittens from a mean Handre.  A Handre is a very scary beast in the Tibetan folktales.  The Handre is supposed to be one of the scariest things because it has big sharp teeth and claws that would easily eat up the kittens.  The kittens ran into several animals that wanted to help them just like the kids in the story I created.  I was trying to create a story that was relatable to readers.  A situation where kids are subjected to a bully seems to be very common in everyday life.  I loved animals as a kid and I feel like in general kids find comfort in animals.  I used the animals to help the kids because of this concept.  The picture has to be my favorite part of the story.  I came across it and thought it depicted my story perfectly!  The kids felt so safe and powerful with the protection of the animals, just like the kid in the picture!

Bibliography:

The Two Little Cats Tibetan Folk Tales by A.L. Shelton with illustrations by Mildred Bryant (1925).

Storytelling for Week 6: The Two Nerds

Two little children were sitting together at lunch in the schools cafeteria. They had been friends every year and had not made any friends but they always had each other. Many kids picked on them because they wore glasses and carried Pokémon lunch boxes. The two little kids always ignored the comments and were thankful to have each other as friends.

One day, the two little kids were walking home when they ran into a big mean bully. The big mean bully grabbed both of them by their underpants and went over to the side of the road. The two little kids kicked and squirmed but could not get out of the strong grasp of the bully. The bully then hung the kids by their underpants up on the nearby fence post and left them hanging there as he ran off in laughter.

A horse in the field on the other side of the fence saw what happened and galloped over to help the kids. He grabbed each one by the strap of their suspenders and lifted them off the fence post onto the ground. The horse said, “Let me follow you home tomorrow and I will protect you from the bully.” The kids began to run the rest of the way home after thanking the horse, so the bully would not come back and get them. On the way they passed a barn cat that asked them, “Why are you two kids running so fast?” The kids told the cat about the bully and the cat wanted to help protect the kids the next day just like the horse did. Before the kids could make it home, they ran into a rooster and porcupine. Both the rooster and the porcupine asked the kids why they were in such a hurry to get home. After the two little kids told them about the bully they also wanted to protect them the next day.

The next day finally arrived and the two little kids went to school. They did not see the bully all day and when the bell rang they began to head home. They ran straight to the horse in the field that was waiting on them. As the kids were approaching the horse they heard the bully yelling at them from a nearby distance. The horse neighed at them to jump on his back. The bully was getting closer but the horse managed to gallop off towards the kids’ house faster than the bully could run. The kids hopped off the horses back and began to run the two blocks that was left to their houses.

The bully had taken a different route and cornered them one block away from their houses. The barn cat was hiding a top his barn and jumped on the bully’s back. The cat began screeching and clawing at the bully, distracting him as the kids kept running home. The bully was taken by surprise from the cats attack and exhausted began to walk one more block to the kids house. “These two little nerds will not get away with this!” yelled the bully. In the mean time the two little kids had arrived to their house and had the rooster and porcupine to stand watch. When the bully showed up the rooster began chasing the bully. “No rooster will stop me from beating these nerds!” screamed the bully. The bully ran around in circles trying to escape the rooster. He began to get dizzy and stumbled landing on something very pokey. “Owww Oww Oww Oww!” cried the bully. He jumped up and saw a porcupine where he had fallen and reached down to his leg where there were many porcupine needles stuck!

The bully ran off back to his house crying and hopping on one leg. The two little kids watched from the window as the rooster and the porcupine had scared off the big mean bully. After that day the two little kids never had a problem with being bullied by anyone ever again. The animals always watched the kids walk home in case they needed to protect them again.

(Superheros: Smosh)

Authors Note: This story is from The Two Kittens story from the Tibetan Folk Tales unit.  I went along with most of the story except I used all animals that were saving humans.  In the original story there were animals and objects that had a plan to protect the kittens from a mean Handre.  

Bibliography:

The Two Little Cats Tibetan Folk Tales by A.L. Shelton with illustrations by Mildred Bryant (1925).

Essay for Week 6: Tibetan Folk Tales

This week I chose to read the Tibetan Folk Tales. There were several stories to read in this unit but they were all pretty short and easy to read. I thought the stories were fun and full of adventure! My favorite thing about the Tibetan Folk Tales as a whole, is that there were many different types of stories told. Some of the stories were about ghost such as, The Man and the Ghost. There were stories about trickster animals such as, The Tiger and the Frog. There were even stories that were Fairy Tales, for example, The Two Little Cats. My favorite story would have to be The Two Little Cats. I loved that there were two small kittens who were simply minding their own business and found something they were afraid of. There were many animals, a cow, dog, snake, and objects, peas and needles, that were willing to protect the little cats. It was a team effort to take down the evil Handre when it came to the cats house. The team members fulfilled their duties and saved the cats. I love happy endings! A lot of the stories in this unit seemed to have unpredictable endings. They ended very abruptly and never in the way I imagined them to end. For example, in The Tiger and the Frog, I did not assume that a tiger would be the one running away from a frog. The frog and the fox outsmarted the tiger more than once when a tiger could easily defeat these other animals. Also, in the Man and the Ghost I thought the Ghost would be the character that scared the man and won. However, the man outsmarted the ghost by lying in a field of barley because the ghost was afraid of barley. The ghost then left the man alone and gave him an opportunity to become rich. An overall theme I noticed in these stories was that the “underdog” character of the story always won or prospered.

(Two Kittens: Wikimedia)

Reading Diary Week 6: Tibetan Folk Tales

Tibetan Folk Tales

The Tiger and the Frog
A tired and hungry tiger is in search of food.  He comes across a frog who tricks him into thinking that the frog is stronger than him and can eat him.  The tiger runs away and finds a fox who tells him they can eat the frog.  They go back to the frog and the tiger gets scared again and runs away dragging the fox behind him.

Ingratitude of Man
A traveler saves three animals, a bird, a rat, and a snake.  He also saves a man that is with them and he thinks that only the man can be his friend and pay him back.  During the story the bird, the rat, and the snake bring him jewels, food, and save him from prison.  The man was the one who sent the traveler to prison making the traveler realize that he doubted the animals but they were the ones who were loyal.

The Man and The Ghost
A man and a ghost become friends.  The ghost goes into town as the man stays in the barley fields which the ghost is afraid of.  The ghost comes back with the soul of the Kings' son in a bag and leaves it with the man.  The man then takes the sack to the king and heals his son.  He is then given a great deal of goods.

The Golden Squash
Two old men live next to each other and  have gardens.  The first old man sincerely cared for an injured bird and received a seed to a golden squash in return.  The second old man deliberately injured a bird pretending to care about healing it in order to get the seed of a golden squash.  The bird brings back a seed and a huge squash grows but there is a man inside of it who was sent by the King of lower regions and he kills the old man.

Two Little Cats
Two little cats run into a Handre which is a very bad thing to come across.  They were afraid and found many other animals and objects to come home with them to protect them.  They stationed each animal and object around their house and hid when the Handre came.  The animals and objects did their jobs and ended with the dog eating the Handre.  The cats were able to eat dinner in peace.