INTRODUCTION
It is Day #5. It is COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD outside! Brrrr! And guess what? We present to you a tale told by Washington Irving. And that
tale is known as Rip Van Winkle. Enjoy the story...
Once upon a time, there was a good natured man known as Rip Van Winkle. There was a woman he loved. A very
special woman, too. But no one knew her name. Rip Winkle LOVED her. It was pure romance when he saw her.
Anyways, Winkle went home. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! YOU DID NOT DEAL WITH THE FARM, RIPPER!!" Rip's wife shouted. Ripper was
her favorite name to call Winkle. While yelling with her eyes closed, Rip deliberately went out of the room.
He was planning to go into the mountains to find a nice bird to eat. "RIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!" But
Rip was gone.
Winkle found a dwarf. The dwarf told Rip to drink a special drink. Rip did as he was told. Then, Rip fell in a deep sleep...
Rip woke up and found he had a beard! He found out that he was OLD! Climbing down the mountain, Rip found that years had passed.
He also found that his dream girl had married long ago, and that his wife died of pnemonia.
Though this tale is unique, it a sad story. But some things are meant to be.
This blog has comics on it that make you think about things. Enjoy.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The Dog and It's Shadow
INTRODUCTION
Today's date is Jan.6, 2010. And today we will present to you a tale told by a famous man named Aesop. It's called 'The Dog
and It's Shadow.' It teaches never to be jealous or greedy...
Once upon a time, there was a dog who had sniffed out a criminal. His reward? The dog got the most delectable and expensive
steak in the market.
The dog went up on a bridge called the "Lesson Bridge." Whoever steps foot on this bridge learns a lesson...
Lesson Bridge was silent and still. And so, the dog looked at his reflection in the water. The dog saw another dog with a steak.
His steak seemed bigger than his (this was caused by the ripples in the water)The real dog got angry because he had a smaller
steak. AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! The dog, not knowing very much, OPENED HIS MOUTH and growled.
The dog was so greedy and jealous at that time that he didn't notice his steak fall in the water(the steak fell in the water because
the dog opened it's mouth) The dog just whimpered and walked away. It had learned it's lesson.
This is a sad tale. However, it teaches that if we are not greedy (or jealous), we will go far in life.
Today's date is Jan.6, 2010. And today we will present to you a tale told by a famous man named Aesop. It's called 'The Dog
and It's Shadow.' It teaches never to be jealous or greedy...
Once upon a time, there was a dog who had sniffed out a criminal. His reward? The dog got the most delectable and expensive
steak in the market.
The dog went up on a bridge called the "Lesson Bridge." Whoever steps foot on this bridge learns a lesson...
Lesson Bridge was silent and still. And so, the dog looked at his reflection in the water. The dog saw another dog with a steak.
His steak seemed bigger than his (this was caused by the ripples in the water)The real dog got angry because he had a smaller
steak. AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! The dog, not knowing very much, OPENED HIS MOUTH and growled.
The dog was so greedy and jealous at that time that he didn't notice his steak fall in the water(the steak fell in the water because
the dog opened it's mouth) The dog just whimpered and walked away. It had learned it's lesson.
This is a sad tale. However, it teaches that if we are not greedy (or jealous), we will go far in life.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp
INTRODUCTION
Today is Day #3, and I’d like to present to you a Chinese Fairie Tale known as “Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp.” This story starts off as a person outsmarts a genie. But that is another story…
Once upon a time, there was a poor old beggar named Aladdin. He lived with his mother in the Middle East. They loved each other very much, and their love was better than money. But they did not know that yet.
Aladdin was not what you would call a “good” boy. He spent hours with gangsters and did not care much for studying. But one day, everything changed. Everything. Because a magician moved in to China from Africa. He noticed Aladdin and found he was incredibly stealthy. So he took him under his wing.
The reason why exactly was because of a lamp. A magical lamp with a genie inside who would do anything he was told. But according to the rules of magic, someone else was needed to do get the lamp. Someone stealthy, someone spunky. That was the reason Aladdin was chosen.
And so, the magician went up to Aladdin and told him that he was his uncle. How wrong he was to believe that. After all, Aladdin’s uncle was dead, as was his father. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
The magician took Aladdin up on a hill. Aladdin’s “uncle” then uttered some magic words. “Baku, Baku, Baku.” Suddenly a mountain emerged from the hill. Aladdin was transported (by the magician) on the top of the mountain. Then a hole appeared on the top of the mountain. “I want you to give me a lamp. It’s inside that hole. Oh, and I’ve transported a ring with you. If anything goes wrong, just rub the ring, and a genie will come to deal with your needs.”
At that moment, the magician uttered some magic words, and in response a hole appeared in the very top of the mountain. Aladdin jumped in the hole.
In the mountain, Aladdin met djinns ( “djinns” is another word for “ghosts”) Aladdin met his dead father, who told him that the magician wasn’t his real uncle and that he was evil. “Is your name Aladdin?” asked a djinn. “Yes.” Aladdin was told that he was the chosen one, and so he was given a lamp. The lamp, thought Aladdin, should not be given to that cruel-hearted schemer. So, when requested, Aladdin had not given the lamp to the magician. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! GIVE ME THE LAMP OR YOU WILL DIE!!” Aladdin smirked. “What‘cha gonna do?” The magician lost his temper and cast Aladdin in a pit of pitch-black darkness, doomed to die of starvation.
But I will interrupt this story for a moment. The magician lost his temper-then cast Aladdin and his beloved lamp in a dark pit. What we notice here is that the magician lost his lamp by losing his temper. So, we learn NOT to lose our temper.
You see, the magician forgot about the genie in the ring. Aladdin used this genie to come back home. He told his mom about the lamp. Then, Aladdin noticed that there was some dirt on the lamp. Rubbing the lamp, Aladdin found a genie that would do anything that was asked of him.
Aladdin wanted to see a girl that he loved very much. It was a princess. They married and never heard of that magician with a disgusting temper.
I like this story. It teaches not to lose your temper.
Oh, and this is NOT the original story of Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp.
Today is Day #3, and I’d like to present to you a Chinese Fairie Tale known as “Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp.” This story starts off as a person outsmarts a genie. But that is another story…
Once upon a time, there was a poor old beggar named Aladdin. He lived with his mother in the Middle East. They loved each other very much, and their love was better than money. But they did not know that yet.
Aladdin was not what you would call a “good” boy. He spent hours with gangsters and did not care much for studying. But one day, everything changed. Everything. Because a magician moved in to China from Africa. He noticed Aladdin and found he was incredibly stealthy. So he took him under his wing.
The reason why exactly was because of a lamp. A magical lamp with a genie inside who would do anything he was told. But according to the rules of magic, someone else was needed to do get the lamp. Someone stealthy, someone spunky. That was the reason Aladdin was chosen.
And so, the magician went up to Aladdin and told him that he was his uncle. How wrong he was to believe that. After all, Aladdin’s uncle was dead, as was his father. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
The magician took Aladdin up on a hill. Aladdin’s “uncle” then uttered some magic words. “Baku, Baku, Baku.” Suddenly a mountain emerged from the hill. Aladdin was transported (by the magician) on the top of the mountain. Then a hole appeared on the top of the mountain. “I want you to give me a lamp. It’s inside that hole. Oh, and I’ve transported a ring with you. If anything goes wrong, just rub the ring, and a genie will come to deal with your needs.”
At that moment, the magician uttered some magic words, and in response a hole appeared in the very top of the mountain. Aladdin jumped in the hole.
In the mountain, Aladdin met djinns ( “djinns” is another word for “ghosts”) Aladdin met his dead father, who told him that the magician wasn’t his real uncle and that he was evil. “Is your name Aladdin?” asked a djinn. “Yes.” Aladdin was told that he was the chosen one, and so he was given a lamp. The lamp, thought Aladdin, should not be given to that cruel-hearted schemer. So, when requested, Aladdin had not given the lamp to the magician. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! GIVE ME THE LAMP OR YOU WILL DIE!!” Aladdin smirked. “What‘cha gonna do?” The magician lost his temper and cast Aladdin in a pit of pitch-black darkness, doomed to die of starvation.
But I will interrupt this story for a moment. The magician lost his temper-then cast Aladdin and his beloved lamp in a dark pit. What we notice here is that the magician lost his lamp by losing his temper. So, we learn NOT to lose our temper.
You see, the magician forgot about the genie in the ring. Aladdin used this genie to come back home. He told his mom about the lamp. Then, Aladdin noticed that there was some dirt on the lamp. Rubbing the lamp, Aladdin found a genie that would do anything that was asked of him.
Aladdin wanted to see a girl that he loved very much. It was a princess. They married and never heard of that magician with a disgusting temper.
I like this story. It teaches not to lose your temper.
Oh, and this is NOT the original story of Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Paul Bunyan
INTRODUCTION
You know how big things always happen? Well, this time we present to you a tale called Paul Bunyan. It is a story that teaches that no matter what your size, or how clumsy you are, you can accomplish many, MANY things.
Once upon a time, in Maine, a large cradle appeared on the shore. And when I say a large cradle, I mean a LARGE cradle. It was about as big as two houses on top of each other, and as wide as three modern day apartments. Everyone, saw the large cradle. The townspeople were interested in the large cradle. And inside, there was a BABY!
At the time, the baby was named Paul Bunyan.
Soon, after Paul became an adult, he went off to face the world. Paul Bunyan went to the west. In a blizzard, Paul Bunyan found an ox. A blue ox. The ox was named Babe, and Paul kept the ox as a pet. But the most peculiar thing about Babe was that he was as big as Paul Bunyan…
Off went Paul Bunyan. He traveled to Minnesota. After having been lost in a rainstorm, Paul trudged on, and he escaped the rainstorm. He left footprints that were full of water. These footprints were called lakes. That is the reason why there are ten thousand lakes in Minnesota.
At the end of summer, Paul and Babe were in Wyoming, out west. They were so happy, they had a wrestling match. Because of all the stomping and the kicking, Paul and Babe created the Grand Tetons.
Babe and Paul found a place full of logging camps. There, they met a stranger named Joe Muffaw that challenged him to test whether his ox could pull trees down faster than a locomotive that pulled logs that Joe invented.
You might think Paul won the challenge- but no. Babe lost by an unmerciful half an inch. So Paul headed up north.
No one knows what happened to Paul these days. But I think it must be something good, after all that had happened to him.
You know how big things always happen? Well, this time we present to you a tale called Paul Bunyan. It is a story that teaches that no matter what your size, or how clumsy you are, you can accomplish many, MANY things.
Once upon a time, in Maine, a large cradle appeared on the shore. And when I say a large cradle, I mean a LARGE cradle. It was about as big as two houses on top of each other, and as wide as three modern day apartments. Everyone, saw the large cradle. The townspeople were interested in the large cradle. And inside, there was a BABY!
At the time, the baby was named Paul Bunyan.
Soon, after Paul became an adult, he went off to face the world. Paul Bunyan went to the west. In a blizzard, Paul Bunyan found an ox. A blue ox. The ox was named Babe, and Paul kept the ox as a pet. But the most peculiar thing about Babe was that he was as big as Paul Bunyan…
Off went Paul Bunyan. He traveled to Minnesota. After having been lost in a rainstorm, Paul trudged on, and he escaped the rainstorm. He left footprints that were full of water. These footprints were called lakes. That is the reason why there are ten thousand lakes in Minnesota.
At the end of summer, Paul and Babe were in Wyoming, out west. They were so happy, they had a wrestling match. Because of all the stomping and the kicking, Paul and Babe created the Grand Tetons.
Babe and Paul found a place full of logging camps. There, they met a stranger named Joe Muffaw that challenged him to test whether his ox could pull trees down faster than a locomotive that pulled logs that Joe invented.
You might think Paul won the challenge- but no. Babe lost by an unmerciful half an inch. So Paul headed up north.
No one knows what happened to Paul these days. But I think it must be something good, after all that had happened to him.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Faerie Tales & Other Stories
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
INTRODUCTION:
I am planning to write a blog. This blog will take 365 days to finish (or, for that matter, 366 days, in case of a leap year). And this blog is about fairie tales-& other stories. Today is Day #1.
There is a story called "The Pied Piper of Hamelin." I will be telling you this story today...
Once upon a time, there was a Pied Piper who lived in the Medieval times, around the 1200's.
And at that time, there was an infestation of RATS. Rats bothered cooks, and annoyed people while they were at home.
And then there is the following question: What is a Pied Piper? Well, a Pied Piper is someone who rids of beasts and pests. So it was the Pied Piper's job to get rid of the rats. But after asking if he could help stop the infestation of the rats, no one even considered it. And a child said "You should get yourself a hearing and go to jail." The Pied Piper was hurt, emotionally, so he promised revenge on the boy.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin decided to ask the mayor if he could, in a way, help stop all the rats. The mayor agreed. In exchange for stopping all the rats, the Pied Piper would get a lot of gold pieces, more than the mayor could afford. But the mayor did not believe in the Pied Piper, so he didn't care. But there was yet for him to have a lesson learned...
You see, the Pied Piper had a magical flute. Playing notes on the flute, the rats followed the Pied Piper up to the River West. After stopping there, all the rats tumbled into the river.
Everyone cheered for the Pied Piper of Hamelin. "Where's my money?" the Pied Piper asked the mayor. The mayor, you see, was dumbstruck. He couldn't pay the Pied Piper. He did not have enough money. "Pay me by the time the sun gets darker- or else."
After this, the mayor talked with others of Hamelin. Then he had a plan.
By the time the sun got darker, the Pied Piper went up to the mayor. "We were going to make a little prank on you! You didn't think we'd pay you, did you?" At this, the Pied Piper grew extremely angry. He then played three notes on his flute. Soon, children came flooding into the street. The Pied Piper led the children into the mountains, and in the mountains there was a magical portal that led to a world where birds sang and horses had wings. Every child went inside the portal... except the child that insulted the Pied Piper. The portal closed in on that child.
The sad child went back home and told his story. After telling his story of where the children were, the villagers wrote this story on a stone near the closed portal. But if they learned anything from what happened, it's to keep your promises... and to think about a promise before you make one.
INTRODUCTION:
I am planning to write a blog. This blog will take 365 days to finish (or, for that matter, 366 days, in case of a leap year). And this blog is about fairie tales-& other stories. Today is Day #1.
There is a story called "The Pied Piper of Hamelin." I will be telling you this story today...
Once upon a time, there was a Pied Piper who lived in the Medieval times, around the 1200's.
And at that time, there was an infestation of RATS. Rats bothered cooks, and annoyed people while they were at home.
And then there is the following question: What is a Pied Piper? Well, a Pied Piper is someone who rids of beasts and pests. So it was the Pied Piper's job to get rid of the rats. But after asking if he could help stop the infestation of the rats, no one even considered it. And a child said "You should get yourself a hearing and go to jail." The Pied Piper was hurt, emotionally, so he promised revenge on the boy.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin decided to ask the mayor if he could, in a way, help stop all the rats. The mayor agreed. In exchange for stopping all the rats, the Pied Piper would get a lot of gold pieces, more than the mayor could afford. But the mayor did not believe in the Pied Piper, so he didn't care. But there was yet for him to have a lesson learned...
You see, the Pied Piper had a magical flute. Playing notes on the flute, the rats followed the Pied Piper up to the River West. After stopping there, all the rats tumbled into the river.
Everyone cheered for the Pied Piper of Hamelin. "Where's my money?" the Pied Piper asked the mayor. The mayor, you see, was dumbstruck. He couldn't pay the Pied Piper. He did not have enough money. "Pay me by the time the sun gets darker- or else."
After this, the mayor talked with others of Hamelin. Then he had a plan.
By the time the sun got darker, the Pied Piper went up to the mayor. "We were going to make a little prank on you! You didn't think we'd pay you, did you?" At this, the Pied Piper grew extremely angry. He then played three notes on his flute. Soon, children came flooding into the street. The Pied Piper led the children into the mountains, and in the mountains there was a magical portal that led to a world where birds sang and horses had wings. Every child went inside the portal... except the child that insulted the Pied Piper. The portal closed in on that child.
The sad child went back home and told his story. After telling his story of where the children were, the villagers wrote this story on a stone near the closed portal. But if they learned anything from what happened, it's to keep your promises... and to think about a promise before you make one.
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