Sunday, September 14, 2014

Week 5 Reading Diary: Persian Tales

Persian Tales

The Wolf and the Goat

What an odd story. The little goat was not scared of the wolf at all and she just out smarted him in a snap! Wolves always seem to be out smarted in the end, though, no mater the culture. Funny the goats means of killing him was to make him drink a lot of water, that was different. Never mess with a mom of any creature, that's for sure. Mom's will kill for their babies.

The City of Nothing In The World

All of these stories start with, "Once upon a time there was a time when there was no one but God." But then these stories all have creatures in them other than God...
Also, what? This story makes no sense. Her eggs turned into a chicken and a rooster? How did she know they were hers? ....there was a town in the watermelon? And traffic? And what's with this sparrow that never goes home?

Susku and Mushu

Again, what the actual heck? These stories are so weird. And there is no point to any of them. A mouse and a beetle get married? And then every creature up to the humans are suicidal over the beetle's death... Odd.

The Boy Who Became A Bulbul

OH MY GAWH WHAT THE HECK IS THIS STORY EVEN SUPPOSED TO TEACH?! Killing children? Revenge? No remorse? No.

The Praying Baker

This tale isn't so bad! It makes sense and shows the importance of continuous prayer. I liked this one the most because it made sense.

The Sad Tale of the Mouse's Tail

Wow. I don't like this one either. Yet again. What the heck. Shouldn't the mouse be dead now since it lost its tail? And didn't the mouse lose her tail because of karma because she was stealing? Seriously? Weird.

The Story of the Wolf-Bride

Yeah...this made no sense. All I'm getting out of this is that one should not marry their cousin. Or try to change fate I guess? SO strange.

Tortoise Bowl on the Back and Fox

I agree that everyone who is greedy should be put to shame, but the turtles cheated. Hard core. That isn't fair either. I don't get these morals at all.

The Shepard Who Found a Treasure

This one was weird too. Dreams are so awesomely wonderful though so I'm not weirded out about this one as much as the others. Yay for the shepard finding the jewels and not having to work ever again!

Shah Abbas and the Poor Mother

Wow the Shah is a wonderful man! This story shows just how people perceived him while he reigned over Iran. I'm learning about him in my Modern Iran class, so it's really cool to hear a story about him not related to a history textbook.



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