Some of
these stories were shorter than the first section ones. I liked the short
stories because I found them to be pretty entertaining. I didn’t really like
the first story that I read in this second section, and found it to be pretty confusing
honestly.
The second
story was about a woodcutter, and how his wife fell into a well. The woodcutter
leaves his wife in this well for the whole story. He tries to pull her up at
some point but pulls up another man instead. This man he accidentally pulls up
gives him 3 healing leaves. The woodcutter heals the princess and gets to marry
her. I found this story sad because the whole time he seems to feel no remorse
for leaving his wife in the well.
(The Woodcutter and the Well - Wikimedia)
I really like
the soothsayer story. I like this story because it is a happy ending and a lot
of these story’s aren’t. I thought it was very smart of the soothsayer to tell
the slave to give the ring to the goose and cut the goose’s leg off. This story
shows the theme of that its good to be truthful.
I also
liked the wizard story. I like how the boy in the end becomes more powerfully and
smart than his teacher, I again did think it was a little disturbing that he
kills his teacher though. I thought it was cool how these wizards could turn
into anything they wanted and all the animals.
Finally, I
thought the liver story was unique. The style of this story reminds me of a
traditional nursery rhyme type story. It builds and builds on each other. I
might use this story setup for one of my own stories. It is very basic but entertaining,
especially for young kids.
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