Reading Diary A: South African Folktales

South African Folktales

The Lost Message:

• I like how the ant in the story is small, but he is still destructive
• They had a meeting to me that is good planning on their part, but were still not able to come up with a solution
• They all had their own way of doing things, and none of the ways worked for them so they are still having trouble

The Monkeys Fiddle:

• The monkey in the story's name is Monkey, I like that it is so simple
• How did the monkey become a pro at the fiddle so fast?
• He got what he wanted by wearing the animals with what they thought they liked

The Tiger, The Ram, and The Jackal:

• Such simple names in the stories, I like it 
• This story did not make much sense to me 

The Lion, The Jackal, and The Man:

• The lion seems to be full of himself
• He thought he was the strongest to walk the earth
• Turns out there is usually someone stronger, and this time he found that out himself

The Worlds Reward:

• I haven't read a story with a dog in it, this dog should be that mans best friend 
• He shouldn't be getting rid of him because he is old
• At least the dog found a friend 
• These were some clever animals
• They all worked together to get what they wanted

Tiger and Jackal:

• I like how they said how he got his name progressive
• He talked all the others into cutting their tails off to make it seem cool cause his was off
• So he just took in the tigers kids to teach them and Mrs. Tiger was not aloud to see them, she didn't even believe they were there

Tink-Tinkje:

• The birds wanted a king, who in the world would want that 
• They just wanted to be like everyone else
• I like how the little guy in this story wins

The Lion, The Jackal, and The Rope:

• The lion should not be so demanding
• But how can the Jackal do something like that to his uncle
• That is just straight up mean 

Jackal Fools Lion Again:

• Working together for food for the winter, thats nice
• I hate people like the Jackal, cannot keep their word ever
• I wish the lion would get up to kill him, but not his family he was the one with the horrible plan
• Why is he always acting like he is beating his wife, like he is a man or something because that does not make you a man 
• He kills him because he is afraid to fight a real fight when the lion does figure out how to get up there

The Hunt of Lion and Jackal:

• Why would you hurt yourself just so you do not have to share
• The Jackal was always the little guy, he seems very bitter in these stories

Story of Lion and Little Jackal:

• Maybe the Jackal is does all this mean stuff for his family, but even if he does he needs to share at least a little
• How could the Lion be so stupid and fall for the same tricks over and over
• At least he didn't kill the lion this time 

The Lioness and the Ostrich:

• They thought they were equal because they had the same roar
• The cubs did not think they were equal because the Ostrich did not have any teeth 
• The Ostrich still killed the lion even though it did not have any teeth

Ostrich

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The Story of a Dam:

• I like how there are a bunch of different animals in these stories 
• The Jackal was still a jack ass in this story also, so rude
• Usually in stories the Lions are the tough mean ones but that is not true in the African stories