Reading Diary A: La Fontaine

La Fontaine

Foolish Animals:

• Enjoyed all the colorful pictures
• The pictures helped tell the stories 
• I don't like the way the author said "Said the Tortoise to the Hare" then said what the Tortoise said 
• Or when he used the word quoth like he was quote him, why not just say he said it
• I like the rhyming 
• Poor dog lost his bone trying to attack himself
• I find some comedy in that 

Foxes:

• The fox and the stork is just like another story I read, probably just in a different country 
• I have seen a lot of repeated stories through out the semester, just retold in different countries 
• I like the use of direct quotes and how much they are used within these stories 
• Once again, good pictures 

Birds:

• The fox sure did fool the raven, bet he will think twice next time 
• Raven should never compare his self to an eagle
• The heron story reminded me of some people I know 

Insects:

• The ant did hard work therefore has food unlike the grasshopper
• I find it hard to see and dove and ant together 
• Me and the lion are the same when it comes to gnats, those things piss me off

Foolish People:

• Thought this would be about people not objects 
• Except the Miller and his Son
• We are all asses in some way or another eventually

Foxes and Wolves:

• First time I've heard of Aesop in a story 
• Renard is reoccurring just spelt differently 
• Now I can imagine a fox and wolf hanging out and even hanging out with a horse thats  a little more believable than some of the stories I have read
• I do not like when stories are so far off they are hard to even imagine 

Horses:

• Revenge is nice, but its not always what is necessary for situations 
• I would kick the wolf too

Horse kicking a wolf

Source:Baby's Book of Fables

Dogs:

• I like stories that include dogs because there aren't many of them
• I have written a story about an old dog 
• These remind me somewhat of that story
• Good lessons within these stories 

Cats:

• Weird thinking a cat turned into a women 
• There are some weir cat ladies out there is what that made me think of
• I think the last story trying to rhyme too much made it confusing to see the point of the story