Taylor Calvert

One Fish  Two Fish  Pink Fish  Red Fish Black Fish  Green Fish Big Fish Small Fish Hm! This Fish needs water  This Fish needs a bath Say! Let me take you to a pond To feel the waters raft!  How will you get me there? A Crane carrying a Fish is rare.  I will take  One Fish  Two Fish  Pink Fish  Red Fish  In my bill for heavens sake! I know of a pond The water is high not low It is somewhere safe to go I do not believe you A Fish in a Cranes bill does not make sense It sounds like a Cranes Perfect wish! I will not eat you! I will bring you to the pond And bring you back To tell the others too! Off went the crane with One Fish Two Fish Three Fish Whoops! They are gone! The Cranes stomach was full All the Fish made him drool He flew back to find more Nearby He found a crab on the shore The crab said Where did all the fish go? Those are my friends I need...

For my second reading this week, I decided to continue the Jatakas Tales! While I was reading the different stories I found myself most interested in the story about the Crane and the Crab. The Crane is quite the trickster in this story. However, the Crab came out on top! In my retelling of the story I think it would be cool to do a Dr.Seuss thing because of how the crane took the fish one by one to the pond that really wasn't there. I can hear my story now. Lol! 1 fish, 2 fish, 3 fish, FOUR! Unfortunately, they all died. Then the Crane stumbled upon the Crab. The Crab did not let him get away with such terrible actions. He was more of a trickster than the Crane! I cannot wait to start this story because I am going to deviate away from my chocolaty theme.                                                                   ...

First I would like to talk about the story, "The Monkey and the Crocodile". As I was reading the story, I was enjoying it. However, I thought the ending was a little dry. I was disappointed. It was clever for the money to use the Crocodile to get to the other side of the Bank. I actually did not know that when Crocodiles opened their mouth to eat, they closed their eyes. If I were to retell the story I would make  the ending a little more interesting. I am not completely discrediting the ending of the story because it  is clever. I am thinking about changing the characters to a vampire theme because the mother of the crocodile wanted the monkeys heart. So, it is only right that I make it a vampire story! Right?! The one thing that I did like about how the story was told is the crocodile found a way to get close to capturing the monkey!                                         ...