Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Week 14 Reading Diary B: Ryder's Panchatantra

Ryder's Panchatantra

Right-Minded and Wrong-Minded:  I found this story to be very predictable. It was enjoyable, but felt tedious.

Mouse-Maid Made Mouse: This holy man turns a mouse into a girl and he and his wife raise it. Then when she turns 12 they decide that she of age to be married. The holy man summons the sun and asks her if she liked him. She replies no because the sun is too hot. The holy man then summons the clouds, but the girl does not like him either because he is too black and frigid. So the holy man summons the wind, but she finds him too fidgety. The holy man summons the mountain, but the girl finds him to be took rough and stiff. Then the holy man summoned a mouse. When the girl saw him she knew he was of her kind, and so the holy man turned her back into a mouse where she lived happily ever after. This one was definitely my favorite!


Wood Mouse (Source)



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