Reading Notes: Shedlock. Eastern Stories an Legends Part A

 Marie L. Shedlock: Shedlock. Eastern Stories and Legends  http://freebookapalooza.blogspot.com/2016/07/shedlock-eastern-stories.html

(Image Information: Mother Monkey Attack Crocodile to Save baby; https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fza.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F307652218290482646%2F&psig=AOvVaw0stHgLx1LcfO-c_gvwLEYY&ust=1604682212246000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=2ahUKEwi20Jab8evsAhVF_KwKHW00CD0Qr4kDegUIARC6AQ)

-The little hare was scared after seeing a fruit fall on a leaf and made a noise. Thinking the Earth was falling in, the little hare warned his older and bigger brothers. The brothers then told bigger animals, then the bigger animals went on to warn... well even bigger animals.

-The story of the Earth falling in got crazy and reached the lion's ears, the mightiest animal of them all. He then took the little hare and showed him that it was a fruit that fell on a leaf and made a noise that scared him away. 

-Moral of the story is, that little issues can be exaggerated by the media and it is the president's job to make sure the people do not freak out. 

-The Monkey and the Crocodile story is actually what inspired me to write my first story, "Get out of the way, Frog." A crocodile dwelling in the Ganges wanted to eat the heart of the great king of the monkeys. The husband of the crocodile wanted to help, so he came up with a plan to eat the monkey. 

-When the crocodile saw the Monkey sitting on the bank of the Ganges drinking some water, the crocodile tricked the Monkey into thinking there were amazing fruit on the other side of the water and offered him his back to ride on to cross the water.

-As soon as the Monkey got on the back of the crocodile, the crocodile started drowning the Monkey. Realizing the trouble he is in, the Monkey decided to pull an UNO Reverse card and tricked the crocodile into thinking he kept his heart in a fig-tree, with clusters of ripe fruit. 

-After the dumb crocodile believed the Monkey's heart actually existed on the outside of his body, the Monkey got off the crocodile's back and made fun of him from the top of the trees.

-I love stories that involve the victory of an underdog or just a nice trickery against the antagonist.