One story that stuck out to me was the Monkey and the
Crocodile. I found the monkey to be one of my favorite characters. I thought it
was unique to the Indian Tales that the crocodile was after the monkey’s heart
instead of being after the monkey just for prey. He was also trying to make his
mother happy. I enjoyed this story because the monkey always outwitted the
crocodile. The next story I read, How the Turtle Saved His Own Life, contained
the same moral as the Monkey and the Crocodile. The turtle outsmarted his enemies
by telling them how he did not want to be thrown into the river. Compared to
the Aesop fables the Indian Tales changed storytellers to animals that were
focused on getting out of a bad situation.
The story of the Turtle that talked reminded me of an Aesop Fable that
was based along the same lines. I think the storytelling for this unit should
mimic an animal storyteller to keep the same Indian Tale tradition.
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