Epic Things

The Tortoise and Geese (Source: Katha Kids ) The turtle lives by a pond, where when others see him they would dodge.  He would talk all day and nigh t , and they would scurry out of sight.  The turtle has two geese friends , whose love no one could comprehend. The geese offer to carry him to the mountain , so he could talk forever to a new surrounding The turtle bit on a stick , which two ends the geese lift Up up they go, when kids start laughing below The turtle gets annoyed . Can't take anymore, he finally voiced. Straight down he fell , cracks open the turtle's shell Bibliography . "The Talkative Tortoise" From The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse.  Websource . Author Notes : First of all, I am terrible at rhymes but I was up for the challenge for this week's storytelling assignment. I decided to do a rhyme-microfiction story. I changed to format to two different colors to make it easier for readers to read it. The story is pr...

The Cunning Crane and The Fishes (Source:  Archive ) Focus Story from Part B: The Cunning Crane and the Crab Bibliography . "The Cunning Crane and the Crab" From The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse.  Websource . Premise : The fishes live in a little pool that began to become really hot while a crane lives by another lake that has always been cool.  1. The crane offers to move the fishes one by one to the other pool but the fishes are suspicious as they suspect the crane would just eat them. 2. An old fish with one eye offers to go first to check if the cool lake is real. The crane brings the old fish to the cool lake and brings him back to tell the other fishes. 3. The old fish tells the other fish that the lake is real, convincing them to trust the crane. 5. Little did the fishes know, the crane is tricking them. One by one, the crane carries them toward the other lake. However, the crane eats them each time. 6. The crane eats all of them. In...

The Talkative Tortoise (Source: Archive ) Focus Story from Part A: The Talkative Tortoise Bibliography . "The Talkative Tortoise" From The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse. Websource . Premise : The Tortoise was extremely talkative to the point he would talk every second of every day. He lived in a pond and had two best friends, two geese. Those who live in the pond with the Tortoise have grown extremely annoyed with him. 1. The two geese ask the Tortoise to move in with them in the mountains but the Tortoise is concern as he can't fly. The geese offer to carry him. 2. The geese command the Tortoise to bite on a stout stick, that way the two geese can carry both ends. They warn the Tortoise not to talk as he has to hold on tightly on the stick. 3. As they start flying to the mountains, a lot of boys look up and see the tortoise being carried by the geese. This annoys the Tortoise but he is ignorant of the danger that he opened his mouth and sta...