This week, I read from two separate units. On Monday, I read
from the Japanese Mythology unit, but I decided to switch things up on Tuesday
and read from Nigerian Folktales. I thought I was going to really joy the unit
over Japanese Mythology, but I got really bored with it and when I began
reading the second half of the unit I found it very hard to understand. The
stories were written in modern English, but they used words and names from
their ancient myths that I was unfamiliar with. I decided to take a shot at
Nigerian Folktales and see what it was all about.
I’m glad I did! The unit offered a lot of bizarre stories
about animals and creatures. It was pretty easy to follow and understand, too.
I wrote about a specific story from the unit in Reading Diary B about a leopardand a walking fish. I thought the story was already interesting enough when it
talked about a walking fish, but I was really taken back when the plot twists
and the fish has an affair with the leopard’s beautiful wife. How weird is that?
A walking fish has an affair with his leopard, best friend’s wife. It was a
good story and was a great folktale to explain why fish can no longer walk and
must remain in the water. The story explains that the fish’s punishment for his
affair was no longer being able to walk or breathe on land.
I only read the first half of this unit, but I would like to
go back and rad the second half at some point because I really enjoyed it. I
feel like most kids would enjoy some of these stories in this unit as well because
they use animals to tell the stories!
The walking fish.
Photo Cred: Louis Dietvorst
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