Week 2 Reading Diary, extra: Aesop (Winter)

Reading Notes from Section A in Aesop (Winter)

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Aesop (Winter): Page 1

•  It seems that this reading includes many short, sweet, and standalone tales. 
• The kid now knows better than to wonder alone, and the wolf should eat his meals as soon as he find them.

Aesop (Winter): Page 2

• Poor fox, the fox is supposed to be the tricky and clever one who outsmarts other animals.  I was rooting for the fox in this story. Interesting choice to let the fox get outsmarted. 
• Many children's tales have morals embedded in them, the the Boy and the Filberts in no exception.

Aesop (Winter): Page 3

•  The goat presents an interesting way to teach us not to be too prideful and stubborn. 
• The Plane Tree has been one of my favorites so far.  People tend to take things for granted, the trees should all complain at us until we all learn our lessons :)

Aesop (Winter): Page 4

•  These are clearly children's stories.   The writing style for children's stories is very different.  The vocabulary is simpler, and the morals are very obvious, sometimes painfully so.  I should not be judging the stories equally to stories that I normally read, I have to keep my audience in mind. 
• I liked the Travelers Purse story, it's really cute.

Aesop (Winter): Page 5

•  Don't judge your size by your shadow.

Aesop (Winter): Page 6

•  Some of these stories, such as The Ass Carrying the Image don't seem very interesting to me.  They are very short and obvious.  I am OK with the simple style of writing, but unless there is something clever about the story, it won't catch my attention. 
• Neither goat wants to yield, but if both goats were to yield and neither take the path, they would run into the same problem.  Just something amusing to think about.

Aesop (Winter): Page 7

•  Different animals have different traits and characteristics.  This story includes some interesting ways letting animals tell morals.  I would not expect a Boar to teach us about being prepared.
• I enjoy tales such as The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox, where the fox outsmarts the other animals.

Aesop (Winter): Page 8

• The same animals seem to appear over and over again in fables. 
• "Take what you can get when you can get it" is an interesting moral to teach kids. In my opinion, "Do not depend on the promises of those whose interest it is to deceive you." is the more fitting of the two morals.

Aesop (Winter): Page 9

•  Many of these stories have a common theme.  There are different animals playing out different stories, but the morals are still the same: don't trust those who benefit from deceiving you.This moral was not specifically listed at the end of "The Wolf and the Ass," but that's what I got out of it.

Aesop (Winter): Page 10

• I will not be choosing a collection of short stories for my readings anymore.  Although I may have enjoyed these stories as children, they are definitely not written for adults, so I have a hard time getting into them.  
• It is important to be mindful of your audience.  Although these stories are written for children which is fine, I do need to make sure I truly understand my audience before writing my own stories.