The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1903)
The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1901)
The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1897)
Schippeitaro
- The line "Do not tell Schippeitaro! Keep it hidden and secret! Do not tell Schippeitaro!" adds an air of mystery to the story.
- I did not expect Schippeitaro to be a dog.
- Even in the animal kingdom, it is good to make friends. The monkey was able to get what he wanted by tricking people, but this did not give him any friends. The other animals collectively turned against Monkey, who got what was coming to him.
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| Tanuki Kettle - Flickr |
- This story has been pretty weird so far and I wonder where it is going. I have to look up what a Tanuki was because it's not an animal I was am familiar with. Turns out they are adorable.
- It's interesting that the kettle can turn into a Tanuki whenever it wants to. It's a shape shifting kettle.
- The fox and Tanuki came up with a very clever plan, and it would have been neat to see a story of the different ways in which they work together to keep tricking the villagers. The same ploy will not work over and over against.
- Instead, the Tanuki betrayed the fox and the fox was killed. This was an expected twist in the story, and it made me sad.
- These Japanese stories are very dark, much darker than any fairy-tales that I few up with. Bounding a women into file powder and feeding her to the husband, yikes!!
- One story idea for this is to write a story with a different plot and characters, but try to include some horrible twist in the story like the eating of the wife to shock the readers.
- Uraschimataro's life is saved because he saved the turtle.
- The underwater princess and palace was an interesting an unexpected part of the story.
- This story makes me wonder how long he had stayed underwater.
- The box contained the boys youth, which was interesting.
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