Week 14 Reading: Fables of La Fontaine (Reading A)


The Hare and the Tortoise
 

  1. Foolish Animals (Larned, with audio)
    • Hare and the Tortoise 
      • most classic version I have read 
      • consistent in rhythm but changes rhyme pattern 
    • The Ass in the Lion's Skin 
      • Definitely meant for children
        • written much simpler than other versions 
    • The Frog and the OX 
      • Like the Ass in the lion's skin, written more for children
      • creates better visuals 
  2. More Foolish Animals (Larned, with audio)
    • The Dog and His Image 
      • I love these paintings to go with the stories 
    • The City Mouse and the Country Mouse 
      • These are like the old classics I had always heard 
      • Good imagery 
    • The Monkey and the Cat 
      • Interesting matchup reminds me of all the stories where the monkey was involved but never with a cat 
      • cat tricks monkey for nuts 
  3. Foxes (Larned, with audio)
    • Reading these out loud makes me feel like I'm reading Humpty Dumpty 
      • its all about the rhythm and short lines 
    • The fox and the stork 
      • both tried to make each other eat the same way, but couldn't? 
  4. Birds (Larned, with audio)
    • teach lessons 
    • all stories kind of involved birds failing to hunt/ overestimating their abilities 
  5. Insects (Larned, with audio)
    • the grasshopper and the ant 
      • ant makes grasshopper dance and sing for food since he is out 
    • The dove and the ant 
      • ant saved the doves life, twice 
    • the lion and the gnat 
      • the lion beat himself up trying to get rid of the gnat
        • gnat taunted him, ended up dying in a spiders web 
  6. Foolish People (Larned, with audio)
    • The Hen with the Golden Eggs 
      • man wanted the eggs, got impatient, cut off her head to find what was inside and never got more 
    • The acorn and the pumpkin 
      • compared the two 
      • fell asleep under a tree and was hit with acorns 
    • The Miller, His Son, and the Ass 
      • reminds me of a story about a donkey and an old man that were walking, then people made fun for it not having enough on it, so the old man had to get on, then had to get off because of what people thought 
        • made a cycle 
        • cannot remember what it was 
  7. Foxes and Wolves (Wright)
    • The Wolf and the Fox 
      • mentions Aesop? 
      • Becomes more difficult to read than the beginning stories 
    • The Fox, the Wolf, and the Horse 
      • teaches a lesson unlike the others 
      • the wise do not trust so easy 
  8. Horses (Wright)
    • The Horse Wishing To Be Revenged On The Stag 
      • followed an aa, bb, cc pattern mostly 
        • then sometimes ab ab 
    • The Horse and the Wolf 
      • Wolf pretends to be a doctor for the horse that feels pain 
        • sums him up then tells him he wanted to be a butcher now 
  9. Dogs (Wright)
    • much longer than the stories at the beginning
    • has much more dialogue
    • The Wolf and the Dog 
      • wolf ends up losing to the dog because the dog has a master that protects him  
    • The Ass and the Dog 
      • the dog wanted bread but the ass said to wait for the master 
      • a wolf came out of the woods and the ass asked for help 
        • the dog said to wait for the master 
  10. Cats (Wright)
    • The Cat Metamorphosed Into A Woman 
      • Terrible visual
      • the man loved his cat and wished it to life 
        • the woman started to eat mice and things to weird for the man 
Larned, W. T., and Elizur Wright. “ Fables of La Fontaine.” Mythology and Folklore UN-Textbook, 

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