Logan Biggs Blog Fall 2020

   Bibliography:  W. H. D. Rouse , The Mouse and The Farmer -This mouse made a hole where there was thousands of golden sovereigns buried in the ground. -A farmer who owned land where the treasure was but did not know about it but the mouse did. The farmer always saw the mouse but never hurt the mouse because he was a kind farmer. When the farmer was having dinner, he would throw the mouse some cheese.  -The mouse tried to show the farmer he was appreciative of him so everyday, he would bring the farmer a golden sovereign and the farmer would throw him so meat to eat. He started doing this for weeks and got very big.  -The farmer had a black cat but could never see the mice because he was always so small. One day the cat pounced on the mouse ready to eat him because he was so fat.  -The cat and mouse spoke words back and forth. They agreed that the mouse would bring the cat the meat the farmer would give him everyday. If he missed one day, the cat would eat...

  Bibliography: Ellen C Babbitt,  The Turtle who Couldn't Stop Talking One day, I was just strollin around the wildnerness where I live by the pond. There were these two birds who flew around me for quite a while, pretty sure they were geese. I got very nervous and scared so I hid myself in the pond. The geese flew away and never bothered me the rest of the time.  The next day, the two geese came back and I was outside the pond at the time. They came down to me and said, "Turtle, we are looking for some food for the night, can you be our dinner?" I, still scared and nervous at day two, decided to talk calmly to the geese.  "Why would you want to eat me, I've done nothing to the two of you besides be friendly, I just met you guys." I exclaimed. The geese decided to be friends and stop terrorizing me.  A couple days the geese came to visit me at the pond, we talked and hung out a lot. One day the geese tell me they will take me to a far away very nice home if ...

 Bibliography: Ellen C Babbitt, The Elephant Girly-Face -This King had a elephant names Girly-face. Named this because he was so good. kind, and gentle. "Girly-face never hurts anybody." - "This is the way to break into a house," they said. "Once inside the house kill any one who wakens. A robber must not be afraid to kill. A robber must be cruel and have no pity. He must never be good, even for a moment." - This got Girly-face on edge and decided to act as these robbers do. Keeper by keeper came to feed and Girly-face killed 2 of them. Picked him up with his trunk and killed him.  -The King heard of the elephant acting like this and sent one of his men to check on him but could find nothing wrong with him.  -The wise man asked one of the other keepers if he has been around people who talked bad and the keeper said "a band of robbers were caught here a few weeks ago." -The wise men suggested that the King sends nice people so Girly can hear good ...

    Bibliography: Ellen C Babbitt, The Ox Who Won The Forfeit -A Man owned an Ox and he was so strong, the man bragged to everyone about him. -The owner told a man in a village that, " "I will pay a forfeit of a thousand pieces of silver if my strong Ox cannot draw a line of one hundred wagons." The man in the village agreed and decided to make the bet. - The owner took the Ox and a huge crowd decided to come out to see. - Then the owner whipped his Ox, and said: "Get up, you wretch! Get along, you rascal!" The Ox was very concerned as to why he was spoken that way so he just stood still. -That night, he went to feed him and the Ox asks, " "Why did you whip me  to-day?  You never whipped me before. Why did you call me 'wretch' and 'rascal'? You never called me hard names before." -The owner decided to never do that to him again and the Ox took his apology. The Ox agrees to go tomorrow to do what he failed in the earlier day before...

   Bibliography: Ellen C Babbitt, The Turtle who Couldn't Stop Talking -A turtle sat at a pond and 2 wild geese approach looking for food. -The next day, they came back and soon became very great friends. -The geese tell the turtle they have a very nice home far away and ask if he wants to come but the turtle has no wings. -The geese tell the turtle they will take him if he can keep his mouth shut. -The next day, the geese come with a stick and have the turtle bite the middle as they fly to their home. -Village children saw the crazy events happening above them. -The turtle spoke out and then fell from the sky and dropped dead right in front of these children. - As the two Geese flew on, they heard the people say, when they came to see the poor Turtle, "That fellow could not keep his mouth shut. He had to talk, and so lost his life." Turtle and Geese flying

    Bibliography: Richard Wilson,  The Indian Story Book : The Five Tall Sons of Pandu -Duryodhana doesn't like the fact Yudhishthira was named king of his realm so he wants war.  -Krishna's brother wants to make peace but a warrior of Krishna's clan calls for war. (Satyaki is the warrior) -Drupada thinks they should seek allies. - When the great armies first meet on the battlefield, Arjuna hesitates to attack as enemies his own uncle and cousins and also his teacher Drona. Krishna persuades him to obey Duty (Dharma ), and Arjuna agrees. (pg 102) -Bhisma leads Duryodhana's army to an advantage on the first day. The second day is opposite, Arjuna and the Pandavas come back fighting. -Bhima slays many of Duryodhana's brothers but almost dies, but the battle must go on.  - Fighting for the Pandavas was  Shik handin , who had been born a woman but transformed into a man, a warrior destined to bring about Bhishma's death. Bhishma would not fight someone who was ...

   Bibliography: Richard Wilson,  The Indian Story Book : The Five Tall Sons of Pandu -Pandu is the father of these five tall sons. -Names are Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. Nakula and Sahadeva are twins.  -Pandu dies and his blind brother becomes king, Dhritarashtra. He has 100 sons. -Drona trains princes in arts of war. Once they grow up, they have a tournament about arts of war. -Duryodhana crowns Anga the kind of Huga. -A Charioteer enters the tournament and it is Karnas dad. -Duryodhana tries to trap the Pandava in a burning house with their mom but they escape as hermits. -Drupada sets up an archery target thinking only Arjuna will win. Arrjuna strings the bow and shoots the target. - Arjuna then takes Draupadi home and tells his mother he has won a prize. Kunti declares that it must belong to Yudhishthira as the eldest, so Draupadi will be the wife of Yudhishthira, not Arjuna. - Pandavas have made an alliance with King Drupada, Duryodhana d...