Week 12, Reading Diary Extra Credit: Twenty Jataka Tales

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This week I read the Twenty Jataka Tales. I had read the other Jataka Tales before reading this one. One huge complaint about this version is that it is very hard to read. I would have too zoom in quite a bit and even then it was still blurry and hard to read. I did notice that some of the stories were almost the same. For example “The Monkey Bridge” I remember reading that from the last time. If face a lot of it sounded familiar. I really like that the theme of at least the first few stories was a chief of a group of animals saving their followers. It is a really great moral to have in the stories. 

Week 12, Famous Last Words

Looking at this extra credit option I saw that we could talk about an outside class and life outside of school (whatever that is). Well, I have just the class to talk about. I am currently failing a class called Flight Mechanics. Which should be noted that if I fail this class I will be here another year…woot. This could be good or bad. If I do pass I stick with my original plan and take a couple of summer classes and then trudge on to my senior year with a shaky knowledge in a very fundamental class. If I fail, I wouldn’t have to take summer classes so that’s a plus. I would also be able to pick up a minor in business which would be good for both my personal and professional life. Another good thing would be that Matt needs to get supervised after he graduates in order to continue his profession in Social Work. If I am here another year then he could use that time to get supervised and then maybe get his supervision transferred.

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As you can see I have put in a lot more thought into what happens if I fail. That is because I am not very optimistic about passing. I have been in this position before but I knew exactly where I stood and what I needed to get on the future exams and the final. At the moment I am completely in the dark of where I stand. I only know that I am below the average and that I made the lowest test score last time. In my other class I also knew what exactly I needed to do to improve my scores. This time around I can study for countless hours and it won’t matter a bit.

I am sure whatever happens is what is meant to be. Still sucks 

Week 12 Storytelling: Predator and Prey

Once upon a time there was a fox who lived in the woods and a rabbit who lived in a whole. One day the fox was hunting and saw his prey, a small rabbit. As the fox got closer he hear the rabbit laugh. The fox’s ears perked up. It was the most beautiful laugh he had ever heard.  The fox had suddenly lost his appetite and wanted nothing more than to hear the rabbits laugh again. The fox got closer to the rabbit. The rabbit saw the fox and started to run away.

“Wait!” cried the fox.

The rabbit kept running. The fox chased after her.

“Please, I am not going to hurt you!” called the fox.

The rabbit slowed down. For some reason she believed the fox.

Panting, the fox look at the rabbit. She had beautiful white hair and long ears that shot up into the sky. His heart stared racing, “Hi. Umm I am really sorry. I heard you laugh and…and it was mesmerizing. My name is Fenn.”

The rabbit let out a small chuckle. “Hello, my name is Talia.”

Fenn started to get really nervous. He didn’t know what to do next and he didn’t want the conversation to end. Fenn heard something in the distance. It was his family hunting.

“Talia! You must go! Others are coming. Can I please see you again? If I can meet me at the north end of the lake tomorrow at dusk. Please you must go now!”

Talia bumped Fenn’s pawn with her nose and hopped away.

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Dusk came and Fenn was pacing back and forth waiting for Talia to arrive. He was so scared she wouldn’t show up. Finally he heard rustling at the edge of the trees.

“Talia?” Fenn asked.

“I am here Fenn!”

Fenn ran over and sniffed her to say hello.

“So Fenn, what are we doing here?” asked Talia.

“Well, I thought we could play around the lake,” Fenn replied.

Fenn and Talia then spent the rest of the day playing around the lake. They played tag, hide and go seek, they splashed around in the water, and so much more. The day ended to quickly for them and soon it was time to go home. Talia scratched her nose from nerves, “So Fenn, will I see you again?”

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“Of course, Lets meet here tomorrow!” replied Fenn.

“Okay!” Talia replied with a smile.

As the days went on the two started to fall in love. It would be tricky telling this to their families since one was the predator and one was the prey. 

Author's Note

Since I have been writing pretty suspenseful stories I figured I'd lighten up the mood of my blog. Last week I read Babbitt. More Jataka Tales. Instead of an epic or a spin off of an epic these tales are children stories about Buddhism. Most of the stories were based on animal characters so I did that here in my story.