Week 13 Storytelling: Two boys and a Hawk

 A flock of birds were happy as could be. It was a bright summer day with sun warming each feather. The wind was blowing the same direction they were flying which gave them that extra boost. They were flying over the beautiful rolling planes of Oklahoma. Nothing could be more perfect.

Two of the children birds were feeling mischievous. One would fly up and bump the other and play tag. They would also bug the other members of the flock.

“James!” yelled the other child.

“What Mark?” James asked.

“Look down there! Look at the awesome trees! We should go down there!”

James said with caution, “Oh I don’t know, Mark. It looks pretty far away and my mom said to stay with the others.”

“James, we won’t even be gone for very long. You mother won’t even notice. She is too busy talking to my mom.” Mark pressured.

James looked over at it mom and saw she was in a deep conversation with Mark’s mother. James then looked over at the trees.

“They are really cool trees and my mom won’t even notice. What could it hurt?” James thought to himself.

Oklahoma Trees

“Okay fine Mark, I’ll go with you but we have to hurry back.” James answered.

“Woo!” Yelled Mark as he started flying towards the trees. James followed as fast as he could. James did not want to be gone too long.

As the trees got closer they did become more and more beautiful. Mark was gliding through the air excitedly and then landed on a branch. James perched right beside him. The trees were huge and green. A truly beautiful sight.

“Well hello there, boys” a strange voice came from below them. Suddenly a huge hawk flew up from a branch below them and landed right beside them. The boys were frozen in fear.

“You two look lost. Why don’t you come over with me and I’ll help you find your little flock.” The hawk said with a sly voice.

“We aren’t lost” said Mark, “In fact we were just taking a break from flying. We will be on our way now.”

The hawk didn’t like Mark’s answer and looked as though he was about to pounce on the boys. The boys saw this in his eyes and flew away as fast as they could. Sure enough the hawk was right behind them.

With out the boys even noticing, all of the male bird from the flock were flying straight toward the hawk and in one mighty push, rammed into the hawk. The hawk flew away and the boys were saved.

Author’s note

For this week  I read part A of “The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India.”  and noticed a theme of other characters being saved by their own kind. So I incorporated that theme into my story this week.

Reading Diary, Week 13: Dishonesty is the Worst Quality

For this reading diary I read part A of “The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India.” I again came across more stories that seemed to line up in plot. One example is “The Hypocritical Cat” I believe in the Jataka Tales, the animal that stayed back and ate the rats was an injured wolf and not a cat like in this version. I think my favorite story from this bunch would have to be “The Dishonest Friend.” One reason is like how it talks to the reader. Like: “Was not that a mean trick to serve a friend?” and “You must not suppose this man was quite such a fool as he seemed. You will soon see why he did not make a fuss about his plough.” It makes the story quite humorous. I also thought it was funny when the man that had is plough stolen talked to the judge about it and the friend had to give it back. 

The Boy Taken by the Hawk

Week 13 Reading Diary, Extra Credit: Twenty Jataka Tales and a random horse

Ocean of Stories

For this reading I read the second half of the Twenty Jataka Tales. Since I have already commented on how much I like the morals the stories give. I want to talk about a few that I really liked. I really liked the “Goblin Town” It was just very different from most of the others. First off most of them seem to have animals as the characters. This one didn’t. Another thing was it was sort of random. I mean there are random elements in the rest of them but a freaking flying horse was just like, “Oh hey guys, hop on my back and I’ll save you.” Pretty random. Another thing is that it didn't all turn out happy. Of course it ended with, "and they lived happily ever after" Like almost all of them but actually all the guys that didn't believe there were goblins all died. 

Famous Last Words, Week 13: Failure is Success so they say

It looks like I am starting to use the Famous Last Words assignment as a venting system. I have another project in flight mechanics coming up on Monday and I am scared shitless. The last project took about 25 hours to get half way though and I made a 44 on it. We also have a test the following week. I am hiding in my house this weekend to try and get as much work done as possible from next week but I feel like it won’t matter.

I am so torn with this class. I don’t want to blow off another class in order to get the project done or study endless hours for the class if I am going to fail. But I also don’t want to miss the opportunity to not waste about ten thousand stupid dollars to be in school another year because I gave. I also think me being in school another year would actually really help Matt and I’s life and relationship. I don’t know. This is stressing me out so much and it is hard to just give it to God and not feel stressed out but it is coming at me like a brick wall.

What Next

In other news every single one of my classes is a letter grade lower than it should be. Which is going to kill my GPA if it ends up like it. OH! And if I fail I could possibly lose scholarships. Most scholarships I have are based on a GPA requirement and if I get blow that…bye bye money. Guess who pays for their own school. This over worked and apparently stupid girl.

Darn, I was going to use this assignment to complain about my hovercraft class. I guess that will have to wait till next time.