Myth & Folklore

(Image Information: A snowboarder making a turn in fresh snow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowboarding)   Short Story: Jason thought it would be fun to learn to snowboard as it was a frequent sport played by his friends. When he got there, though, he backed out and said that he couldn't do it. He was afraid he'd fracture his ankles. Distraught, his friends tried to convince him he was safe and it was fun. "You won't know if you don't like it if you don't try!" But all Jason could do was shake his head and run. As he went his way, people gabbed about how much of a coward he had been. He regrets ever trying out. Tweet: Chicago Bears: Andy Dalton is our QB1 Chicago Bears at the NFL Draft: Andy Dalton is our QB2 Author's Note: The short story is inspired by a true story... of myself. First time going snowboarding with my friends in Colorado, I backed out of the first day. Then, I tried again on the second day and sprained by left ankle on the second run

  Short Story: Her results came in at ten o’clock. “You have Covid-19. Isolate, hydrate and if you have trouble breathing call 911.” And so our journey began. My sick wife moved into the spare bedroom, and I took on all the family responsibilities, terrified and lonely for my love who lay fifty feet away. We called the children, “Just in case, our wills and life insurance policies are in the top drawer of the desk. Just in case, we left our medical directives on the kitchen table. Just in case, we love you so much. Thank you for being our family. “ (Image Information: Centers for Disease Control:  https://www.fox13now.com/news/coronavirus/local-coronavirus-news/472-new-covid-19-cases-one-new-death-reported-on-saturday) Tweet: Cuomo invites all accusers to come forward and gather in New York nursing home. Author's Note: As COVID-19 pandemic is slowly starting to slow down, I wanted to write a short story showing how bad the pandemic was to a lot of people. The tweet is directly affi

Bibliography: Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists by Roger L'Estrange (1692) http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/aesops-fables-more-foxes.html (Image Information: Sweet Grapes:  https://kathakids.com/fables/sweet-grapes/) -While Roger L'Estrange tells story in a more classic way, Smart tells the stories like a poem. I mentioned wanting to write a story of similar type in earlier reading notes and it may be a more difficult than I originally planned. -In this story, a fox who sees a clump of grapes hanging from a tree and decides to eat them to quench his thirst.  -The fox attempts to jump and retrieve the grapes, but they are out of reach. The fox is determined that the grapes must be sour and confidently, yet disappointedly, eventually walks away from the grapes when he sees that he cannot get them. -The moral of the story is basically that you often hate what you cannot have and we all want what we cannot have.  -Aesop likes to use third-person point of view t

  Bibliography: Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists by Roger L'Estrange (1692) http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/aesops-fables-another-lion.html (Image Information: The man and the lion:  https://discover.hubpages.com/literature/the-man-and-the-lion-Aesops-fables-retold) -In this story, a lion and a man chances to travel in a company through the forest and soon they began to boast each other about how their own species and kind was far more superior. -The story is written in old English writing as expected and it may be a bit more difficult to understand the story but it is very much manageable.  -The lion and the man reached a clearing in the forest and saw a statue that was a representation of Hercules in the act of tearing the jaws of the invincible Nemean Lion. -When the man saw this he told the lion that it is obvious that the man is stronger as the King of the Beasts was beaten by Hercules, a man.  -The lion proceeds to say that the status is made by a man a

(Image Information: Roronoa Zoro post Time-Skip:  https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Roronoa_Zoro) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_D._Luffy -Monkey D. Luffy is the main protagonist in a fictional character in a manga series called, 'One Piece.' This is my favorite anime to watch and I have been watching this anime religiously since I was little and in South Korea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_One_Piece_characters#Straw_Hat_Pirates -Strawhat Pirates are a group of pirates brought together in the story of One Piece and is the main protagonist pirate group. The captain and main character, Luffy, wears a signature straw hat at all times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuya_Nakai -Kazuya Nakai is the voice actor for the character, Roronoa Zoro from One piece. Zoro is my favorite character in all of One piece and I have grown to enjoy the voice actor as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_acting_in_Japan -Voice acting in Japan is an industry important and big enoug

  (Image Information: Hereditary Shocker:  https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/hereditary-twist-charlie-death-ari-aster-1201973390/) Short Story: The questions began every evening. I tried my best to answer them.  “Daddy, why is the sky blue?”  I sighed with relief. This one I knew. “It isn’t really, it’s colorless. The reflection of the sun’s rays makes it seem blue.”  She paused for a moment. Her next question was a little harder.  “Daddy, where did Mommy go?”  The thought of her mother still made my chest tight. “Mommy got sick, and the angels took her away so she wouldn’t suffer.”  Her last question was the most difficult.  “Daddy, why did you kill me?”  I wish I had the answer. Tweet: Don't let the following control you: -Procrastination -Distractions -Bad Habits Author's Note: I enjoy writing stories that are in the horror genre as I get goose bumps writing them myself. This one is a bit depressing the more you read the story and the las sentence I thought was a good bang a

  Bibliography: Ballads of Robin Hood by Francis James Child in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads  (1882-1898) http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/robin-hood-progress-to-nottingham.html (Image Information: Robin Hood:  https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Robin_Hood_(character)) -It is important to note that the old ballads of Robin Hood differs from the idealized view of Robin Hood that we remember as children.  -This story is told in quartets, four short sentences or lines per paragraph. It feels as if I am reading old poems which I practically am.  -The story is also told in rhymes, the second and fourth line of each paragraph rhymes with the last word. -Even if it is told in rhymes, the details of each action is well described, especially when Robin Hood is fighting against the forresters.  -Robin Hood absolutely destroys the forresters, even making some lose arms or legs and enough blood to bleed out and die. -I am very intrigued the way this story is written, it is fun to j

Simu was the son of a Korean minister. He passed his exams and held high office. When his father was Governor of Jo-Sun Province, Simu was a little boy and accompanied him. The Governor’s first wife being dead, Simu’s stepmother was the mistress of the home. Once when the minister had gone out on an inspecting tour, the office was left vacant, and Simu was there with her. In the rear garden of the official quarters was a pavilion, called the Pagosas Hill, that was connected by a narrow gateway with the public hall. Frequently Simu took one of the office boys with him and went there to study, and once at night when it had grown late and the boy who accompanied him had taken his leave, the door opened suddenly and a young woman came in. Her clothes were neat and clean, and she was very pretty. Simu looked carefully at her, but did not recognize her. She was evidently a stranger, as there was no such person among the dancing-girls of the office. He remained looking at her, in doubt as to

  Short Story: On a cold winter night in January, Blake dislocated his knee dancing like an idiot outside of a bar while drunk. He ended up on crutches for three weeks and told all his coworkers at work that he did it by bending down to grab something from the freezer because he didn't want them to think he was a drunk maniac. As he was the vice-president of the company, he was relieved to see that people were shocked at how easily his knee was dislocated. However, the guilt and feeling of being a fraud started settling in as people continued to physically assist him and show immense amount of sympathy.  Tweet: A child told me they found an emerald in the park today and handed me a shard of a stella bottle (Image Information: That Time I got drunk at the office Christmas party:  https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/drunk-at-office-christmas-party) Author's Note: First story could be anyone's secret nightmare. No one wants their coworkers to think you're a ragi