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...

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 ...