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Author’s Note: The original story is about three men who had a sister. They all had a wife and one day the three men gave the sister a portion of the food that was supposed to go to the wife of the youngest brother. The two wives of the oldest brothers got jealous and decided to kill the sister. After the brothers found out, they ended up killing the two wives. I changed the story by making it into a diary from the perspective of the wife of the youngest brother. I told about what she would’ve seen and experienced as the two wives killed the sister. ("Diary" by Barnaby Dorfman via Flickr ) They want to kill her, but I do not know why. Why is there so much hate in their hearts for her? She only ate what was offered and the portion of meat given to her was mine anyways. They were not like this before marriage and the longer I think about it, the more I feel bad about it. She is a delicate and sweet girl, never really causing much trouble. So just why do they want t...

  ("The Three Hunters" by Mildred Bryant via UN-Textbook ) The story that I chose to focus my reading notes on for this post is “ The Three Hunters ” by A.L. Shelton (1925). I chose this story because I honestly enjoyed the ending as I believe that the characters got what they deserved. The basic plot of this story is that there are three brothers who each have a wife and they all share a sister. The three brothers treat the sister very well and two of the wives feel as if they like the sister more than them, causing them to feel great jealousy. The two wives plan to kill the sister and they eventually kill her when the three brothers went out to go hunting. The third wife took no part in this and when the brothers came home, the wife of the youngest brother ended up telling the brothers what had occurred. The three brothers become furious and end up killing the two wives. This story along with many other stories use magical elements with the magical element in this sto...

  ("The Ingratitude of Man" by Mildred Bryant via UN-Textbook ) The story that I chose to do reading notes for this post is “ The Ingratitude of Man ” by A.L. Shelton (1925). I chose this story because I really enjoyed the message of the story. The story is about a man, a crow, a rat, and a snake falling off a cliff and they get saved by a passing traveler. They all promise to help the traveler in the future in return for saving them. The traveler thought that the rat, the crow, and the snake would not be able to help him while the man would be able to. However, the three animals ended up helping him in the end while the man ended up betraying him. This story along with the others have this Tibetan proverb or message that the story shows or proves throughout the story. The stories of this section include both people and animals, but the unique thing is that the people and animals are able to communicate between one another. Another thing that many of these stories use...