Reading Notes: Part B of Rouse's Giant Crab

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Spend a pound to win a penny was a great story with a personal message. The monkey was so upset that he lost one pea that he ended up losing all of his peas. This story displays a message that if you get to greedy over one thing, you may end up losing everything. Be grateful.

Union is strength is another story with a great message. This tale allows for a message that is somewhat double sided. It's clear that it is trying to convey that there is strength in numbers. However, it also shows that the strength can either help or hurt a group.

Silence is golden was such a sad story. I understand that the cub was intending to scare the other lions, but he still did not deserve to be treated like that. He was just playing around. It was not the cub's fault that he was from a lion but also a jackal. They shouldn't treat him like that.

The quail and the falcon was a pretty solid story. The clear message was that one should not take advantage of the situation they are in if they have a good thing going for them. I was sort of surprised that the falcon was killed by diving into the ground, but I was happy the quail survived.

The bold beggar was easily my favorite story. I love how the king was so self-absorbed he thought his people would like to see him eat. I also loved how clever the beggar was in his pursuit of getting something to eat and drink of substance. I am shocked that the king only laughed.

The two last stories were entertaining to a certain degree simply based on some of the names that were used. I love how the quail was called quailie. It made him sound so cute. I also like how the king decided to call himself king dainty because of his love for food and drink.

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Reading Notes: Part A of Rouse's Giant Crab

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To start off this reading assignment, I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the variety this book had to offer from the other stories. Because it was from an actual copy of a book, there were illustrations in all of the stories which provided an aid for visualization in all of these stories.

I liked the story of the giant crab. The crab was a murderer as he would take these innocent animals that were drinking from the lake and drown them. He would also eat them after he drowned them. I was hoping he would die because I felt it was sad that the animals didn't have anywhere to drink.

The hypocritical cat was an interesting read to me because I have read another tale that uses different animals. Instead of a cat, there was a wolf. I forgot what the substitution of the rats were. It's interesting because the plot elements and dialogue are practically the same.

The mouse and the farmer was a pretty good story. I loved the relationship between the two as it showed loyalty and friendship. I thought it was pretty weird that the farmer killed his own cat though because he was bothering the mouse. He could have talked to the cat instead of death.

The talkative tortoise was such a sad story. I was so sad to see that the tortoise died simply because he was talkative. I think any message would definitely believe to follow directions of others and make sure to not talk if the moment one is in presents an improper sense.

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