Reading B: Through the Looking Glass

My Own Invention
-Lion and Unicorn
-arguing over prisoner (red/white knight)
-battled
-knight's box to hold clothes and sandwiches
-box upside down
-bee hive
+story from a bee hive
-keep horse from being bit by a shark
-hair fastened on
-kept falling off
-get horse on wheels
-tells of invention ideas
-pudding courses
-golden crown on her head

Queen Alice
-encounters queen
-red and white
-speaking nonsense to her
-asking her addition/subtraction etc
-riddles with no answers
-sang a lullaby
-Alice stuck between them
-met a frog
-leg of Mutton
-poetry about fishes

Shaking and Waking
-caught/bought/cook/dish/sup/cover
un dish cover the fish or dishcover the riddle
-return thanks
-crazy scene/ crashing plates
-woke up and was talking to kitten

Source

From Lewis Carroll's Alice in  Wonderland.

Reading A: Through the Looking Glass

Looking Glass House
-Alice telling stories to cats
+could tell stories to Cedie
-looking glass house
-sent into world
-looked at fire
-Red King and Queen
-invisible to the king
+write a story about an invisible giant that intervenes
-JABBERWOCKY backwards

Tweedledum and Tweedledee
-asked them for advice how to get out of forrest
-goofy characters
-shook both their hands at same time to not offend them
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-Alice sympathetic to oysters
-tried to not wake up the red king
-question whether she was real or not
-white thing under tree= rattle
-fought over it

The Walrus and the Carpenter
-story interjected in Tdum and Tdee chapter
-long poem
-oysters
-ate all the oysters

Humpty Dumpty
-egg got larger and larger
-nursey rhyme
-he's in a book
-asked her age
-unbirthday
-broke down nonsensical poem
-left Humpty

Source

From Lewis Carroll's Alice in  Wonderland.

Story Planning:

Source

Source notes:
Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind
-fisherman, north wind, south wind
-Indian summer
-diver ignored warnings
+involve poems
-cooked fish, plentiful
-began to thaw North Wind
-wrestled, warmed up North Wind
-cheerfulness and courage overcome

I thought it would be cool to incorporate poems into my next story, as this story had done. I really like Native American culture, and I wanted to do something with their culture and their stories. In this story, Iagoo was an all-knowing storyteller, and I wanted to draw from this.

Research:
I found this on Iagoo- it's basically an adaptation of the original story. In this story, his name is Agoo. Here's a good description I found of him:

"AGOO, the story-teller of the Indians, is a little, old man with a face as black as the shell of the butternut and a body like a twisted stick. His eyes are twice as large as other men's, so that when a bird flies past him he sees twice as many feathers on it, and all the little colors underneath are bright to him. His ears are twice as large as other men's, so that what seems to them but a tiny sound is to him like the roll of thunder. His legs are supple and his arms are strong, so that he can run faster and further, and can lift and carry twice as much as others."

This story is from the Ojibwe. They have one of the largest Native American populations, and they live in Canada and the United States. They have a very rich culture, especially in their music, art, and literature.

Styles: 
I could do strictly poems for this story
+ creative, challenge me
- hard to fit certain aspects into this story, might be hard to reach word limit

Write this from Iagoo's perspective, how he learned these things
+ Could be very adventurous
- Ive done this before

Character Sketches:
Iagoo- wants to tell of his travels and his journies, great story teller
Children- want to soak up everything he teaches, entertainment

Final Paragraph:
And that my children, is how it all went.
Now I must go to bed, for I am surely spent.
I hope that I have answered all of your questions,
I am ready for tomorrow, for our next story session.
Yes, I have traveled far, and seen a lot,
I will tell my stories, so it won't be for naught.

Writing Goals:
I want to expand on my ideas even more. I would also like to further develop my characters, and make them more relatable to the readers.

Reading B: American Indian Fairy Tales

The Boy who Snared the Sun
-during winter, Iagoo's teepee still warm
-Dormouse
-people were vegitarians
-stole fire
-Mastodon largest animal
-mischief from little brother
-killed birds, made coat
-sun ruined coat, devised plan to get back at sun
-noosed the sun
-Dormouse set the sun free, died in process

The Mastodon

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How the Summer Came
-North Wind
-Fisher brought summer down from sky
-son shown same hunting promise
-sun is roof and floor
-grandfather is squirrel
-father (manito) attempt to bring down summer
-took turns jumping into sky
-he is now constellation

The Fairy Bride
-Indian daughter that lived on Lake Superior
-pranks
-Sang a song
-Happy Land
-wants to follow heart
-had to marry man she didnt love
-fairy Evergreen vanished

Bibliography:
From "American Indian Fairy Tales" by Henry Schoolcraft.

Reading A: American Indian Fairy Tales

Iagoo, the Story Teller
+could include an all-knowing character, tells stories
-children big fan of him and his stories

The North Wind

Source

Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind
-fisherman, north wind, south wind
-Indian summer
-diver ignored warnings
+involve poems
-cooked fish, plentiful
-began to thaw North Wind
-wrestled, warmed up North Wind
-cheerfulness and courage overcome

The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds
-iagoo is very patient with children
-story passed down
-animals and men friendly terms
-animals run free
-Jack Rabbit
-river
-climbed up mossy rock, fell asleep
-rock rose while they slept
-looked for children
-coyote finds them
-cant figure out how to get to them
-measuring worm
-patience and perseverance, rescued them
+write about a measly character that overcomes

The Child of the Evening Star
-brought presents to father
-final daughter
-hard to please
-heart, not face
-evil spell cast on Osseo
-descended from evening star
-broken spell
-but girl now cursed
-still in love w her
-beauty restored
-everyone turned to birds
-magician
-flew away


Bibliography:
From "American Indian Fairy Tales" by Henry Schoolcraft.

Story: 1000 Ways to (Not) Die

Way to Not Die Number 118: 
Say that you're on a relaxing flight to San Francisco one early Friday morning, drifting off to sleep and dreaming about the amount of cocktails that you will be consuming on the beach when you arrive, when suddenly, you're rudely awakened by the $12 Vodka Tonic spilling on your lap. You immediately look around trying to place blame, when you realize that the plane is actually going down, and you're experiencing aggressive turbulence. What do you do? Do you accept your fate and attempt to drink all the mini-bottles in the gradual decline? Or do you figure out how not to die?

Here's what you do: reach up into the overhead bin and pull out all the tacky tourist shirts you can, and tie them together to make a parachute. Then, pull out all the masks from above your neighbors and attach them to your parachute to hold onto. Then, kick out your window and drift nicely to safety. This way, you can still make it to your vacation, and you don't have to worry about getting a cab to pick you up from the airport!


Way to Not Die Number 428:
Pretend that it's a late Sunday night, and you're up studying for your Calculus midterm in your dorm with your roommate fast asleep, snoring away, when suddenly, the fire alarms start blaring. You fling open your dorm room door and see that the fire is coming from both sides of the hallway, so you can't escape that way. You're on the 23rd floor, too, so jumping is not a viable option here. So, what do you do? Do you accept your fate and come clean to your roommate about eating their food all semester? Or do you figure out how not to die?

Here's what you do: Start pulling out all your roommate's water bottles from your mini fridge and start pouring them on the fire by your door until you can clear a path to the community bathroom. Then, start shoving all your month-old dirty laundry down the pipes until you flood the bathroom. Grab the empty Sonic cups in your room and scoop up the water and throw it on the rest of the fire. Then, you still have time to study and ace your midterm!


Way to Not Die Number 538:
So you've been looking forward to this trip to Six Flags for months now, and you've finally gotten there and spent $120 on the ticket and parking and a plain hot dog. You're finally getting to ride the 'Superman' after a three hour wait in line in the 110 degree weather. In all this excitement, in the middle of the ride, you didn't even notice that you weren't buckled in, and you've already taken off, shooting a mile into the air. The way up is a fine ride, but it won't be so graceful for you on the way down. Do you accept your fate and close your eyes and pretend that it's all part of the ride? Or do you figure out how not to die?

Here's what you do: Steal the inflatable beach ball from your sister next to you that she 'won' for $20 at one of the arcade games, and strap it around your waist with your shoelace. Then, when the timing and projection is right, kick off the seat and aim for the koi pond next to the ride. If you land correctly, then you can probably sue and own half the amusement park and return anytime that you want to!

Here's the 'Superman', with the pond in the bottom right.

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I hope that you've learned many valuable ways to Not Die in this episode of "1000 Ways to Not Die"! Check back next week when we learn how to survive after being stranded on the Moon when the other astronauts and NASA forgets about you.



Author's Note:
This story was inspired from 'Jealous Uncle' from the Kodiak. In this story, the 'Unnatural Uncle' attempts to kill his nephew several ways, but to no avail. It was also inspired by the TV show '1000 Ways to Die' (which is ridiculous, by the way).

Bibliography:
From Jealous Uncle from the Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson

Reading B: Heroes

Lodge Boy and Thrown Away
CROW
-pregnant couple
-boy twins, threw one to spring and tipi curtain
-Red Woman killed wife
-went to wake mother
-disobeyed father
-killed many bad things
+reverse psychology story

Crow People (1840)

The Son in Law Tests

TIMAGAMI OJIBWA

-animal trickster

-burn mocassins

-tricked the trickster

-origin of the pike

Jealous Father

CREE

-Aioswe with two wives

-became jealous of son

-Walrus helped boy

-killed Walrus 

-mom and son became birds and flew away

Dirty Boy

OKANAGON

-two beautiful daughters

-Son and Star wanted the daughters

-given task for the two girls

-claimed daughters for grandsons

-another contest to resettle

-trapper

-trail of star dust

From: Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson