Hayley's Scrunchie

Once upon a time there was a mother panther who had three lovely cubs. She left them at home one day and told them to be good for she had to go gather food for them. Black Panther ( Source ) As the mother wandered through the forest she ran into a human carrying a large knife and carting some meat that had just been butchered. She was very busy and tried not to chat with the human, but he would not let her pass. "Hello panther, lovely day isn't it? Could I interest you in some fresh beef I've just acquired?" The human spoke loudly and looked friendly enough, but the panther did not trust him. "No thank you sir, I have to return to my cubs soon," but as she tried to walk past him, he stabbed her with his knife and killed her. This man was sneaky, and knew that she had cubs somewhere, so he dressed himself up in the panther's fur pelt like a coat and started walking. Night time came, and he walked along the path the panther had earlier that da...

Cool Sentences In these reading notes, I pasted some of my favorite quotes from the Chinese folktales. These sentences either have a unique structure, great descriptions, or various elements that make them fun to read. Sometimes I also just choose weird or funny sentences that catch me off guard, because I want to emulate that in my own writing. A lot of these translations are short and to the point, but some of them still have interesting styles. “But at any rate none of the vermin had survived it.” “suddenly he saw something shining floating in the air inside the gardens, something which glowed like a ball of crystal” “And whenever it blew its breath out, a ball of fire came out of its mouth and rose to the moon. And whenever it drew its breath in the ball sank down again, and it caught it in its jaws. And so it went on without a stop.” “South-west of the bay of Kaiutschou, there is a mountain by the edge of the sea, shaped like a tower, and hence known as Tower Mountai...

 (Panther,  Source  ) Bibliography: Chinese Folktales, Source Characters: In these notes I focus on not individual characters, but stereotypes as a whole. So all mother figures and all daughter figures etc. A lot of these characters are represented similarly throughout multiple stories. For example, the king/father in this case is usually angry, unforgiving, and absent often. Character descriptions Father/King mad at daughter for marrying a beggar, kicks her out “In the morning the father was very angry with the children and said: “Who wants to go along to grandmother?” But he intended to lead the children into the mountains and let the wolves devour them there.” he wanted to kill his kids but there are no repercussions in the end everyone is friends again? always disappearing for no reason, leaves family Queen/mother gives children good luck eggs queen gives daughter food and money secretly, a softie would do anything for children...