MLLL-3043 Myth and Folklore Blog

( Gummy bears ) Momma Gummy Bear told her kids that she would be home soon. She was taking a trip sugar store for some food. She locked the door as always and started down the road. All the sudden Hard Candy Bear attacked Momma Gummy Bear. Hard Candy Bear was hungry and devoured her piece by piece until she was gone. Hard Gummy Bear walked back to the house to try to eat her kids.  There was a knock at the door. The kids looked at each other in confusion. Momma Gummy bear told them not to answer the door for anyone until she was gone. They yelled out "Who is it?"  "It's me! Momma! I need to grab something real quick and my hands are full" said Hard Gummy Bear in his highest voice.  The kids looked at each other and immediately knew that it was not their mom and they were in trouble. "Oh nevermind! I'll open the door if you guys won't". Hard Candy Bear had knocked the door clean open. He made the kids take care of him while he was impersonating ...

 These works were shorter of that to the Fox stories I previously read. The stanzas are shorter, but they still rhyme like the Fox section. I chose dogs as opposed to the other animal choices because I am a sucker for dogs. The stories reminded me of the saying "a dog is a man's best friend". These stories reminded me of specific people that I've met or characters in TV.  ( illustration from Baby's Book of Fables ) Bibliography:  The Fables of Phaedrus , translated by Christopher Smart (1887).

 I like how all of these stories rhyme as they are formatted in a poem. It's very creative and I don't think I could personally do it. In the first story the fox which in normal stories is the trickster is outwitted by another animal. This was a nice twist on a traditional story than what I have read for this class previously. The last story, however, brings it back home where the fox is a trickster to a goat. Goats are traditionally viewed as a very intelligent animal so this was a bit surprising, but still within character.  I noticed with some rhyming patterns that they were the same from each stanza which is impressive.  ( illustration from Baby's Book of Fables ) Bibliography:  The Fables of Phaedrus , translated by Christopher Smart (1887).