Reading Notes: The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India, Part A

The Giant Crab

• I could write a story on the base of the giant crab but make it humans instead of animals. 
• Maybe a story about greed, we'll see.

The Hypocritical Cat

• Well this was a surprisingly scary story. Maybe with Halloween coming up I can make a story about a cat and mouse

The Crocodile and the Monkey

• This story ends up having a happy ending but mine could end badly. Maybe the monkey is the one that gets fooled by the croc wife

The Wise Parrot and the Foolish Parrot

• I didn't like this story bc she plucked the birds feathers! I had a pet bird, so this made me sad.
• I could write a story about to parrots though, that could be fun. 
• Maybe some kind of rhyme. 

The Dishonest Friend

• I like this story. I could go a few different directions with this story. 
• There is a lot of trickery in these stories, I need to think of something clever.
• Maybe modern day, borrowed a mower or something like that.
• Honesty is the Best Policy.. or maybe not
• maybe I could tell a story how one lie just rolls into a bigger one and a bigger one

The Mouse and the Farmer

• This is kind of another mouse and cat game story
• It reminded me of the latest Walking Dead Episode
• I could make it where the mouse makes an entire village of mice bring him food in exchange for their lives.

The Talkative Tortoise

• Wow. 
• I could write a story about how sometimes talking can get you into trouble, kind of the same with lying. 

The Monkeys and the Gardener

• This story kind of reminded me of the monkey on the Night at the Museum for some reason.
• my creative juices are not flowing.

The Goblin and the Sneeze

• I could write a story about a goblin for Halloween. 
• It could be a nice goblin but no one knows he's nice bc everyone is afraid of him.

The Goblin in the Pool

• Another story about a Goblin but this one lived in the water
• Maybe I can combine the Goblin stories

(Goblin in the Pool)

The Foolish Farmer and the King

• This reminded me of Game of Thrones
• Except this King was nice... I could make him not nice.

The Pious Wolf

• The fairy taught the wolf a lesson

Bibliography: The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India. W. H. D. Rouse. Illustrated by W. Robinson. 1897.