This week I chose to read the Khasi Folktales by Mrs. K. U.
Rafy. I really liked the reading because it’s similar to fairytales and most of
the stories teach a lesson in a creative way. The Tiger and the Monkeys was one of my favorite’s to read because the
ending completely shocked me! I thought that the tiger would for sure figure
out that his bride to be was merely a clay sculpture, but he was fooled the
entire time. I wonder how the story would go if it was told by Shalymmen, the
insect with the pretty voice that the tiger fell in love with. I could also change the ending of the story
where the roles are reversed and the tiger figures out his bride is fake and
the monkeys always fear him. Another story I enjoyed was The Legend of the Lei Tree. I think it could be fun to have the
tiger be the narrator in my storytelling this week. The Hunting of the Stag Lapalang also caught my attention because
it shared how difficult it is to lose someone we love. When the narrator said, “Never
before was heard a lamentation so mournful, so plaintive, so full of sorrow and
anguish and misery, as the lament of the mother of the Stag Lapalang as she
sought him in death on the slopes of Shillong” it really gave me a mental image
of how much pain and suffering the Stag’s mother was going through. I thought
it was very relatable! Finally I really enjoyed the story of The Stag and the Snail, because it
reminded me of the tortoise and the hare. I always route for the underdog, so it
may be fun to expand more on the snail’s character in my storytelling for this
week.
(Tortoise and the Hare Illustration by Milo Winter
Source: Wikimedia)
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