Week 12 Reading Diary, continued: English Fairy Tales

I enjoyed reading the second half of the English Fairy Tales unit by Joseph Jacobs. The story Henny-Penny was really silly at first because it has a bunch of funny named animals following Henny-Penny because they think the sky is falling. I didn't understand why they were all so willing to follow Henny-Penny when they had no evidence of this event actually happening! This story kept with the theme from the previous unit of the story turning for the worst, because a fox tricks the animals into his cave and kills a few of them. I had negative feelings towards the main character Henny-Penny because she ended up running away and not helping her friends get away from the fox! Another story I enjoyed reading from this section was Mr. Fox. I liked the idea of the signs above the doors and gates of Mr. Fox's castle that serve as a warning. I was surprised that Lady Mary kept going even after reading the signs... I would have been freaked out! The ending was a little different than I expected because I thought Lady Mary would be killed but she surprised me by having her brother's help her kill Mr. Fox! I enjoyed the story Fairy Ointment because it was so creative. The author used such descriptive words for the man and his horse... it made me nervous for the woman when she left him! I still am curious as to why the baby needed ointment for his eyes. This could potentially be used in my storytelling this week to add an explanation! I also would have been curious as to what the ointment did... but I don't think I would have been brave enough to put it on my own eyes!

(Illustration from Fairy Ointment. Source: UnTextbook)