Reading Notes- English Fairy Tales- Part A&B
Part A- What a RIDE this reading was. I found it so amusing and precious at the same time. This is the first reading that I have read for this class that has followed a rhyme scheme. Half-way through the reading, I found myself humming the tune and singing the words to the story, which made reading it all that more fun. Despite all being together in one reading, each of the stories are so different from each other. I particularly got caught on The Woman and Her Pig , which at first extremely annoyed me as I was trying to read it in my head. But then I re-read it out-loud and it was actually such a fun play on words. The story builds and build until it hits the climax, then like an upside triangle, it works it’s way down. Building up: “ She went a little further, and she met a cat. So she said: 'Cat! cat! kill rat; rat won' t gnaw rope; rope won't hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stic
