Extra Reading Diary-Jewish Fairy Tales

I decided to read from the Biblical Traditions unit and specifically the Jewish Fairy Tales unit. I came across this unit by using the Crystal Ball function as I really had no preference to any of the remaining units. In this blog post I want to tell a little about my favorites stories I came across while reading.

The Giant of the Flood

I liked this story because it put a new spin on the story of Noah and the Ark that I am familiar with and heard as a kid in Sunday school. I especially liked the part about Og the Giant gave up the sacrifice to the grapes that made wine which is what makes man act silly after drinking to much of it to this day. I found this to be very amusing.

The Quarrel of the Cat and Dog

I'm really glad the crystal ball led me to this unit because I am enjoying the little stories a lot. The story of how the cat and dog have come to be enemies is very amusing. I am more of a dog person and this story almost seems to paint the cat to be the unforgiving one in this situation so that may help a little bit!


The Cat and Dog in their pre-Quarrel years (Flikr).

I really wish I would have picked this unit to be one of my units the past two weeks. I really enjoyed the first few stories which had an amusing way to explain the way everyday things we do or know without thinking about how they came to be.