Reading Notes: Tibetan Folktales Part A

I thought the story was off to an interesting start because a big tiger was tricked into thinking a frog could eat him. The frog was very clever and the tiger was pretty naive to tell the frog his plan to eat him in the first place. The moral of the story for The Cony Who Got into Bad Company is that you will be associated with the same qualities of those you spend your time with. I really like this meaning and I think including a strong meaning within your story makes it even better. I thought having the people who showed up to watch the silly trial pay a fee that fixed the problem in the story was very clever. I did not like how the tiger and calf allowed the fox to turn them against each other so quickly when their mother's dying wish was for them to be brothers. I thought the fox dying was a bit extreme, but I am happy that their friendship pulled through. I don't know why the man turned in the guy who saved his life for stealing the queen's jewels. I am also surprised nothing terrible happened to him in the story after doing this to the main character. The Wise Carpenter was a little harder to follow, but the ending was really strong. I thought the quote, "In birth and death there is no fear, and in fear there is no doubt" was really beautiful. I do not think Drashup deserved to live happily with the woman because he tried to kill her. I wish she would not have died in such an horrid way. "Then he tied the mouth of the bag with nine knots, blew his breath upon it, said many charms and prayers over it" was so descriptive and clever to include in the ending paragraph. In the final story, the author shares the she-devil's perspective with the reader while some characters in the story remain unaware of her true identity. 

 Image Information: Red Fox, Web Source: Wikipedia
Bibliography: Tibetan Folk Tales by A.L. Shelton, Web Source: Tibetan Folk Tales