The Monkey and the Girl: this was a very unique story. It first caught my attention because it was about monkeys, and as I have previously stated in my blog I love animals. Once I started reading the story it took an odd turn with a girl wanting to marry a monkey. This is very unlike fairy tales in the United States because the girls in those tales always marry a prince charming. Then, the story got really dark really quickly with the girl being burned alongside her monkey love. The moral of the story was that the girl had a monkey heart and that explained why she was so infatuated with the monkey in the first place.
The Tiger’s Bride: this story started off strange as well because a woman needed help and for some reason the only option was to marry off her daughter in exchange for help. This story has a lot in common with the story above because once again the girl was married off to an animal. In this story it was a tiger. Once again, the story grew dark because the bride ran away and the tiger was beaten by his friends until he ran away as well. Neither of these stories had a happy ending and they seem like more of a warning.
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