As I continued with my week seven reading diary I thought it would be best to continue reading the
Japanese Fairy Tales (Lang). I began reading the stories in Reading B and I found many of them interesting. These Japanese fairy tales retold by Andrew Lang. Both of the stories that I chose to highlight are from The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1903).
The Crab and the Monkey: First of all, the title confused me because I was unsure about how a jungle animal and a sea creature would ever come to interact. The story came to make sense when I learned that the crab did not live by the sea and instead lived by there mountain where it would be able to interact with a monkey who lived in a tree. The story was very pleasant at first and showed the crab and the monkey being kind of acquaintance as they shared food. However, it took a turn when they monkey cheated the crab out of the good fruit and they were enemies ever since.
The Magic Kettle: This story too was set in the mountains. We never learn how the old man came upon this magic kettle, or how it got into his house. I was very excited to learn that the kettle actually transformed into a cute little animal that is called a tanuki. In the story the magic kettle became quite a sight to see. Many people were amazed by it and I can certainly see why!
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