Week 5 Reading: English Fairy Tales

I began to read English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs. I have read all of Aesop's Fables by Joseph Jacobs so I knew that I would enjoy the English Fairy Tales too. I wasn't familiar with a lot of the stories as I thought I would have. I picked out just a few fun ones below.

The Old Woman and Her Pig was a fun story to read because it led to one thing to another to another to another. The old woman had to go through so much just to get one little thing done. Sometimes I feel like this about life. Most things seem like it might be an easy, straightforward process but then once you actually get to doing it, there are all these obstacles and unexpected forks in the road that come up. I would say this happens all the time in college, especially during a time when we are trying to figure out who we exactly are. Students change their majors multiple times and decide on different careers. This is a normal but tedious process. It's a life-long journey and it often takes a million steps to fully circle round and get to the place we wanted to be in the first place.

The Old Woman and Her Pig by John D. Batten source

Mouse and Mouser ended up not turning out so well for the mouse since the cat ate the mouse. I liked to format of the story though and I might consider using this type of writing that is very "sing-songy". It's just very easy to read along to.