Week 2 Anthology Reading Notes

 The Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart

This story was my overall favorite from Jatakas the Indian Epics Anthology. Stories that carry with them different animals as characters have been the ones that have always stuck out to me from a very early age. I enjoyed the way in which this story used the crocodile couple and gave them a funny persona. The crocodiles had a sneaky character just as what you would think a mean old crocodile would have. Then for the monkey. He was silly, mischievous and witty. Using his wits he was able to out smart the mean old crocodile and convince him to help carry the monkey safely to the other side. The use of a trick by the crocodiles and their scheme along with the plan that the monkey concocted to get out of it are both great ideas that could easily be incorporated into many different stories. In rewriting this story I think it would be interesting to try and find different animals to try and fit the mold of the crocodile or monkey. One other interesting twist would be to change the setting of the story and possible use an environment far from that of the jungle and possibly the Antarctic or an ocean.


Crocodile (from Pixabay) 
Source:
Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie L. Shedlock.

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