Blog for 3043 Mythology and Folklore

The Cat with One Escape: An Adaptation of the Fox and the Cat (Photo by:  Public Domain Pictures ) Fred the Fox and Katy the Cat could commonly be found on a warm spring day sprawling in the sunny meadow adjacent to the McDonald Family Farm.  Prone to engaging in philosophical debates and quick banter, it had been well established that while Fred was smarter, Katy was kinder.  Where Fred would internally debate the potential ramifications of sharing his daily catch with Katy, Katy would without reserve offer Fred an equal share of every meal.  He had saved her as a kitten from the McDonalds’ hounds, and Katy regularly deferred to his infinite wisdom.  It so happened one sunny spring afternoon that Farmer McDonald had taken a trip to town.   His sons’ favorite unsupervised pastime was to let the hounds loose to see which could fetch the largest prize.   Fred and Katy were enjoying the day in their favorite spot in the sunny meadow. ...

Reading Notes: Week 4 Aesop's Fables (Jacobs)  Part A (Photo by:  PxFuel ) I enojyed doing a majority of the readings for Week 4 Part A.  I love fables and getting to the end of a short story and understanding what they wanted to convey and searching for ways to apply it to everyday life. I loved two stories and really disliked one. Loved: Reasonings:   I loved these two stories because I felt that they really accurately and easily conveyed the intended message. The Fox and the Cat  made it super easy to recognize that sometimes it’s better to know exactly one way to do things than to have hundreds of different ways to do things but be unable to decide which to use.   I also really liked  Belling the Cat because it is something that happens pretty frequently today.   You see many people proposing a solution to something but few are volunteering to implement those solutions.   Hated: Reasonings: I hated the The...