Reading Notes: Tales of a Parrot, Part B
In the first section of Part B, I enjoyed the loyalty and friendship between the three creatures. I also liked the irony that the snake a frog, who were once locked in a matter of life and death, were able to get along to help the man who helped them.
I liked the next story, but I'm not sure if I completely agree with the parrot. Only one man put his life in danger for the girl because only one had been given the chance. The other two did not possess the skills for this particular task, but that doesn't mean that they wouldn't have done the same for her.
The next story could easily be transformed into a modern non-magical one. There are many stories and movies out there now about people disguising themselves as the opposite sex to get what they want. I could rewrite it as a woman wanting to have a manager position in a business. When her boss makes it clear that such an opening would only be available for men, she disguises herself as a man and blows others away with the work she does.
In a futuristic setting, I could recreate/continue this story. After a terrible accident, a man would have his head transplanted onto the body of someone else. At first everything would be fine, but then the body would begin to rebel against him. Anytime he tried to partake in something the original owner of the body would not have done, it would twitch and jerk until he gave up on the activity.
The story of the snake could be equated to helping a dangerous person. If a stranger asked for your help, would you do as they asked? I could write of an older woman living in a cabin in the wilderness. A young man comes to her doorstep and begs that she hides him. A woman is after him and he has nowhere to go. She lets him in and the woman in pursuit arrives shortly after. Once she leaves, the man goes to attack the older woman, but she kills him before he can kill her.
The next story just goes to show that if you don't want someone else to know what's in your mind, don't speak it. I could rewrite the elephant takedown in the setting of an elementary school playground. A large bully picks on three or four small kids. They team up to get payback on him at recess one day.
Bibliography: The Tooti Nameh or Tales of a Parrot by Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi, link to the online reading.
I liked the next story, but I'm not sure if I completely agree with the parrot. Only one man put his life in danger for the girl because only one had been given the chance. The other two did not possess the skills for this particular task, but that doesn't mean that they wouldn't have done the same for her.
The next story could easily be transformed into a modern non-magical one. There are many stories and movies out there now about people disguising themselves as the opposite sex to get what they want. I could rewrite it as a woman wanting to have a manager position in a business. When her boss makes it clear that such an opening would only be available for men, she disguises herself as a man and blows others away with the work she does.
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The story of the snake could be equated to helping a dangerous person. If a stranger asked for your help, would you do as they asked? I could write of an older woman living in a cabin in the wilderness. A young man comes to her doorstep and begs that she hides him. A woman is after him and he has nowhere to go. She lets him in and the woman in pursuit arrives shortly after. Once she leaves, the man goes to attack the older woman, but she kills him before he can kill her.
The next story just goes to show that if you don't want someone else to know what's in your mind, don't speak it. I could rewrite the elephant takedown in the setting of an elementary school playground. A large bully picks on three or four small kids. They team up to get payback on him at recess one day.
Bibliography: The Tooti Nameh or Tales of a Parrot by Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi, link to the online reading.
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