Week 9 Reading: Tibetan Folktales Part A

The story that stood out most to me during this weeks reading was The Tiger and the Frog because it was a trickster story. I liked the way the story portrayed the frog as terrified when he had first saw the tiger coming. Instead of cowering the frog decided to stay and trick the tiger. The style of story telling is simple and straight to the point with details that instill imagery in the mind. I want to try and write a story similar to this because I think it would be interesting to do. I want to focus on changing the characters but keeping the main idea. I think I might do an Alex the Reapers origin story by incorporating this idea and change the ending to fit a beginning story line. I like the idea of the small guy standing up to the bully because bullying was a part of my life growing up. I do not want anyone to feel that misery that I felt growing up.

Small size of frog shown traveling. 

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Bibliography: "The Tiger and the Frog" by Albert Shelton from The Tibetan Folktales