I really enjoyed doing the repetition reading notes from yesterday for part A and so I decided to try them out again today. I think the Fables of Bidpai is a really great unit to use these reading notes because all of the fables have lessons that show repetition. For these reading notes, I am focusing on the three stories about snakes. The first story I read was The Sparrows and the Snake. The sparrows had just hatched their young in a nest by a house. The father sparrow went to fly and find food for his family, and when he was returning he saw the mother sparrow out of the nest. He asked why she left the nest and she said it was because there was a snake in the nest who had eaten their young. The father bird flew to the house and snatched the flame from the owner's hand. He then dropped the flame on the snake in the nest, which killed the snake. This teaches readers to not pick on people or underestimate the underdog. The next story I read was The Frog, The Crab, and The Serpent. In this story, we see repetition with the first story in that the main character is a mother who is hatching her young. A more dominant animal is picking on the mother and her young, and she tries to find help someone to help her escape the snake's wrath. The ending of this story was unhappy--the frog mom still got eaten by a different predator. The last story I read was The Blind Man and the Snake. This story had similarities in that it was about a snake, but other than that it did sound too much like the others. This story's message was about the importance of listening to those who are looking out for you.
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