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Reading Notes Part B: Fables of Bidpai

I still continue the same writing ideas as Part A. I think those options provide an adequate amount of interesting stories that I could recreate and make my own. I enjoyed the lessons that the fables were conveying. Part B is similar to Part A's reading because all of the fables are using animals to tell a story and pass on their wisdom to the readers.

The Blind Man and the Snake is a story that, for me, did not have as obvious of a lesson than the others. The only lesson I got from this was to trust your fellow man.

The Camel Driver and the Adder had a good lesson to teach, but I feel like they drug out the story more than they needed to. They added many characters and the same thing happened multiple times. On other reading pages, there can be up to three stories that tell a story just as well as this one that takes the entire page. Length is not always a positive thing.

The Tortoise and the Geese attempts to teach a lesson about patience, pride, and being able to stay quiet in important times. This story was not my favorite.

The Scorpion and the Tortoise teaches a lesson about being loyal to those who help you out in times of need. It is an interesting combination of amphibians and insects, but it makes its point.

This group of stories has more of a dark turn than the Part A. Many of these stories talk about killing one of the characters because of something bad that they did. The first part of these stories did not always end in death and some of the lessons made an impact on the character in the story as well as the reader,

I still agree that I am more interested in the stories in Part A. Also, I am excited to include plot twists and psychological events into the mix.

Fables of Bidpai by Panchatantra. Link here


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