I chose the Czech stories because they are high in the fantasy aspect and have quite a bit of irony in them. In "The Man Who Met Misery", there are many directions I could go with my own retelling just from this one story. I love the fact that there is an ogre in the story. I also enjoy the ring calling out to the ogre to tell him where Francis was. Indeed, this young man met misery, which Is a play on words making you believe that it is a human. "Nine at a Blow" could be an interesting twist to my project story. I am excited to get started. Czech