Monday, February 15, 2016

Week 5 Reading Diary: Twenty-Two Goblins

This week I decided to read theTwenty-Two Goblins Unit by Arthur W. Ryder. I thought it was interesting to read about a bunch of riddles and to see if the King would get them all right! 

Introduction - A monk had been giving the King fruit for many years as an offering. One day the King realized that gems were inside all of these fruits and asked the monk why he was so generous. The monk needed the King's help and here starts our story. When taking the body down from the tree like the monk had asked, a goblin is what the King had to bring back to the monk. The King is very wise and answers all of the riddles correctly

The Three Lovers - Three brothers all were in love with the same girl. When the girl unexpectedly died, the three brothers dealt with it in different ways. The first boy laid on her ashes and was with her always, living a beggar life. The second brother dipped her bones in the sacred river. And lastly, the third brother became a monk and found a spell that could bring her back to life. After bringing the girl back to life they all fought over her again. The King knew that the first brother was the one who deserved her love since he was the one who acted like a husband would.

Brave, Wise, Clever - A girl had said that she would only marry a wise man, a clever man, or a brave man. When she was kidnapped by a giant, they all helped save her. In the end she should end up with the brave man because he is the one who physically saved her, the others just helped.

The Girl, Her Husband, and Her Brother - This girl had married this man and she and her husband went and visited the house of a goddess with her brother. The husband had sacrificed himself to the goddess by cutting off his head. When the brother went inside, he himself also sacrificed himself. The girl prayed to the goddess and was allowed for both of them to come back to life. She accidentally switched the heads. She should stay with the one with her husband's head because that is the most important part of the body.

Food, Women, Cotton - Three men were trying to get out of removing a turtle from their father. The first brother impressed the king by saying that the food tasted like ashes. The second brother said that the woman spelled of goat milk. The third brother had the scar of a hair in the couch cushions. The man of cotton was the most clever because the other two could have researched before talking to the King.

The Four Scientific Suitors - The girl said she would marry the man of science. Out of all of them she should choose the warrior who does true science.

The Three Delicate Wives - This man had three wives and all of them were hurt. The first was hurt by a lotus flower, the second was burned by moon beams, and the third was bruised by just the sound. The third is the most delicate because she didn't even touch anything and she was hurt.
Brave, Wise, Clever

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