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Week 11 Story: The Fountain of Youth

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The fountain/river of youth Source Long ago, the many creatures that inhabited Earth coexisted peacefully, that was until two twins were born from a tree. One was outgoing and reckless, while the other was reserved and careful. The twins were called Lu and Ir respectively, and they were friendly with all of the creatures that surrounded them. One day while deciding what to eat, Lu became aggravated that everything was always the same. "Agh! I am so sick and tired of eating fish! Every day we wake up, walk around, say hi to the animals and the other human family down the road, go fishing, give some of our fish to the giants in the North, and then eat our fish. Every day it is the same Ir! Hear me out, what if we went to the jungle and caught a lion? We could eat its meat and grow strong like the lion!" Ir thought carefully, though he was opposed to killing, he also realized that in order to keep the whole community thriving, he needed to keep everyone, including his r...

Reading Notes: Eastern stories and legends Part D

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A flying elephant Source 1:The bodisat was a marsh crow. There was a famine so all the crows left the kingdom, and one crow found the bodisat near a pool of water catching fish. The crow asked to be the bodisat's servant and over time he thought "I can do this by myself, I don't need the bodisat" and went to the pool and drowned. 2: The king's sons asked a charioteer to take them to the Judas tree. The driver took the sons one at a time They all disagreed on what the tree looked like cause it was in/out of bloom when each of them saw it. 3: The bodisat was born in a family of a landed proprietor and grew to be wealthy. Him and his brother finished their father's business when he died, and was gifted a lot of money. While the bodisat was asleep, the brother tried to nab the money but the money was dropped into the Ganges. The spirit of the river made a fish eat the money, and the fishermen that caught the fish tried to sell it to people for 1K, b...

Reading Notes: Eastern stories and legends Part C

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The golden Banyan deer Source 1: There was 2 hawks, an osprey, a turtle, and a lion. The haws needed friends, so they made friends with the other animals to protect eachother if danger ever arose. Later, a bunch of fisherman came and heard the sounds of the hawk's children and wanted to eat them, so the dad hawk went to the osprey and it helped extinguish the fire until midnight. Then, the turtle's kid put out the fire and dragged the men into the water. Then, the hawks asked the lion to help, and he scared away the men. 2: The Bodisat was a tin and brass dealer. He and another dealer (same merch) decided to split a town in half so they could sell equally. His competitor went to a house where they tried selling their gold (covered in dirt so disguised) plate for his tin, he denied to make them think the plate was worthless. Then, the Bodisat went to them and told them their plate was gold. They were convinced that the Bodisat turned the plate gold (cause the other guy ...