Extra Reading Diary: Tibetan Folk Tales

I chose to go with Tibetan Folk Tales for my extra reading diary this week. It was a very good read chock-full of vibrant stories from a rich culture. I would definitely recommend reading this to anyone that I know.

The Tiger and the Frog: This was a very interesting cast of characters with an even more unique outcome. I loved the brazen attitude of the frog in this story. He was not foolish since he realized how much danger he was in from the start with the tiger. He knew that he could not let the tiger see the fear in him. His boldness is definitely out-shined by his shear wit. He was able to think and adjust to any situation that presented itself to him. I also loved that he knew that he could talk to the tiger in the same way even though he returned with a companion. The frog had won the most important fight, the battle of wits.


(the tiger and frog)

How the Fox Fell a Victim to His Own Deceit: I really loved the characters and moral of the story. I still am unsure as to why the fox was not included in the speech by the dying mother tiger. It seems like he should have been included in that since he had been there longer than the calf. My favorite event in the story had to be when the calf had enough of the tension and confronted the tiger about wanting to kill him. I think that is the hidden moral of this story for sure. It shows that conflicts can be defused if you simply talk to the person. I think this moral is just as significant as the actual one of the story about never coming between friends.

Storytelling for Week 7: A Bat's Regret

I still can not believe that the rat is dead. Did he honestly believe me when I told him to bathe in his boiling cauldron of soup to make it extra sweet? What an imbecile! I thought that every animal was smart enough to not willingly get into a boiling vat. I was just trying to play a little prank on him. I never would have pulled this stunt if I knew that it would have killed him. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that I would be in this predicament.

To make matters worse, his wife went on and told everyone that I was the murderer! How was she able to spin that lie about? Better question, how did she convince the king that I was to blame for this? He has all of his men out on the hunt for me as we speak. I do not know how to convince them otherwise without them trying to kill me. I tried telling them what really happened as they chased me out of town; they thought I was lying and that I was just trying to save my hide. 

Why won't they listen to me? Nobody is taking me serious when I try to tell them what happened. The rat's wife is really pulling at everyone's heartstrings with her sob story. I do not know how I can possibly compete with that. Who would want to take my side after hearing that? I think they all have a grudge against me to begin with. Maybe my sarcasm rubbed them the wrong way? Nobody around here appreciates the art form that is comedy. Actually, maybe I do not need them after all. Why would I want to live around a bunch of stiffs that can not take a joke anyways? This could be a silver lining the more I think about it.

Living in the bush is not too bad now that I think about it. I do not have to live by the king's strict laws anymore; I am free to do as I please. I hope they stop their hunt for me soon though. I can not go out in the daytime without risking being spotted. Lucky for me, none of the king's lackeys can see good at night. It looks like I am going to have to stay on my nocturnal schedule until all of this blows over.

(bat)

Author's Note: This is based off of the story "Why the Bat Flies by Night." In the original story the bat tricks the rat into thinking that the best soup is made by bathing in it to make it extra sweet. The rat decides goes home and tells his wife about this, and he decides to make his own soup the same way. His wife later finds him dead in the boiling cauldron of soup. She tells the king what happened, and he quickly sends everyone out after the bat. The bat is only able to survive at night after this since everyone is hunting for him during the day.

I wanted to frame this story from the perspective of the bat immediately after everything unfolded. I also wanted to use him as a modern trickster by using comedy and playing jokes on people.

Bibliography: "Why the Bat Flies by Night" by Elphinstone Dayrell, from Nigerian Folk Stories (1910). Web Source: UN-Textbook.

Reading Diary B: Nigerian Folktales

I finished reading Nigerian Folktales, and it was great. The rich Nigerian culture was able to really come to life in these stories. I love reading cultural stories that are relayed through the personification of animals; it really shows where each of these stories are coming from.

The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise: This was quite the perplexing story. I found it really interesting that the tortoise would go to such great lengths to have the king hippo leave the land. Nothing about the story made it seem like the hippo was unfair to anyone. I really want to make a backstory explaining why the tortoise wanted to get the hippo out of his role, even though the tortoise did not try to take the vacant throne himself. I did enjoy reading that his seven wives would be the hippos ultimate downfall. He could not possibly expect to keep his name a secret while have that many wives.

(hippopotamus)

Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes: This a very interesting explanation for the cycles of the moon. The full moon being a large woman is something that I have never heard before. The little girl in the story is still the most intriguing to me. She is only mentioned the one time that she alerts everyone. Why didn't she have any loyalty to the old woman? I want to know more about her. I did like how the moon only being out at night was explained by the fact that she was scared of people after her encounter.

Reading Diary A: Nigerian Folktales

I chose to go with Nigerian Folktales for my reading diary this week. I loved how it incorporated animals that have not been used as much in the other areas that we have read about thus far. 

Why the Bat Flies by Night: This was a very unique cast for the story. The bat seemed like such an interesting character. He was cunning enough to cause the demise of the rat and get away from all of the would-be captors. He also was disciplined enough to stay away from coming out in the daylight when everyone searched. I have never thought of the bat in such a wise role before reading this. I think the bat could be a potential candidate for my storytelling post this week. I would really like to explore what happened after the story ended.

(bat)

Why the Worms Live Underneath the Ground: This was another story that featured animals that I have never read about in folktales before. Worms are such a mysterious creature that I have never even thought about what kind of personalities they would have if they were in a story. I also found it interesting that they were the only animal to take offense to the boisterous words of the ants. I never would have expected them to have enough pride to try to combat the gigantic ant army. I really enjoyed how the ants were positioned to be exactly like an army taking the battlefield. Talking about their military process would be a fun idea for a storytelling post this week as well.

Extra Reading Diary: Folklore of Laos

I chose to read Folklore of Laos for my extra reading diary this week. I was leaning towards it since I read that it was full of animal tales, which happen to be my favorite kind. I am encapsulated by the animal stories since they have to capture the personality of an animal and personify it to make it relatable. It was definitely an enjoyable read!

Why the Lip of the Elephant Droops: This was quite an interesting story to read. I personally have never noticed that an elephant's mouth droops before reading this. I admired that the 12 abandoned girls were able to realize that their parents did not want them and they did not fret about it. They were never concerned with trying to reunite with their parents. The girls were read to take on the world. The cannibal was also an intriguing element for the story. I am still kind of confused as to why she did not immediately try to make a meal out of them. She also was not the wisest of character either. She was easily tricked and left them unattended so they could escape. 

The Parrot and the Minor Bird: I really enjoyed this story. The sao bird seemed so wise and calculated in it. The thought of a bird that actually does speak its own mind is something that I have never even thought of. I am just accustom to the birds that can mimic what they here. This was a very elegant way of explaining why a bird like the parrot only says snippets of what it has heard a human say instead of saying what is on its mind. I also liked how the sao bird never once lied in the story. It always spoke the truth about what it saw, even though that was its downfall when it went to court and was tricked by its master.
(Japanese painting of the minor bird)

Reading Diary B: Jamaica Anansi Stories

I really enjoyed reading Jamaica Anansi Stories this week. I have never read any Jamaican stories before this. It was a bit of a challenge to get used to the dialect in the stories, but they were still great nonetheless. 

Horse and Anansi: This was a very interesting story. Anansi seems to play the trickster quite often. He is always looking out for number one. He also seems to have a way of talking any other animal into doing whatever he advises to do. I was glad to see the goat come back and redeem himself in this story. I had thought from the previous stories that he was one of the more gullible animals in the culture. He even outfoxed Anansi while he was trying to pull the same scheme that he had pulled on the horse. I really like how Anansi is capable of being tricked himself. I was beginning to think that he always had his way in every story.

Fire and Anansi: This was another intriguing story about Anansi. He seems like such a foolish character, especially in this story. He heeds the advice of no one and thinks he is right. I really enjoyed seeing his wife, the ground dove, warn him about how bad idea it was to have fire over to their house. It was very gratifying to see that the dove was right and escaped getting burned. I am interested by the dove since she is the wife of the very difficult Anansi. The dialogue between the characters was very difficult to follow in this one. 


(Ground Dove)

Reading Diary A: Jamaica Anansi Stories

I decided to go with Jamaica Anansi Stories for my reading diary this week. I was excited to read about some Jamaican stories since I can't recall reading any stories from that culture before.

Sheep and Anansi: This was an interesting read for me. It took me a few reads to completely understand the language and meaning. Anansi does seem like the trickster of the Jamaican culture. He is constantly pulling the wool over the sheep's eyes. It was also interesting to see that sheep was such a gullible character. He constantly got swindled out of getting to eat house after house. I am curious if that is a quality for the sheep to have in more of the Jamaican tales. Anansi also appears to be a very self-centered character.


(Sheep)

Long-Shirt: This was one of the most unique stories that I have read in this class. There are so many interesting pieces that make up this puzzle of a story. The talking shirt aspect of it was very interesting. I loved how it was so loyal to its owner that it would call out who was wearing it. I am thinking about writing about the shirt for my storytelling post this week. I have so many questions about this magical garment. Anansi still seemed like quite the trickster in this story. Anansi even shifted the blame to the oblivious goat. Anansi seems like he is only looking out for himself. I also liked how the goat was covered in this story as well. It was a very interesting explanation for why the goat smells bad. I thought it was a very humorous approach to it.

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Extra Reading Diary: Santal Folklore

I chose to do my extra reading diary over Santal Folklore. It was a great read!

The Tiger's Bride: I love how the tiger is a common character in all of these units. It really is great to see how animals indigenous to the areas around these cultures appear in their stories. The tiger is such an interesting character in this. He is willing to help the lady, but only if he gets her daughter in return. I feel like most of the stories I have read use the tiger in a similar way where he is self-absorbed. It makes sense since he is such a ferocious predator. It was a very interesting turn to see him beaten by his fellow animals. I did not see him getting overpowered like that since tigers are such powerful animals. 

(Tiger)

The Killing of the Tiger: This was one of the most unique stories that I have read in this class. I thought for certain that the tiger would get trapped somehow and then killed by the hunter. The tiger was completely different than I had thought he would be since he was described as frequently slaying any travelers who came across his road. He was tricked so easily with photos and a looking glass. He promised to change his ways after he saw this. I still am unsure why he did not maul the hunter after he left the tree. The biggest surprise of this story was how the tiger ultimately agreed to his death. He thought it would be fine to part with the tip of his tongue, but that proved to seal his fate. I found it interesting to see the tiger being a gullible figure in these stories. I really am curious how that originated. 

Storytelling Week 5: A Wise King

King Vimbasara ran back to his chariot with more vigor than ever. He had to get back to his city, Rajagriha. After listening to Siddhartha, he knew was going to change the way he ruled his kingdom. He was going to be a king of the people for the people. He could not get the horse that was pulling his chariot to go fast enough. 

King Vimbasara had a new outlook on life now. The things he had learned from Siddhartha would stay with him forever. He no longer longed for wearing the flashiest jewelry or finest clothes. Material things were not of priority to him anymore. He just wanted to become more enlightened now. He now knew that he had much to learn before he could become the best king for his people. Vimbasara was determined to better himself now. He had never reflected on how he served his people before. He now realized he had been self-centered before conferring with the wise Siddhartha. He deeply wanted for Siddhartha to become Buddha; he knew there was much to learn from him. 

He finally arrived at the mighty gates of Rajagriha at dusk. He greeted the guards with a hearty hello and even shook their hands. The guards did not know what to say or do when their king embraced them like so. They looked at one another completely befuddled. They had never been allowed to touch the king before; that was an act that was condemnable by death if the king saw fit  He left the guards and walked up to the citadel in a way that no one had ever witnessed before. King Vimbasara was talking to every person that he saw on his walk. He did not care how poor, young or decrepit they were. All of the people were his people now. The citizens of Rajagriha were in disbelief. The king looked the same, but he was not acting like the king that they knew. He was listening to what his people had to say. He was treating them like equals with the way that he conversed with them. He longer perceived them as being lowly commoners; he was now thinking of how he could serve them.

King Vimbasara arrived at his keep, and he had a plan. He sent out an order for all of the people of Rajagriha to gather in the town square. His servants rushed to him bringing out exquisite wardrobe options for him to choose from. He declined to wear the fine garments that he was used to. He opted for some subtle threads that had been made in the city. He decided to walk to the town square instead of taking the royal chariot. He wanted to bond with his people again. Once at the town square, he declared for all of Rajagriha that he was going to change the way he ruled. He promised all that he would serve them as their dutiful king instead. No longer would he think of them as serving him. He promised to make Rajagriha the best city to live in. The people of Rajagriha rejoiced with their reborn king.

(Siddhartha and King Vimbasara)

Author's Note: This is based off of the story of Siddhartha and King Vimbasara. In the story King Vimbasara meets Siddhartha on his journey to becoming Buddha. He is encapsulated by the knowledge of Siddhartha. He wanted to bring him back to Rajagriha to rule with him. He wanted to know more from the enlightened Siddhartha.

I really enjoyed the King Vimbasara character in the story. I loved how he was so humbled by Siddhartha, a hermit at the time, even though he was a king. I chose to write this from a third person perspective to adequately tell the events that unfolded after his life-altering meeting with Siddhartha.

Bibliography: The Life of Buddha by Andre Ferdinand Herold (1922)

Reading Diary B: The Life of Buddha

The Life of Buddha was a great read from beginning to end! I can't believe that I never really knew much about Buddha before this. I am very glad that I chose this as my reading diary this week.

Siddhartha and King Vimbasara: This story really stuck with me after reading it. I really liked how Siddhartha is trying to escape from his life of royalty to pursue his path of enlightenment, but he is not able to shake that essence from him. People all across the city would follow him around thinking that he was a god. The hero is able to remain focused and humble despite having all of the temptations around him to return to a life luxury. I really enjoyed that King Vimbasara was so enthralled by him. Even though he is a king, he knows he can learn Siddhartha. I am thinking about writing about King Vimbasara for my storytelling assignment now. He seems like a very interesting character, in my opinion. I also really enjoyed the part about him going to see such a revered hermit only to find out that he did not actually know anything. That did not phase Buddha, he continued on his path and was able to gain some disciples from it.

(Siddhartha and his disciples)

The Tree of Knowledge: This was one of my favorite stories from this section. It really demonstrated how Siddhartha was on the cusp of becoming Buddha. Sakra, a god, offered  to clean the shroud for burial; Buddha refused and opted to do it himself since he knew what a monk must do. I also liked how he knew that he was about to achieve his enlightenment throughout this story. It was not just one case of subtle foreshadowing either. He even threw a bowl in the river and said if it flowed upstream that he was going to be Buddha. He also said Buddha's from the past ate out of gold bowls before gaining supreme knowledge. I loved how focused he was and that nothing was going to stop him.

Reading Diary A: The Life of Buddha

This week I decided to read The Life of Buddha. I have always wanted to learn more about Buddha since he is a very foreign figure to me. I really enjoyed learning more about him!

Birth of Siddhartha: This was such a great story to start with. The way that the world sounded when Siddhartha was born was mesmerizing. It sounded like pure poetry and bliss. Everything in the world was good at that exact moment. That really does show the significance of his being from the beginning. Saying that he gives happiness is the perfect way to describe his aura in this story. It seemed to just be electric to everything on Earth. I also liked how all of the gods came to sing and rejoice in the birth of a child being born. He was royalty, but I like that he was not born to the gods. It truly shows how enthralled they were by him since he was not their own.

(Buddha's Birth)

The First Encounter: This was another great read from this book. It is such an interesting thought for someone to never be exposed to old age or illness. It would be such a hard thing to grasp if you had never seen it before in your life. The hardest part of it would be realizing your humanity and that you have a finite time of living. I really enjoyed the part about it him asking to see if he would one day look like that. That is a life-changing thing to hear. I can see why this would haunt a young Siddhartha so much. Being purposefully shielded from all of that would cause quite a deep reflection when you finally did see it. I think this story could be a possibility for my story this week. I would most likely focus on the old, decrepit man that Buddha saw in the streets.

Extra Reading Diary: Khasi Folktales

I chose to read Khasi Folktales for my extra reading diary this week. It was a great read with very rich, and unique stories. I do not believe that I have ever read any Indian folktales before this week.

The Tiger and the Monkeys: I was excited to read about a story that featured a tiger in it. I had grown so accustom to reading about lions being the king in stories. The tiger seemed like such an interesting character. He was in his own universe at all times. His title being his downfall is such an interesting concept. He was too involved with himself to actually notice his subjects. The monkeys were also a very interesting opposition to have against the mighty tiger. None of them seemed bold or wise enough to plot well enough to defeat the tiger.They illustrated that a group is greater than one. It was also a really great way of explaining the brazen attitude that monkeys have towards tigers.


(tiger)

How the Dog Came to Live with Man: This was an incredible story, I loved everything about it. My absolute favorite part was where it explained why dogs can smell and track other animals. Saying that they stepped in such a smelly substance that it would stay with them forever was brilliant. The pig being explained did come as a bit of a surprise to me. It was very interesting to see the dog have such a negative light cast upon it. He tricked man into trusting him. The dog just seemed like such a bad character. I also really like how it made sense of why pigs eat slop and like it.

Storytelling Week 4 - The Frog General

Off in a distant pond lived a frog named Winston. Winston had dreamed of joining the mighty frog army since he was but a wee little tadpole. All he ever talked or thought about was military tactics; he was enthralled by the subject. All throughout his life Winston was one of the smallest frogs in his group. The other frogs often teased him about his size and his lofty aspirations of holding the highest title a frog can get, General. He could not jump the farthest or croak the loudest, but he would not let anything deter him from his dream.

He trained day and night in preparation for boot camp. Not only did he workout his body, but he did something that no other frog did, he worked out his mind. He read any piece of literature that he could get his hands on. It was not just military books, it was also mentally enlightening books so he could adequately handle any sticky situation that he might come across. He was instantly at the top of his class in boot camp. He excelled in every facet of the program; his determination had paid off! All of the drill instructors quickly took notice to the tenacity and resolve that Winston had. They honored him with the top of the class title at the boot camp graduation.

Winston was finally in his dream field now. He had proven himself in boot camp, and now it was his time to shine and climb the ranks to reach that highly coveted General position. Winston knew that the title would not be given to him, he would have to earn it. He continued to do all of the training that he did in boot camp so he could always be improving. He was not going to let any other frog outwork him, period. Times were changing around the pond. A hostile group of toads were trying to takeover the entire pond; It was time for war. Winston had been training for this scenario his whole life.

The toads proved to be a worth advisory for the army of frogs. They had such a size advantage over the frogs that they were able to start dwindling down the number of the regime. Nothing that the frogs were doing was working. They could not defeat the toads in one-on-one combat. Winston was witnessing carnage from all angles. His comrades needed his help badly. Suddenly, Winston had a stroke of genius.

Being smaller than everyone growing up made him adapt to different ways of combat. He knew how to use size as a disadvantage. He commanded the rest of the frogs to start targeting the lily pads that the heavy toads were perched on; Winston lead the charge. The toads began to topple over quickly, losing their leverage. Their large frames made it nearly impossible for them to keep balance when the lily pads would start to shake beneath them. The frogs took all of the momentum and were able to push the toads all the way out of the pond.

This frogs began to cheer in victory. They had defeated the ferocious  group of toads and take back control of their home. All of the frogs quickly took notice of Winston's valor and leadership. He was everyone's hero. Shortly after the war, Winston was brought in front of all of the frogs and named General. His dream had finally come true.


(the pond)

Author's Note: This story was based off of The Frog, the Bee, and the Bird from The Tales of a Parrot. That story starts out with a Saweh, a small type of bird, having its eggs knocked out of a tree and destroyed by an elephant. The tiny bird realizes that it needs to get help if it wants to have revenge against the enormous animal. The Saweh quickly enlisted the help of her friend the Longbill. The Longbill knows that they need to consult with his friend the Bee. The Bee has a friend that can formulate the perfect strategy, the Frog. All of the animals collaborate together and are able to defeat the Elephant in the end.

I chose to go with a third person storytelling approach to tell the tale of Winston the frog. I thought this was the best way of documenting his feats and climbing of the ranks amongst the frogs. The Frog in the original story is a wise General for the army of frogs. I really fell in love with his character when he was able to develop a tactic to take down an elephant. It made me wonder how he was able to become so wise in military strategy and what kind of back story he could have.

Bibliography: The Tooti Nameh or Tales of a Parrot, by Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi (1801) 

Reading Diary B: Tales of a Parrot

I finished reading Tales of a Parrot, and it was a superb read! I am really thankful that this class exposes me to stories from other cultures that I would probably never know to read.

The Frog, the Bee, and the Bird: This was a grand story. I love how the parrot can talk about a story organically in all of his conversations. He has such a great way of relating stories and the lessons they teach to any interaction that he has. He makes it very relevant. This story brought so many interesting characters to light. My favorite was the general of the frog army. He had such a great plan that came from collaborating with all of the other animals. I also enjoyed the fact that all of the animals knew that they could not accomplish the feat of taking out a massive elephant by themselves. It was also great to see how all of the other animals were able to unite even though the Saweh was the only animal that had a grievance with the elephant in the story. I think this will be my writing story for the week since there is such a great cast of characters to incorporate into it.
(the elephant)

The Elk and the Ass: This was another great story from the wise parrot. I really enjoyed how there was a story within a story on this one. The Elk is able to tell a story that directly relates to the situation that they are in, but the ass is too stubborn to adhere to the sage advice of the elk. The moral of this story was also very interesting, in my opinion. It is different to read about circumstances when conformity are seen as the right thing to do, especially when all of the examples used are about devious acts to start with.

Tales of a Parrot - Reading Diary A

I chose to go with Tales of a Parrot for my reading this week. I thought it sounded like a very interesting series of stories since it is not an animal that I am used to reading stories about. I can not believe that I had never heard of these before; they were great. It really made me start to wonder what countries have never heard the stories I was taught growing up.

Khojisteh and the Parrot was a great story. There is one line that really stood out to me from the story, "The soul took flight from the body, and she expired." This was such a poetic way of describing death. I will definitely remember that phrase now. I really like how intriguing the parrot is. Everything the parrot says makes me want to know more about his back story and all of the lessons he has to teach. I also liked how he stayed calm and collect even when he was staring death down.


(Khojisteh and the Parrot)

The Old Lion and the Cat  was another story that really resonated with me. I love the descriptive words that helped paint the outline of the lion. It was easy to picture the lion with the large chunks of food still left in his teeth. It was also very interesting to have the mice become such a burden on the lion that he alone can not stop them from stealing the food from him. My favorite character from the story was the cat. The cat was so wise in the way it analyzed the situation. It was such a clever way of keeping a job by not fulfilling all of the duties of the job. The mice had to be around to keep the job. I am thinking about making the cat the focus of my story this week.

Tales from the Inuits: Styles Brainstorm

Topic: My storybook will be based around stories from Knud Rasmussen's Eskimo Folk-Tales and any other sources I find. My goal will be to take four different tales from across the Inuit culture that deal with the animals that inhabit the vast amount of land that spans the Inuit culture. Two stories that I want to use are When the Ravens Could Speak and The Giant Dog. There is a trove of rich stories by Rasmussen to choose from for this project along with stories by Henry Rink and Waldemar Bogoras. My main criteria for choosing the stories will be to just make sure that the animals featured are all starkly different from one another. By that I mean I do not want to have a story about a dog and a story about a wolf. I want to try to get the most out of showing the difference between all of the animals and the moral of their stories.

Bibliography:

1. When the Ravens Could Speak, from Eskimo Folk-Tales, by Knud Rasmussen (1921).

2. The Giant Dog, from Eskimo Folk-Tales, by Knud Rasmussen (1921). There are a ton of great stories to choose from on sacred-texts.

Possible Styles:

Tall Tales of Rasmussen. After reading about Rasmussen's adventures finding these stories, I thought it would be a fun idea to spin the tales as if Rasmussen were a larger-than-life character that has interactions with the protagonists of the different stories that he recorded. Stories would be told around a local watering hole of his most heroic deeds as he tangoed with some of the biggest creatures in the north.

Tales from the tail trail. Since dog sledding was such an integral part of transportation to the culture, I was thinking of having a map of Greenland with a dog sled trail leading to points where different stories happened. I'll just allocate different animal stories to different regions of the country since that is where Rasmussen's tales are from. The storytelling would be done through different sled dogs at the different points of the map. 

Campfire stories. Another format I was thinking about using is having a bunch of different young animals sit around a campfire and swap stories about their Inuit culture. It will be like a competition for each of the youngsters to outdo one another with their stories, but it will also be a learning experience for all of them.

Summer with Grandparents. My last style approach would be to have an animal from another land, like North America, come to visit his grandparents in an Inuit rich area, like Greenland. The grandchild could come visit his grandparents for the first time with no knowledge of his cultures stories. His grandparents would be able to tell him fascinating stories about the rich culture that he came from. The grandchild could initially think that being up in the colder areas of the north is boring, but the grandparents could quickly change the perception of their grandchild and make become proud of his family's past.

(A hunter and a monster, source: Sacred-Texts)