Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife: I really enjoyed this story. I am not positive what aspect of the story really got me, but I just generally liked it. I am glad the Bey realized his mistake and righted it.
The Imp of the Well: This story was hilarious but it almost felt wrong to laugh at it! I am not sure whether to feel bad for the terrible wife or glad for the husband. The Imp would be an interesting character to write a new story about.
The Soothsayer: This story uses an interesting mix of trickery and blessings from Allah. I found the mixture fascinating in the moral conundrum it conjured in my mind. Was the trickery right? It seemed to be based on the fact that Allah helped the man continue the trickery.
The Wizard and his Pupil: While I enjoyed the story, I am again off put by the lack of morality in the story. It seems that the boy does nothing good and yet gets all the rewards while the wizard ends up dead. Very odd but very enjoyable fairy tales thus far in the unit.
The Liver: I really love this story and those like it. While most people that read this may think of the story of the spider, I think of an entirely different story. My family celebrates Passover, and every year at the end we sing a song that starts out with a father buying a kid (goat) for two zuzim. The story follows a path of biting, beating, eating, etc. all the way to an Angel of the Lord. I love that song and I love that this story reminded me of it.
The stork stealing the liver
Madjun: I continue to be astounded by the fact that these youths bear no consequences for their actions. The youth is a complete bum but gets the princess because he demands it and happens upon a wizard. It is so odd. Maybe there is just something I am not seeing.
Kunterbunt: Ah! I love this one! I was entirely confused the whole story about what was going on until the very end. When the narrator said it was a dream I nearly laughed out loud because the way the story was written is exactly how dreams go. They jump around and make no sense and yet when you are in them you think they are the real story. I really love this concept.
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