The Mouse Metamorphosed into a Maid: I first thought when I read the title of this story that it would be similar to the cat story of similar name, but it was not! I was caught off guard, but pleasantly so.
The Council Held by the Rats: I adored this story when I first read it in the Aesop unit and I loved it again in poetic form. The author did a great job transposing it into verse!
The Tortoise and the Two Ducks: Though I am not so sure of the ending, I liked the majority of this story.
The Frogs Asking a King: I honestly do not know why I enjoyed this story so much, but I really did! I think it was the juxtaposition of the rhyming verse with the harsh god that tickled me.
The Swallow and the Little Birds: Though I did not necessarily think this story was fantastic, I chose it because it reminds me of the birds in the Sower passage of the Bible. I love that passage and therefore any reminder makes me happy.
The Bear and the Amateur Gardner: I think I have a love hate relationship with this story. On the one hand there is the sad ending, but on the other there is a funny picture of a man and bear as friends and a stupid bear at that. I love and hate this as I said.
The Astrologer Who Stumbled Into a Well: I found the purposeful irony in this story hilarious and that is why I chose this story from the page. It really made me smile.
The Carter in the Mire: This story makes me think of the saying of "God helps those who learn to help themselves" which is I think sometimes true and sometimes God just has to do the thing for you (once you ask him to, so I suppose asking is helping yourself). But I digress, in short I appreciate that Hercules helped him figure out how to do the task himself.
Poebus and Boreas: I have heard a version of this story before as a riddle, but never just as a story I do not think. I enjoyed how it played out.
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