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reading notes: russian folktales part b

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   Cabbage guy from avatar Link this man wanted to stay the night at this family's house, and they told him sure if he did not fear death. apparently death was coming by houses at night and killing everyone in there, and it was that houses turn. he stayed the night and stayed awake the entire time. death showed up and reached her arm through the window and was about to sprinkle from her pot, when the man chopped off her arm. he grabbed the arm and went to sleep. the next day he gathered everyone in town and went door to door, they found a little girl who the arm belonged to, and they burned her for being a witch. an old man grew a cabbage, and it grew so big he had to cut a hole in the floor for it, then the cieling, and then the sky. he climbed all the way up it and saw wonders in the heaven. he told his wife about this and said that they should move up there. she wasnt sure howd she get up there, so he offfered to carry her in a bag. he held the bag in his teeth and ...

Redaing notes: russian folktales part a

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   Woden's Day Link there was a husband and wife who had a son, but the wife died. the baby cried all throughout the day, but it became very quiet at night. this was peculiar, so the maid stayed awake that night to see what was happening, the door was quietly opening and then after a short time the baby would not make a noise, like it was suckling. a group of men wanted to know what exactly was occuring, so they hid in he babies room and revealed a lantern when the baby went silent. they all saw the dead mother nursing her child, when they saw her, she just looked at her baby all sad like and left. they were in terror, and they found the baby dead. a women was unable to finish the work she  was doing one night, so she prayed to mother wednesday to help her wake up early the next morning so she could finish her work. she awoke to a woman, wednesday, working on what she was to do and she was telling the woman to do this and that to help her finish. she got scared an...

Week 14 story: Check your checking

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  Patrick telling spongbob to write his essay Link   This story can now be viewed in my portfolio here . This story is not your typical tale. Not because it is specifically spectacular, but merely mundane. It is not a story about battling beasts, but one of defeating demons. The story begins with our hero, you. Yes, you are the protagonist of this very story. I cannot say whether this is a story of the future or past, nor can I say if it is dream or reality, but I will say that it is a story of triumph. Now, let’s begin. You have sat down to commence your work. Your deadline is quickly approaching and there is still much that needs to be done. You are furiously typing away at your computer, trying to get everything done by the end of the day. You thought that you had given yourself plenty of time to finish this, but the clock keeps ticking forward, closer and closer to the time this needs to be done by. You admittedly may have procrastinated a little t...