Week 12 Storytelling Not so Good-y Bags
Emily ran down the hallway.
"Its Halloween!" she yelled.
Emily was 10 years old and had decided to dress up Jasmine her favorite Disney princess. Halloween was by far her favorite day of the year. Her love of candy and princesses all combined into one day. Every year her family would go trick or treating around their neighborhood. Emily's favorite house was Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith always gave out a hand made surprise goody bag full of toys and chocolate.
As dusk approached Emily got dressed in her Jasmine costume. Her mom, dad and brother all got ready to go trick or treating. As they left the house Emily saw ghosts, skeletons and spider webs. She went door to door happily saying "trick or treat" and receiving candy in return. The house on the corner had a bowl out front with a sign saying "please take one". So Emily happily took one piece of chocolate and continued to trick or treat.
Finally Emily approached Mrs. Smith's house. To her surprise she saw a bowl out front just as she had seen at other houses on her street. A sign read "please take one". It was a bowl full of goody bags. Her brother took a bag and walked away. Before anyone noticed Emily dumped the whole bowl into her bag.
When Emily got home that night she went to her room and opened all of the goody bags and ate candy until she fell asleep. The next morning Emily's mom told her that Mrs. Smith called her that morning. She knew that Emily took all of the goody bags. Both her mom and Mrs. Smith were very disappointed in her and said that she was very greedy to take all of the bags.
The next year Mrs. Smith did not hand out goody bags. Instead she answered the door and gave each child a bag of pretzels. It reminded Emily she shouldn't only think of herself.
Author's Note: This was an adaptation of the story "The Golden Feathers". In the story a father leaves home to make money for his family. He is turned into a goose with golden feathers. He gives his feathers one and a time for his family to sell for money. When the mother gets greedy she plucks all of his feathers to sell. He then grows white feathers and flies away never to return. Since Halloween just passed I changed the story to be about a little girl who could not resist temptation. Both stories show how greed will do more harm than good.
Title: Twenty Jataka Tales
Author: Noor Inayat (Khan)
Illustrator: H. Willebeek Le Mair
Year: 1939
"Its Halloween!" she yelled.
Emily was 10 years old and had decided to dress up Jasmine her favorite Disney princess. Halloween was by far her favorite day of the year. Her love of candy and princesses all combined into one day. Every year her family would go trick or treating around their neighborhood. Emily's favorite house was Mrs. Smith. Mrs. Smith always gave out a hand made surprise goody bag full of toys and chocolate.
As dusk approached Emily got dressed in her Jasmine costume. Her mom, dad and brother all got ready to go trick or treating. As they left the house Emily saw ghosts, skeletons and spider webs. She went door to door happily saying "trick or treat" and receiving candy in return. The house on the corner had a bowl out front with a sign saying "please take one". So Emily happily took one piece of chocolate and continued to trick or treat.
Finally Emily approached Mrs. Smith's house. To her surprise she saw a bowl out front just as she had seen at other houses on her street. A sign read "please take one". It was a bowl full of goody bags. Her brother took a bag and walked away. Before anyone noticed Emily dumped the whole bowl into her bag.
When Emily got home that night she went to her room and opened all of the goody bags and ate candy until she fell asleep. The next morning Emily's mom told her that Mrs. Smith called her that morning. She knew that Emily took all of the goody bags. Both her mom and Mrs. Smith were very disappointed in her and said that she was very greedy to take all of the bags.
The next year Mrs. Smith did not hand out goody bags. Instead she answered the door and gave each child a bag of pretzels. It reminded Emily she shouldn't only think of herself.
Author's Note: This was an adaptation of the story "The Golden Feathers". In the story a father leaves home to make money for his family. He is turned into a goose with golden feathers. He gives his feathers one and a time for his family to sell for money. When the mother gets greedy she plucks all of his feathers to sell. He then grows white feathers and flies away never to return. Since Halloween just passed I changed the story to be about a little girl who could not resist temptation. Both stories show how greed will do more harm than good.
Title: Twenty Jataka Tales
Author: Noor Inayat (Khan)
Illustrator: H. Willebeek Le Mair
Year: 1939
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Hi Brianna!
ReplyDeleteI think this was a really cute version of the original story, The Golden Feathers. When Emily dumped the whole bucket of goody bags in her bag, I knew exactly what story this was. I like that it took me a little bit to catch on though. This was a fun way to make it more modern and relatable to what we see now. Great job with this story!
Hello Brianna,
ReplyDeleteI really like your adaptation. I enjoyed that you put a modern twist on the story. If I was a kid I would definitely take all the candy possible. I like that they was relate-able in that sense. If I were to want to tell this story to a child your version would be the one that I tell. I think it would hit home with the child and and really drive home how bad greed can be. This was a really great story and I can't wait to read more.
Hi Brianna!
ReplyDeleteYour story was so cute and relatable. This seems for sure like a modern day moral dilemma for trick-or-treaters when they see a “take one” bowl of candy! Your story does a good job of delivering the same moral lesson as the Jataka tale since being greedy made both characters lose what they were overindulging in. I love that your retelling shows a child learning her lesson instead of animals.