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Week 15 Story: The Nurturer

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In a certain village there lived a young couple that was known by all to be happy, peaceful and madly in love. The town was thankful to have a young couple like them that represented all that people should strive for in a relationship. The town was devastated to learn that the wife passed away while attempting to undergo natural childbirth in the comfort of her home, leaving her husband to be a widower. The people of the town sent their condolences. The people of the town volunteered to help the man and his new child by sending food and helping around their house any way that they could. The widower was stressed and decided the best course of action was to hire an old woman to look after his child. This was to fill the empty spot of nourisher that the late mother left. Unfortunately the baby was ill-behaved, refusing to eat, and crying constantly. There appeared to be no way to calm the small child. There was a great part of the night where it appeared that the baby would suddenly be
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Reading Notes: Czech Part B

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The Witch Girl Man defends family from death They gave him housing and in return he gave them protection for the fatal death The Headless Princess Man sees a princess take her head off and accuses her of being a witch The man then is attacked He draws a circle around himself to assure that he will be safe The magic works The Warlock Father in-law murders his two daughters in law The third one outwits him and kills him She was rewarded a great deal of money for out thinking him The Fox Physician The man grew a beanstalk A younger man came and took all of his wealth The Two Corpes Two Corpes set out to eat a man They schemed together and devised a plan to eat him Their skeletons crumbled and the man was able to escape The Dog and the Corpse A dog grew resentful towards its owner because he did not help hunt their pray The owner would run to the house as the dog battled and killed their pray The dog would growl every time he would see the owner
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Reading Notes: Czech Part A

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The Dead Mother There was a man and women who gave birth to a child Shortly after, the woman died The woman comes back from the dead to nurse the child Results in the child dying The Treasure Goatskin overcame the pope The pope was corrupt Man needed a place to bury his mom, but he was poor. The Bad Wife A wife was so bad that the demons were terrified of her The husband tricked her into the pit by using reverse psychology Demons begged for the husband to take her away The Misery Man faked his own death in order to avoid paying a Copeck back He even faked his own Funeral Finally gave up once he realized they would cut his head off Friday Woman dishonored Mother-Friday and was no longer able to see The curse was permanent Wednesday' Woman battles the spirit of Wednesday                                                         Mother Russia Image
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Week 14 Story: The man who met Missouri

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There once lived a rich man, so rich that he never needed to leave his house. He lived in Los Angeles, CA with his three sons and wife. His children were so sheltered and spoiled that they knew nothing about the the real, outside world. The oldest son, Francis, was teased by his schoolmates who claimed he knew nothing about the misery of the real world. Francis resented this and one day told his father that he was sick of staying at home. Francis wanted to encounter what misery really was. His father initially objected but realized his son would have to find out about life the hard way. Francis then packed up all of his belongings and set off on is Maserati to find misery. Before he really got going on the road, Francis made a quick pit stop at the local gas station and asked the cashier where misery was. The cashier, confused by his question, pulled out a map and pointed to Missouri. Francis thanked the cashier and left with his destination set for Missouri. After several days, Fran
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Reading Notes: Czech Part B

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The Man who Met Misery The son of a wise man goes out into the real world to search for misery. He eventually comes across an Ogre in a basement, who he then blinds. The ogre ripped his finger off but the prince returned with his life. Nine At A Blow Clever man continually tricks a giant He eventually convinces the Giant to jump off of a building, claiming he would fly. The Giant died and he took the money they earned together. A Clever Lass  A king is continually fooled by a young woman The woman impressed him so they got married She disobeyed his wishes and gave advice to another man She was told to leave and take the thing she liked best with her She knocked the king out and took him with her At this point the king was so impressed that he allowed her to give advice to whomever she wanted.  Old Nick and Kitty Kitty was an unattractive old woman She was determined to dance with Old Nick Old Nick agreed to dance with her at first but eventually was
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Reading Notes: Czech Part A

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Sleepy John John was shut away into a cask while asleep John was given a staff that allowed him to track down the queen  He was given half of the kingdom because of this ability. Silly Jura Three Brothers Two older brothers bullied the younger one Jura became rich and found a wife The Bear, the Eagle, and the Fish Husband gives out his daughters hands in marriage  He gives them to a bear eagle and fish They eventually have a brother who goes to find them Waternick A boy and girl wondered from home and attached yarn to a tree in order to find their way back. They found their way back home and cared for their dying mother.                                                                          Czech landscape Biliography:
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Week 13 Story: Miss Muffet and the Spider

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A young girl named Muffet made lunch one day, she made her special meal; curds and whey.  as she prepared to feast by herself at home. She was a fantastic cook, never needed a recipe book but always ate her meals alone. Little Miss Muffet Sat on a small tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a large spider, And sat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away. This caused her to spill the food further dampening her mood, as she was deathly afraid of small creatures They made her sweat  and intensely fret  turn bright red, would all of her features. She could not overcome this fear, when small bugs drew near, she would always feel sick and afraid. She was now getting older and sought to overcome this without someone coming to her  aid. Miss Muffet turned to face the spider trying to overcome the fear inside her, as she looked into its small black eyes. Her legs began to shake and her stomach began to quake as s
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