Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology

1. The Foolish, Timid Rabbit, Ellen C. Babbitt

• Synopsis
• The rabbit awakens from a nap and thinks "what would happen to me if the earth began to fall apart?"
• At that point, a coconut falls behind him
• He assumes that the noise from the coconut is the earth cracking
• He begins to run, telling another rabbit he passes that the earth is falling apart
• The second rabbit begins to run with him
• The second rabbit then tells a third rabbit and so on and so forth
• A large group of many different animals all begin running together
• The group meets the lion king at the base of a mountain
• The lions asks what's going on
• When the original Rabbit reveals that he thinks the earth is falling apart, the lion takes him back to his nap spot to investigate
• The earth was found to be very much intact, but there was a coconut found on the ground...
• Possibilities
• What if the earth really was falling apart???
• What if instead of running, it was a gossip ring?
• Area 51???

3. The Cunning Crane and the Crab, W. H. D. Rouse

• Synopsis
• There were many fish in a pond that began drying up in the summer
• A crane offered to take them to a nearby pond that was cool and spring fed
• The fish sent their old, one-eyed friend to see if the Crane could be trusted
• After taking the old fish to the lake, then bringing him back to tell all of the others about it, he began taking the fish one by one to the lake
• except they never make it to the lake, he eats them
• The last one to go is a crab, who holds onto the cranes neck with his claws rather than riding in his mouth
• When the crane tries to eat him, he snips his head off
• Possibilities
• What if the crane is true to his word
• Vegan Crane?
• Fish are friends, not food

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8. Goblin City, W. H. D. Rouse

• Synopsis
• There was a ship wreck off the coast of the Goblins' island
• When the men was ashore, the she-goblins use their powers to make it look like the island is inhabited
• The men agree to marry the women, thinking they're humans
• One man wakes up while his wife is down at the prison eating her previous husband and realizes what she is
• The next day he tells his friends what he saw
• not everyone believed him
• There was a nearby fairy that hated the goblins
• She sent her pegasus to rescue the men
• Those who believed were flown off the island and back home
• The non-believers were eaten that night
• Possibilities
• Back story: Why does the fairy hate the goblins?
• Perspective
• Either the goblins or the men
• How do the male goblins feel about this?
• Epic Boss Battle when the men are escaping