This was an entertaining story about a cat and a mouse who decide to live with each other through the winter season. Mouse is good at heart, while Cat seems to be a little suspicious. Together, they both find a pot of fat that they hide in the church so that no one will dare steal. When winter comes and there's no food left to find outside, they will have plenty stored up in the form of that pot of fat. However, Cat is sneaky and everyday he leaves the house to go to the church and eat from the pot of fat. By the time winter comes around, the pot of fat is gone and the mouse ends up getting eaten by the cat too. I think this would be a great story to add onto or even modify. I liked how the Cat left the house saying he was to be a godfather, and when he came back he would say the name of the kitten was "Half-gone" or "All-gone", referring to how much of the fat was left after eating for the day. It was a very clever plan!
The Wolf and Seven Young Kids
This story was similar to the one about the wolf blowing down the houses of little piggies. However, there were a few major differences. Instead of blowing the houses down, the wolf decided to deceive the little piggies by changing aspects of his appearance. Eventually, this fooled the piggies and he swallowed them one by one. The mother found out and went looking for the wolf. When she found him, she cut his stomach open and all her kids were still miraculously alive in there. She refilled the wolf's stomach with stones and sewed him back up. When the wolf woke up, he was thirsty and went to the well for a drink. When we leaned over, the weight of the stones pulled him in and drowned him. I like the idea for this story because it's one about deceit and about the way "people really are". I could build off this story or rewrite it so it's more modern.
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| The cat deceives the mouse; Project Gutenberg |
Brothers Grimm from Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales by Dan Ashliman
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