I really enjoyed this unit even though it was kind of dark. It was very entertaining. One of the stories that I really enjoyed was the story of the The Dead mother.
“The Dead Mother” is about a mother that dies giving birth. She leaves the child to her husband who does not have a clue about how to raise or nourish a child. He hires an old woman to help him raise the child but the child rejects the old woman. The baby continued to cry except during a great part the night. During the night the baby was quiet but as soon as morning approached the baby would cry. The mystery of the baby not crying at night spurred questioning. The husband, the old woman, and friends stayed up one night to find out the source of the baby’s quietness. They discover that the source of the baby’s quietness is his dead mother. During the night, the dead mother feeds the baby. When the dead mother finally finished feeding the baby and left, they found the baby dead.
Another story that I enjoyed was the story of The Bad Wife. This story is about a husband who is married to a bad wife. Whenever the husband asks for favor from his wife, she does the opposite. She also likes to call names such as “thief.” This angers the husband to the point he plots her disappearance. He tricks his wife to go into a bottomless pit. The wife is stuck in the pit forever and the husband is free to live a more peaceful life.
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| (Dead mother's tombstone) |
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