I really enjoyed the second half of this reading unit. A particular story that I thought was interesting was the story of the The Dog-Husband. This story was about young girl who befriends a dog but this was not just any ordinary dog. Eventually the girl and the dog's relationship became romantic and late at night the dog would transform into a human. The young girl then becomes pregnant, bringing shame to her family. She eventually gave birth to five dog pups: 4 male and 1 female. Even though they brought shame to the girl she still loved and cared for them. One day, though, the girl caught her children in human form. This was good news to the young girl. The young girl advised her children to remain in human form; they obeyed and now the village does shame them.
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Another story that I enjoyed was the The True Bride. The story actually kind of started like a Cinderella story, which I found kind of humorous. For instance, the young girl had an evil stepmother who make her do tremendous amounts of work. While out running errands for her mother the young girl ran into her relatives. Her relatives pitied her and gave her the gift of gold. Whenever she spit a nugget of gold would come out. As soon as her stepmother found this out she sent her other daughter to the relatives to perhaps receive this same gift but her daughter disrespected them. So instead they gave her an unfortunate gift. Every time she spits a smelly toe nail comes out. Good things come to those that are humble and kind.
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