"The lion and the Crane was an interesting little story. It looks to be based of a poem. What I like about the short tale was how the crane and the lion interacted with each other. At first the lion desperate needed the crane's help to break the bone in the lion's mouth. The Crane was reluctant at first saying that he would eat him afterward, but the lion kept his promise and spared his life. Days after the crane went back to visit the lion, but he was acting ungrateful toward the crane. He told him that he was lucky to still be alive.
I am not sure what to think about the Broken Pot story! It is just a guy that is thinking to himself for awhile. Then he snaps out of it and kicks the pot of rice, and spills it all over him.
I remember hearing this story in last semesters class, and it is quite a good one. In the beginning the jealous wives plot to kill the brothers sister. They end up cursing her to drown here. Throughout the story. The dead sister becomes a magic fiddle and travels around with an old man. The family steals the fiddle and become very poor. Then the sister finally has a chance to tell the brothers what the wives have done. They act like they already knew what the wives have done.
My Favorite story is 'The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal." It ks similar to the Lion and the Crane story but there are some differences. I like the dialogue between all the characters especially the tiger and the Jackal . The jackal listens to the Brahman's story and acts like he doesn't understand. He does this so well that it eventually angers the man and the tiger! The tiger looses his patience so fast that he jumps back into the cage to give the Jackal a visual aid to the explanation, and then the Jackal slaps the door shut!
South China Tiger
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