Week 12 Review

(Sunday's Announcement, Link)

I was really busy this week so I missed a lot of normal assignments and didn't get to read a lot of announcements. Today was catch-up day so I did a bunch of extra credit, caught up on the assignments not due until tonight, and read the announcements. My favorite picture was actually from today's announcement. It's pictured below. I love this because it shows people that you can be the most insignificant person in the world and, yet, you do still matter!

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#Big12FB: This week's @AP_Top25...

8. @OU_Football
10. @WVUfootball
13. @CowboyFB

— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) November 13, 2016

BOOMER SOONER! Moving up in rankings!

Reading Notes, More English Fairy Tales, Part B

For some extra reading notes, I decided to finish reading More English Fairy Tales. My favorite story in this collection was Rushen Coatie. This story was very similar to that of Cinderella. In this story, Rushen Coatie's father married, and his new wife had 3 children. They took all of Rushen Coatie's coats and gave her one mad of rushes. The made her sit in the kitchen nook. Before her mother's death, she told Rushen Coatie that a red calf will come and grant any wish. Her step-mother hoping that Rushen Coatie would die, only fed her a thimble of broth, a grain of barley, a thread of meat and a crumb of bread. So Rushen Coatie wished for food. Eventually the step-mother found out and had the calf killed. But Rushen Coatie could still make wishes on his bones. One day, the family went to church and Rushen Coatie had to stay and make dinner. So she wished for clothes and that dinner would be made and she went to church. There she met a prince who fell in love with her, but she had to return home and accidentally left her slipper there. The prince came and found her and they lived happily ever after.

(Rushen Coatie, John D. Batten)

Bibliography: More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs Link

Reading Notes, King Arthur, Part A

(Arthur, Walter Crane)

King Arthur was a story that many of us heard as kids. There even was a Disney movie made from the myth called The Sword in the Stone. The myth that this movie was based on was the first story I read in this collection. This story was a little different. In this story, Arthur pulled out the sword from the stone. However, no knights were present when it happened so in order to claim the throne, Arthur had to put the sword back and pull it out with witnesses. When he pulled it out his father and brother were present and much to his dismay his father said that he is not actually his father. That Merlin was his father. The rest of the stories in this collection were all about the adventures of King Arthur.

Bibliography: King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang Link