Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Week 7 Reading Diary B: Twenty-Two Goblins cont'd

Twenty-Two Goblins

Hawk killing a snake (Source)
  • The Snake's Poison
    • This story has the same characters as one of the others! That's kind of cool that some of them intersect. Makes for a complicate life though 
    • The hawk kills the snake and it's poison just happens to squirt out and into the guys food. That's just bad luck 
    • Seriously, the woman is ALWAYS blamed in these stories. 
    • Again, some of the answers to these riddles are dumb. Yeah the guy was dumb for blaming the woman, but that doesn't mean the death was his fault. I'd have gotten this goblin to the monk in no time with all my wrong answers
  • The Girl and the Thief 
    • "But she was prudent and did not like men". FINALLY SOME SENSE 
    • I take it back...she wants to marry the thief about to be executed. Dumb people always fall for the "bad" one. 
    • This story is age-old! Dad tells the daughter she can't date the boy, daughter wants to date the boy even more. Good grief
  • The General's Wife 
    • Everyone who saw this girl fell and in love with her and went crazy with passion? Sucks. Reminds me of Rogue in X-men
    • Hahaha women were warned to stay indoors, otherwise they would see the king, fall in love with him, and then be lovesick? priceless
    • Their love at first sight is very similar to Rama and Sita's first encounter
    •  This one I actually agree with - the King was more deserving
  • The Four Brothers 
    • "No matter how carefully won and guarded, three things are fickle and bring sorrow at the last: evil friendships, a flirt, and money." Preach. 
  •  Father and Son, Daughter and Mother
    • These are the best kinds of riddles!
    • The goblin actually turned out to be good...hm, maybe they just have a bad reputation

No comments:

Post a Comment