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Week 13 Story: Leopard Cake

There once was a little boy who lived with his mother and father. The little boy was celebrating his birthday, and his mother asked him what type of cake he wanted. The little boy said he wanted a cake shaped like a leopard. The mother put the cake in to bake and told the little boy, "Your father and I are going to the market. Keep an eye on the oven while we are gone." The mother and father left, and the little boy sat in the kitchen staring at the oven. He got very bored, and decided to go outside to play. When the little boy got tired, he went inside and found the oven door wide open! He went to the front door, only to see the leopard cake running away! The little boy chased after the cake, but got very tired and had to sit down. The leopard cake kept running and kept running, until it came across two mice. The mice asked, "Where are you going, leopard cake?" The leopard cake responded, "I just outran a little boy. Since I am a leopard, I am faster than...

Reading Notes: Nursery Rhymes, Part B

In the "Jingles" section of the Nursery Rhymes unit, there are several well-known tales. The first is "Hey Diddle Diddle."  HEY! diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laugh'd To see the sport, While the dish ran after the spoon. The next is "Tweedledum and Tweedledee." TWEEDLE-DUM and Tweedle-dee Resolved to have a battle For Tweedle-dum said Tweedle-dee Had spoiled his nice new rattle. Just then flew by a monstrous crow As big as a tar-barrel, Which frightened both the heroes so They quite forgot their quarrel. Another is "Rub-a-dub-dub." RUB a dub dub, Three men in a tub: And who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker, The candlestick-maker; Turn 'em out, knaves all three! As I said in the other reading post about the Nursery Rhymes unit, I think it would be difficult to write my own jingles inspired by these. They are all fairly short and follow a similar rhyme scheme. Th...

Reading Notes: Nursery Rhymes, Part A

In the "Riddles" section of the Nursery Rhymes, there are several short riddles. At the end of each, the answer to the riddle is revealed. Many are written in "AABB" or "AABBCC" rhyme scheme. One riddle I liked was THIRTY white horses upon a red hill, Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still. The answer to this riddle is "teeth and gums," in which the horses are the teeth and the hill is the gums. While I think it would be fun and interesting to write riddles like the ones found in this unit, I think it would be difficult to reach the word count required for the writing assignments for this course. To reach the required minimum word count, I would have to write several riddles, probably at least ten. These riddles tend to be shorter, usually between two and twelve lines. It would also be difficult to keep to the rhyme scheme. Teeth by Kjerstin Michaela Story source:  The Nursery Rhyme Book  edited by Andrew Lang and illustr...