Reading Notes: The Story of the Wolf-Bride, Reading B
For reading B, I chose "The Story of the Wolf-Bride." This story comes from the Persian Tales unit.
This story is about a man that's fate included having a son. The man looked into what would happen to his son during his life, and was told by an akhund that his son will be torn into pieces by a wolf. This made the man want to protect his son, so he built a chamber that he would put his son in to protect him.
The son of the man grew up in this chamber, learning to read and write while growing up. By the time he was ready to get married, his wife was chosen for him and they celebrated their wedding shortly before the newlyweds returned to the chamber to spend their lives.
The wife put her arms around the son of the man, and she instantly turned into a wolf and tore him to pieces. She turned back into the woman afterword, and had no idea how the transformation happened. People found the man torn to pieces, and his wife could not fathom how it occurred, though she was the only being down in the chamber with him. She knew she turned into a wolf and turned into pieces, but didn't know how.
The story went to prove that whatever fate plans, happens no matter what. This was an interesting story, because the man went to have his horoscope read to know what will happen to his son. I'm very interested in Zodiac signs, so I related to reading my horoscope for the day and waiting for the "fate" to happen. After reading this story, I wondered what would happen if instead of a wolf, the man turned into something else. Many times you read about a frog that turns into a prince, so what if the man turned into an animal that the woman still loved? Would they continue to live in the chamber, happily ever after?
This story is about a man that's fate included having a son. The man looked into what would happen to his son during his life, and was told by an akhund that his son will be torn into pieces by a wolf. This made the man want to protect his son, so he built a chamber that he would put his son in to protect him.
The son of the man grew up in this chamber, learning to read and write while growing up. By the time he was ready to get married, his wife was chosen for him and they celebrated their wedding shortly before the newlyweds returned to the chamber to spend their lives.
The wife put her arms around the son of the man, and she instantly turned into a wolf and tore him to pieces. She turned back into the woman afterword, and had no idea how the transformation happened. People found the man torn to pieces, and his wife could not fathom how it occurred, though she was the only being down in the chamber with him. She knew she turned into a wolf and turned into pieces, but didn't know how.
The story went to prove that whatever fate plans, happens no matter what. This was an interesting story, because the man went to have his horoscope read to know what will happen to his son. I'm very interested in Zodiac signs, so I related to reading my horoscope for the day and waiting for the "fate" to happen. After reading this story, I wondered what would happen if instead of a wolf, the man turned into something else. Many times you read about a frog that turns into a prince, so what if the man turned into an animal that the woman still loved? Would they continue to live in the chamber, happily ever after?
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