Week 11 Story: Jealous Cat

Gerald was a family cat. Gerald was just your normal house cat that was just living the dream. He had all the food he would ever need and all the time to sleep and do absolutely nothing all day. Gerald was the king of the house. No one could take him off his perch, in the window, as he looked over his beautiful kingdom. This was all about to change though.
Gerald had been the main cat for a number of years and this was the result of constantly taking out the competition. Anytime a cat or any other pet would show up in the house, Gerald would take care of the competition within an instant. Gerald had no time for other pets to take up his me time. Gerald would just lead them into the woods in the backyard and they would never be seen again. His family became skeptical of Gerald and proceeded to take a stand against their own cat. Gerald's family came home one day with a young cat named Jeff. Jeff was an upbeat cat that Gerald saw as a threat and knew that Jeff would take his spot as the favorite cat. Gerald knew the threat was extremely real and that Jeff had to go.
The day had come for Gerald to go through with his plan. Gerald woke up and had that look in his eye. The look that meant someone was going to die. Gerald waltzed around the house looking for Jeff but he was nowhere to be found. Gerald began to be furious as there was no sign of Jeff in the house. What Gerald did not know is that Jeff had been hidden by the family. Gerald's family knew that if Jeff was left alone that he wouldn't survive. Gerald continued to search and get more mad. Finally, he saw Jeff. Jeff had escaped his room after the family explicitly told him not to leave. Gerald knew it was his time to strike.
Gerald led Jeff into the woods as usual and the plan was for Jeff not to come out. Gerald led Jeff deep into the forest and convinced him to go over to a log that Gerald had been using for the past few years. The log was big and heavy and no animal has ever been able to escape its rath. The only problem was is that Jeff was a trickster. Jeff began to head towards that log with Gerald in close pursuit, but Jeff turn the tables. Jeff spun around and sent the log at Gerald with force and it actually caught Gerald instead of Jeff.
Jeff walked back to the house where the family was frantically looking for Jeff as they knew something bad was going to happen to him. All of a sudden the family heard scratching at the door. It was Jeff!! Jeff had survived, against the odds, the attack from Gerald! The family was ecstatic but also torn as Gerald was now the cat that was no longer here. It was Jeff's world and we were all living in it.

Jeff running back from the woods https://images.app.goo.gl/yLFAD6TscSRPx5yz7

Author's Note: I decided to go off the Jealous Uncle story from this week. Gerald was the new uncle that was crazy and wouldn't let any other cat in the house with him. Gerald used woods as cover to kill the other cats as well as had to work a little hard to get the cat out of hiding as the uncle had to find the boy in the village as he was hidden from him by the wives. The uncle gets a hold of the boy as Gerald did and takes him into the woods. The only twist from the original story was the outcome of the trip to the woods. In the original, the uncle takes the boy to the woods and both come back alive. In my story, both cats enter but only one survives. Jeff now has the throne of the house and the fact that the boy comes back int he original story makes me feel that there will be a chance to take the throne.
Bibliography: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/heroes-jealous-uncle.html

Reading Notes: The Jealous Father

After reading the Jealous Uncle I decided to keep the jealous family member stories going with the father getting in the act. The way the Jealous Uncle went yesterday had me in limbo for what I thought this story was going to be about. I had a feeling the same thing was going to happen, and in a way it did. The father grew jealous over his sons for some reason. The father had his suspicions of one of his sons confirmed when he had returned from a hunt and saw marks on one of the wives he had. The father knew something was up and proceeded to lead the son to a rocky island to find eggs. This story sort of took the same route as the story from yesterday, but it was a little less gruesome and it seemed as the father was not a serial boy killer like the uncle was. The father left the son on the island to die. The son could definitely live a lot longer than the boys from the uncle story as there is, more than likely, a way better chance of surviving for a while on that island. The fun part of the story came to life as a Walrus came out of the water to greet the boy and comfort the boy after the events that had just occurred. I loved that the walrus is a magical walrus. The walrus asks the boy if the sky is clear which was surprising since walrus can not fly. It was interesting that the walrus acted as if the boy was his son but it didn't bother me too much from the fact that the walrus was magical. The story took a crazy turn with the death of the walrus. This was surprising as I was not expecting the walrus to die so suddenly. The lightning attack came from the son's father which was crazy to think about and the boy survived. The father was truly angry at the son as an old lady told him that there was a lot of trouble for the boy down the road and that he must prepare for the worst of the trip. The story itself was slightly different from the uncle story but still had the same storyline as the boy survived both attacks but the difference in surviving was polar opposites.

Member of the Cree Tribe https://images.app.goo.gl/SEU4srHt6iweyQhg9

Bibliogrpahy: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/heroes-jealous-father.html

Reading Notes: The Jealous Uncle

This I decided to with the hero stories of the Native Americans. I really enjoyed the stories from last week and was excited to read more stories. I read through a lot of them and came upon The Jealous Uncle. I thought it the story title was hilarious and could be a great story to be able to read and it did not disappoint. The story was nothing like I thought it would be. The story began with death. i was in aww as the uncle of the story killed both of his nephews in the first paragraph of the story. The story continued and it got to the point of the uncle having the gender of the baby hidden from him so he did not have any competition. It is an interesting concept to think about but it makes a little sense. The fact that the gender of the boy was hidden from him for so long is impressive. The uncle eventually found out and was disappointed that it would be hidden from him, but once he found out the uncle had to kill the nephew. the boy was warned and he prepared for the worst. The story took a surprising turn that was awesome for the boy. The boy used a sour cranberry that he was given to aid him when he was taken into the woods. The boy was trapped under a log and the uncle had left to go back to the village and let the boy die in the woods alone. The boy rubbed the cranberry on the log and the log opened up and let the boy free from the hold that the log had. The best part of the story came from the boy going back to the village. The boy brought wood back to the village as kind of a punch at the uncle that had tried to killed him hours earlier. This motivated the uncle even more to kill the boy which was concerning for the boy and the rest of the village if there were more boys to come to the village. The story was nothing I expected when I read the title but it didn't disappoint and it was an extremely fun read.

Yupik mother and child https://images.app.goo.gl/vBTintHBaGVMoNje8

Bibliography: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/heroes-jealous-uncle.html