Week 13 Story: Pat-Pasta

Once upon a time there was a family that lived in Northern Italy. They lived on farm in the middle of nowhere. There wasn't much for the family to do, which meant that the family could be experts in something else. The family became one of the best pasta makers in all of Italy. That is high praise for a country that is known for their amazing pasta. One day, the son of the family was wondering around the house and heard a bang. The son peered into the kitchen and saw the pot, that was on the stove, dumped on the floor. The boy scratched his head and began to investigate. All of a sudden, a clump of pasta ran out the door and began to run away. The boy knew the high value of the pasta and took off after it.
The boy yelled stop at the pasta as it ran away, and the pasta responded with, "You will never catch me boy! I am Pat-Pasta!" Pat-Pasta rana so fast that the boy lost sight of him. Pat-Pasta continued to run and came upon a couple of hungry miners. "I have outrun a boy and I will outrun you too!!" said the Pat-Pasta.
He took off as the miners gave chase, but Pat-Pasta was just too fast for them too. Pat-Pasta continued to run and run as he lost the miners and thought he was the king of the world. Pat-Pasta then came upon a goat.
"Hello goat, you are too slow for me and I will leave you in my dust!!" Pat-Pasta yelled this at the goat and the goat took offense to the statement and began chasing Pat-Pasta. Pat-Pasta was no match for the goat as the goat couldn't keep up with the fast pasta.
Pat-Pasta then came upon a fox. This fox was relaxing under a tree but was hungry. The fox saw Pat-Pasta running towards him and had a feeling that Pat-Pasta was going to stop and say something to him. "I have outran a boy, two miners and a goat. You are the next one to eat my dust!!" Pat-Pasta was adamant that he was going to outrun the fox. Well the fox was a little smarter than the rest. "What did you say??" said the fox. Pat-Pasta, being the cocky pasta that he was, got closer and yelled the exact same in the foxes face.
Pat-Pasta fell right into the foxes trap as the fox leaned over and gobbled Pat-Pasta up. The fox licked his lips, shrugged his shoulders and went to sleep.
THE END

Pat-Pasta memorial run poster https://images.app.goo.gl/HXp26YecYJTDrgsC8

Author's Note: I used the Johnny-Cake story as inspiration for my Pat-Pasta story. The family and the chasing parts of the story came from the Johnny-Cake story. Pat-Pasta is a spoof of Johnny-Cake but both had the same cocky personality to go with their very fast running. I used the same animal at the end of my story as the Johnny-Cake story was the fox. The sly fox eats both characters at the end and abruptly ends the story.
Bibliography: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/03/english-fairy-tales-johnny-cake.html

Reading Notes: Johnny-Cake

For the second reading of the week, I decided to read a new story that I was not familiar with at all. Johnny-Cake seemed as it was a good story to read and it didn't disappoint. When I began to read the story it seemed a little familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it. I read the story a couple more times and it finally made sense. It was the Gingerbread Man story. I didn't recognize it at first but it clicked in my head and the story really came to life. As I read through the story, the beginning was pretty funny because I related to it so much. I felt the boys reaction when he left the oven. It is boring just to watch something bake so I definitely would have left too. The Johnny-Cake outrunning the family was really funny. I would have never thought that a cake would be able to outrun a whole family. The cake must have been running extremely fast with how small his legs are. It was funny to see the Johnny-Cake continue to challenge people to running as he ran through the land. The Johnny-Cake got extremely cocky as he continued to rack up the people chasing him. Even animals began to give chase which was crazy. Johnny-Cake definitely was on a sugar rush. His run finally came to an end when he was eaten by a fox. The Johnny-Cake became too cocky and got too close to the fox who just sntached him up when the Johnny-Cake got close and yelled on the fox about how much faster he was than the fox and the rest of the people that were chasing him. The story was a great read and it was pretty funny to see what the Johnny-Cake was doing throughout as he ran away from all kinds of people.

Johnny-Cake leaving the house https://images.app.goo.gl/LuWMRThfdCyoSAUZA

Bibliography: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/03/english-fairy-tales-johnny-cake.html

Reading Notes: The Three Little Pigs

This week I excited to be able to read multiple stories that I had read as a kid. I was torn between the English Fairy Tales and the Alice in Wonderland sections. I ultimately decided on the Fairy Tales. I was not disappointed at all. I enjoyed all the stories and decided to choose The Three Little Pigs. I was a huge fan of the The Three Little Pigs when I was younger. As I read through the story I thought it was a great story. One part that I thought was interesting was the role that the wolf had. The wolf began to huff and puff and attempted to blow one of the pigs houses down. His attempts failed and I was confused as in stories that I had read before, the wolf had no problem with the first two houses of the pigs. Well this was different and it was interesting to read and see how it worked. The way the wolf handled it was funny with the offering of the turnips. The pigs second house stood tall and ended up getting turnips, but the pig went before the wolf the next morning which made me chuckle a bit. As I continued to read I loved the story. It was awesome to see a different take on a childhood story that had been twisted into another version from the original Fairy Tale. The craziest part of the story was the last paragraph. The pig devises a great plan to beat the wolf as he climbs down the chimney trying to get into the house. The pigs had boiling water as I am used to reading, but the pigs end up feasting on the wolf. The close the pot on the wolf and he dies in the pot and the pigs eat him. I was shocked to read that as the ending of such a sweet story.

Cover of a Childrens Reading Book https://images.app.goo.gl/YB4a8SyZYHduGCq1A

Bibliography: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/03/english-fairy-tales-three-little-pigs.html