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Kelsey Bates
I chose to use this Future File as a way to gather stories that I will use in my professional
career. I hope to be a children’s librarian in a public library setting, so I selected stories that
would work well in that capacity. Most of my stories are aimed at younger children, as that is
where most of my storytelling time will be spent, but I have included some stories that would
work well for an older audience, around 12-‐18. I tried to select stories from a variety of
cultures to be inclusive of many different forms of stories.
The Squeaky Door
Source: Lockett, Mike. "The Squeaky Door." Michael Lockett Storyteller. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Mar
2012. <http://www.mikelockett.com/stories.php?action=view&id=43>.
MacDonald, Margaret Read. The Squeaky Door. New York: Harper Collins Publisher, 2006. Print.
Summary: A little boy stays at his grandmother’s house in a big brass bed all by himself, and
even though he says he’s not going to be scared, every time she turns off the light and closes
the door, he cries. His grandmother ends up bringing in a cat, a dog, a pig and a horse in to
sleep with the little boy but they still get scared. Eventually they break the bed and the
grandma puts all the animals back outside. The grandma oils the door the next morning and
the little boy is able to sleep just fine.
Information about the Story: This story originally came from a Puerto Rican folk song called “La
Cama” and was retold in a short story by Pura Belpre in The Tiger and the Rabbit and Other
Tales (Lippincott, 1965), according to the print source.
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Audience: I see this audience being younger children around 3-‐5 in a public library setting. The
book is not that scary and there is a lot of repetition, both of which will work well for this age
group.
Adaptation Ideas: I would draw out the parts where the grandma turns off the lights and shuts
the squeaky door to increase the tension. I would also possibly use some props of the different
animals that would sleep with the little boy so that the children could reinforce what they know
about these animals.
Clever Beatrice
Source: Willey, Margaret. Clever Beatrice. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
2001. Print.
Summary: Beatrice is a young, clever girl who decides to make some money so that she and her
mother can eat. She decides to outwit the rich giant living near her by doing three acts of
strength in order to win money. The first time she makes him think that she can easily knock
down his front door and he gives in rather than have to make a new door. The second time
they see how much water they can carry from the well but Beatrice acts as though she will pull
the entire well out and once again the giant calls it off. Finally, they decide to see who can
throw a heavy iron bar the furthest. Like before, she gets the giant so scared that she will hit
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his relatives in far distant places with the bar when she throws it that he pays her and she goes
back to her mother much richer than before.
Information about the Story: According to the author’s notes, this is a conte, a version of a Tall
Tale found in Michigan and Canada. They were told in lumber camps and had large
exaggerations with comic effects. This particular story, according to the author, is a
combination of many contes involving travelers outwitting rich giants.
Audience: I think a younger audience (5 to 10 years) would enjoy this story as they can relate to
a young protagonist getting the better of someone much larger than they are. I am also
picturing this in a public library setting, just because that is where I am hoping to work once I
graduate.
Adaptation Ideas: Although contes are very traditional to Canada and Northern states in
America, as my audience is younger children who may not know these places, I am removing
the mentions of places like Sault Ste. Marie and Big Bay de Noc and replacing them with generic
directions. This will also make it easier for me to remember as I do not know these places
either and would have to memorize them, making it easier to mess up.
Clever Beatrice and the Best Little Pony
Source: Willey, Margaret. Clever Beatrice and the Best Little Pony. New York: Atheneum Books
for Young Readers, 2004. Print.
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Summary: Beatrice keeps finding her horse in bad condition every morning. She asks the baker
who is also “village expert on things not easily explained” and he helps her come up with plans
on how to figure out who is doing this to her pony. The plans include: putting flour on the
ground to see the footprints, putting the pony in the cellar and finally just catching the Lupin
(an elf-‐like creature). The baker comes with her to catch the Lupin but falls asleep so that
Beatrice must bravely catch it herself.
Information about the Story: Like the previous Clever Beatrice story, this tale relies a lot on
French-‐Canadian storytelling culture. It incorporates a Lupin, a common character in old
French-‐Canadian Folklore.
Audience: The audience for this story would be 7-‐9 year olds as there are some terms that can
be confusing to younger children such as “cellar” and “Lupin”. It would be a good story to tell
in conjuncture with other fantasy creature tales such as elves, fairies or brownies.
Adaptation Ideas: Much like the other Beatrice story, I would try to give Beatrice a voice all her
own and make her the true hero of this story. I would also make the baker dumber so that it is
obvious that Beatrice is doing all the work herself. I might even have the children draw their
own pictures of a Lupin afterwards as an activity.
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Princess Furball
Source: Ashliman, D. L.. "Father-‐Daughter Incest in International Folktales (All-‐Kinds-‐of-‐Fur)."
Folktexts: A Library of Folktales, Folklore, Fairy Tales, and Mythology.. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb
2012.
Huck, Charlotte. Princess Furball. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1989. Print.
Summary: A young princess escapes her father, who was going to marry her to an ogre, with
only a coat made of a thousand furs, three dresses that were just like the sun, the moon and
the star and small presents that used to belong to her mother (a gold ring, a gold thimble and a
little gold spinning wheel). She is captured by another king and made a servant but when the
king throws three balls, she uses each of the dresses to make him fall in love with her. After
each ball, she fixes the king soup and places one of her mother’s presents in it. He eventually
finds out and marries her.
Information about the Story: Based off of the Cinderella story and the Grimm’s “All-‐Kinds-‐of-‐
Fur”. Usually has an incestuous theme that I will not be including (the father wants to marry
the princess instead of marrying her to an ogre).
Audience: Children around the ages of 6 to 10 who can follow the many different aspects of
this story.
Adaptation Ideas: I would probably use some props, such as cutouts of the dresses and of the
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presents from the mother as there are so many parts of this story that it could become
confusing for the children without a constant reminder.
The Herb Fairy
Source: Williams, Rose. "The Herb Fairy." The Book of Fairies: Nature Spirits from Around the
World. Hillsboro: Beyond Words Publishing, 1997. 23-‐31. Print.
Summary: A great lord named Wu Ming was scared of the plague that was ravishing his
countryside and locked himself in his palace and refused to help any of the peasants. One of his
servant girls, Chun Tao, was a great healer and escaped out of the palace to help the common
people. A white heron landed near her and turned into the Spirit of the Herbs and took Chun
Tao to a magical place full of the best healing herbs. The Spirit gave her a small blue flower for
her to eat when she wanted to come back. Wu Ming realized that Chun Tao was missing and
when looking for her only to find out that she had cured the land of the plague. All that anyone
could tell him was that she healed everyone and then ate a blue flower which turned her into a
heron. Wu Ming lived the rest of his days alone and Chun Tao and the Spirit of the Herbs lived
happily ever after.
Information about the Story: This is a Chinese fairytale that was adapted from the retelling in
Fairy Tales of the World, originally published by Artia in Prague in 1985.
Audience: Children around the ages of 6 to 10.
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Adaptation Ideas: I chose to end the story early, with Chun Tao going back to the Spirit of the
Herbs and living happily ever after, due to time constraints. The original story has Wu Ming
following them and causing them trouble.
The Magic Fountain
Source: Ewald, Jason. "Sylvain and Jocosa." Promises. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Mar 2012.
<http://students.ou.edu/E/Jason.M.Ewald-‐1/SylvainJocosa.html>.
Williams, Rose. "The Magic Fountain." The Book of Fairies: Nature Spirits from Around the
World. Hillsboro: Beyond Words Publishing, 1997. 9-‐15. Print.
Summary: Sylvain and Jacosa always share everything which causes a fairy to pay them
attention and leave them small gifts. The fairy eventually reveals herself to them and promises
that they will never be parted if they promise to clean a fountain at dawn break every
day. Eventually Sylvain and Jacosa forget and are forced to wander alone for three years until
the fairy decides to forgive them. She returns them to the fountain and that is where they build
their house, marry and promise to always look after the fountain.
Information about the Story: This is a French fairytale. According to Rose Williams, it is
adapted from the Comte de Caylus’s story “Sylvain and Jocosa” and appeared in Andrew Lang’s
The Green Fairy Book.
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Audience: Children around the ages of 6 to 10 in a public library setting.
Adaptation Ideas: The original story continues after Sylvain and Jacosa get married with a story
that the fairy tells them about a greedy sultan. I would not use this ending as it feels like two
different stories and would significantly shorten the time it took to tell the story.
The Mountain of the Moon
Source: Williams, Rose. "The Mountain of the Moon." The Book of Fairies: Nature Spirits from
Around the World. Hillsboro: Beyond Words Publishing, 1997. 51-‐57. Print.
Summary: In the cold Himalayan mountains, there is a married ice fairy couple named Soma
and Surya. One day they see how nice and warm it is down at the base of the Mountain of the
Moon and venture down to play among the flowers although they have always been told not to
do so. Soon, a king falls in love with Surya and shoots Soma with an arrow. The fairies call
upon the great god Indra to save Soma. He does and they promise to never venture off the
mountain again.
Information about the Story: This is a Hindu fairytale and was adapted from Hindu Fairy Tales
by Edmund Leary.
Audience: Ages 4-‐7 in a public library setting.
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Adaptation Ideas: Because I am choosing to tell this story to very young children I may change
the king who shoots Soma into a less violent incident or be very non-‐descriptive about the
incident.
The Minotaur
Source: "Minotauros." Theoi Greek Mythology. Web. 2 Mar 2012.
<http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Minotauros.html>.
Turnbull, Ann. "The Minotaur." Greek Myths. Somerville: Candlewick Press, 2010. Print.
Summary: Prince Theseus volunteers to be one of the 14 young victims that are sent from
Athens to Crete every year as sacrifices to the Minotaur. Princess Ariadne of Crete fell in love
with him however and gives him a dagger and ball of twine to kill the Minotaur and find his way
out, which he does. He then escapes with Ariadne, promising to marry her when they reach
Athens.
Information about the Story: This is a common Greek myth. Turnbull’s adaption was taken
from some of the original versions of the myth, according to the author.
Audience: I picture this audience as being 10-‐18, especially with a lot of boys in the crowd as
there is a lot of action.
Adaptation Ideas: I would try to draw out the description of the labyrinth, especially how dark
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and smelly it is. I would also leave out the part about Theseus no longer wanting to marry
Ariadne and leaving her sleeping under a tree on an island unless I follow this story with
“Ariadne on Naxos”.
Ariadne on Naxos
Sources "Ariadne." Theoi Greek Mythology. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Mar 2012.
<http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Ariadne.html>.
Turnbull, Ann. "Ariadne on Naxos." Greek Myths. Somerville: Candlewick Press, 2010. Print.
Summary: Ariadne is left on an island by a fickle Theseus. She begins to despair but soon hears
a parade of Satyrs and nymphs followed by a man in a chariot being pulled by two leopards. He
is Dionysus, the god of Wine, who falls in love with Ariadne and asks her to marry him. She
does and they have many children and when she dies, as mortals must, he casts her crown into
the stars creating the constellation Corona, so that she will never be forgotten.
Information about the Story: This adaption was taken from some of the original versions of the
myth, according to Turnbull.
Audience: I also picture this audience in the 10-‐18 range, although this time with more girls in
the audience, as it is a love story.
Adaptation Ideas: I would give a brief history about Theseus and the Minotaur if I was not
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telling this directly after “The Minotaur”. I would also embellish the parade so that the youth
could really picture it. Finally, I would have a constellation chart or a picture to show the
children what they should look for in the sky when they are trying to find Corona.
Atalanta’s Race
Source: "Atalanta." Theoi Greek Mythology. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Mar 2012.
<http://www.theoi.com/Heroine/Atalanta.html>.
Turnbull, Ann. "Atalanta’s Race." Greek Myths. Somerville: Candlewick Press, 2010. Print.
Summary: Atalanta was a proud young woman and did not want to marry but her father said
she must. So she made an agreement that she would only have to marry the man that could
out run her in a race. Any man that tried but failed would be killed. Many died until
Hippomenes decided to ask the goddess Aphrodite for help. She gave him three gold apples
that he used to distract her and he beat her in a race. They were married.
Information about the Story: This adaption was taken from some of the original versions of the
myth, according to Turnbull.
Audience: I think an audience from 7-‐18 would appreciate this story.
Adaptation Ideas: Once again, I will choose to not finish the story about how they did not burn
incense for Aphrodite and she made them make love in her mother’s temple and Rhea became
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so mad that she turned them into lions, forever doomed to pull her chariot. I enjoy leaving
stories on a positive note.
Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story
Source: "The Blood-‐Drawing Ghost." Internet Sacred Text Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Mar 2012.
<http://www.sacred-‐texts.com/neu/celt/tfgw/tfgw33.htm>.
Hague, Michael. Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story. New York: SeaStar Books, 2001. Print.
Summary: Kate is visiting her mother’s grave when a hand from a nearby grave grabs her. The
man forces Kate to carry him down to the town and into the house a rich family who son is
someone that Kate has always loved from afar. He makes Kate cut each of the three sons and
place a bowl under them to catch the blood and then she cooks the blood into some oatmeal.
As she carries the dead man back, she asks him how to save the sons and he replies that only
eating some of the oatmeal would revitalize them and thankfully Kate kept her portion instead
of eating it. She promises the rich father that she can bring the sons back to life if he promises
his son’s hand in marriage to her.
Information about the Story: Based on Jeremiah Curtin’s “The Blood-‐Drawing Ghost” which
was collected from the Irish countryside in 1892. Hague’s version is almost the exact same
story that Curtin wrote.
Audience: This would be an older crowd as there are scary aspects to the story. I would aim
for an audience in middle school and older.
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Adaptation Ideas: I would really play up the physical aspects of the story like the grabbing of
her foot and having to carry him down the mountain. I would also make sure to try to give the
story a “spooky” vibe by talking about the creaky hinges and the thick fog that covers
everything.
Tom Thumb
Source: Carle, Eric. "Tom Thumb." Eric Carle's Treasury of Classic Stories for Children. New
York: Orchard Books, 1988. 9-‐18. Print.
Cole, Joanna. "Tom Thumb." Best-‐Loved Folk-‐Tales of the World. New York: Anchor Books,
1982. 104-‐109. Print.
Summary: A woodcutter and his wife want a child so bad that they will even love one the size
of the wife's thumb. Which is how big the boy they end up having is, so they call him Tom
Thumb. One day, two men from the circus see Tom and offer his father gold in exchange for
Tom. His father sells him after Tom promises to return soon. What follows is a series of
adventures as Tom tries to make his way home. The story ends with Tom recounting his tale by
saying, "I've been inside a mouse hole, a sheep’s stomach, and a wolf's belly. And now I'll stay
right here with you."
Information about the Story: The Tom Thumb version that I am telling is credited to the Grimm
Brothers. Neither source gives any information about the story other than a brief biography of
the Grimms. According to other material I found, Tom Thumb is actually an English fairy tale
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that has roots in the King Arthur mythology. I am choosing to stick to the Grimms version, as
that is the one the audience is most likely to be familiar with.
Audience: I see the audience of this story as being children around 5-‐8 in a public library
setting.
Adaptation Ideas: I am planning to adapt this story by making it easier for smaller children to
understand as well as make it less. I will add asides and thoughts for the characters that will
explain their motivation more than the original story does.
A Very Greedy Cat
Source: So, Metlo. Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Print.
Walton, Rick. "The Cat and the Parrot." Rick Walton Children's Author. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Mar
2012. <http://www.rickwalton.com/folktale/bryant66.htm>.
Summary: There once was a very greedy cat that would not stop eating. He ate all of the 500
cupcakes that his friend, the parrot, made for him and then ate the parrot. He keeps running
into people that scold him for being so greedy and he promptly eats them including: A nosy old
woman, a farmer and his donkey, a sultan and his bride on an elephant, soldiers, and finally two
small crabs. The crabs decide to that the cat’s stomach is much too crowded with all of those
people and they cut their way out of the gigantic cat and everyone else follows them out. The
cat promises never to be greedy again and the parrot helps sew him up.
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Information about the Story: The story was taken from an Indian folktale, “The Cat and the
Parrot”, appearing in How to Tell Stories to Children by Sara Cone Bryant.
Audience: I would tell this story to a younger audience, probably between 5-‐8 years old.
Adaptation Ideas: When I tell this story, I will use a lot of repetition. Every time the cat eats
anyone, he says, “Gobble, gobble, slip, slop.” He also keeps a running list of everyone he has
eaten and says it right before he eats another person. Finally, I can add noises to all of the
characters to make them stand out and have the children help me (the elephant trumpets).
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
Source: Deedy, Carmen Agra. Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Fairytale. Atlanta:
PeachTree, 2007. Print.
Summary: Martina, a beautiful cockroach, is looking for a husband. Her grandmother suggests
that she use the Coffee Test, where you spill coffee on the suitor’s feet to see how he will react,
as that indicates what kind of husband he will be. Martina does and rejects a chicken who is
abusive, a pig who is looking for a maid and a lizard who is looking to eat her. She finally sees a
mouse who is blind so he knows that she is strong and kind by listening to her but can’t see her
beauty. He spills coffee on her feet, because he also has a Cuban grandmother, and they live
happily ever after.
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Information about the Story: Although it says it’s a “Cuban Folktale”, there are no source notes
other than a brief description about the Cuban Cockroach in the actual book. On the author’s
website, there is a page for “Folktale Origins”, but it just says that it is coming soon.
Audience: The audience for this tale can vary from elementary school students up to high
school students.
Adaptation Ideas: The original book has a lot of Spanish words and definitions that I will leave
out when I tell the story just because I have very little knowledge of the language and will
probably pronounce everything incorrectly. I will continue to use the phrase, “Martina Josefina
Catalina Cucaracha, Beautiful muchacha, Won’t you me be wife?” because it has a great beat to
it and I can pronounce everything correctly.
The Tale of the Three Brothers
Source: Rowling, J. K. "The Tale of the Three Brothers." The Tales of Beedle the Bard. New York:
Children’s High Level Group, 2008. 9-‐18. Print.
Summary: Three brothers need to cross a river and use magic to form a bridge. Death is upset
as he wanted their souls so he pretends to be impressed and offers them each a wish. They
pick the most powerful wand, a stone that resurrects the dead and an invisibility cloak. The
oldest, with the wand, brags about it and is killed. The second resurrects his dead finance and
goes mad with grief and kills himself. The youngest brother uses to the cloak to hide from
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Death until he is an old man and then greets him as an old friend and chooses to leave as
equals.
Information about the Story: This is a story in J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard. It
appears also in last Harry Potter book.
Audience: Since this story has a deeper message to it and involves death, I would tell it to an
older crowd, 10 and over.
Adaptation Ideas: I would tell this story in the context of enriching the audience’s experience
with Rowling, as a way of advertising her supplemental material. Although I could make a lot of
changes, the story would still obviously be Rowling’s, so I would actually try to stay very close
the original material.
How Platypuses Came to Australia
Source: Cole, Joanna. "How Platypuses Came to Australia." Best-‐Loved Folktales of the World.
New York: Anchor Books, 1983. 605-‐607. Print.
Parker, K. Langloh. “Gaya-‐dari the Platypus.” Australian Legendary Tales. New York: Viking
Press, 1966. 233-‐236. Print.
Murtagh, Lindsey. "Australian Aborigine Creation Myth." . N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar 2012.
<http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_13.html>.
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Summary: A rat with a spear kidnaps a duck and tries to make her his wife. She finally escapes
him but gives birth to ducks that have fur and little spears on the back of their legs but also
have webbed feet and duck bills. Knowing that they are not wanted anywhere, the duck takes
them far away where they reproduce until there are many of them.
Information about the Story: These are stories originally told by the Aborigines, as a creation
myth for platypuses. It was originally collected by Joanna Cole in 1966 but there is no source
material about it.
Audience: And older elementary group would be preferable, as they would have heard of a
platypus before I told my store and could picture what I was describing.
Adaptation Ideas: Although one of the sources has the animals picking their own appearance, I
am choosing to primarily use Cole’s story as it has more characters that the children can
become interested in. I would also use a picture of a platypus for any of the children that didn’t
know what one looked like. Finally, it might also make an interesting digital story, much like the
tale of the blind men seeing an elephant would.
The Impudent Rooster
Source: Rascol, Sabina. The Impudent Rooster. New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 2004. Print.
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Summary: A poor man yells at his beloved rooster that he should do something to help the man
from starving to death. The rooster leaves and finds a bag of gold but it is stolen by a passing
rich lord. The rooster follows the lord, demanding his money back. The lord tries to drown the
rooster in a well, cook him, starve him in a treasury vault and have him run over by cattle, but
the rooster swallows all of these things, making him so large that the lord finally gives him back
the money. The rooster returns to the old man and gives him the cattle and money that he had
swallowed.
Information about the Story: This is a Romanian story, originally told by Ion Creanga in 1876.
Rascol’s changes from the original story was to have a “kinder interpretation of the old man”
and “wordplay made possible by the English language.”
Audience: I would tell this story to 6-‐10 year olds.
Adaptation Ideas: I would have the rooster say a phrase every time that he asks the Lord for his
money back, to add repetition to the story.
The Three Witches Source: Hurston, Zora Neale. The Three Witches. New York: Harper Collins, 2006. Print.
Summary: A brother and sister are attacked by three evil witches and climb a tree to escape
them. They call for their dogs while the witches try to cut the tree down. Their grandmother
finally hears them yelling and unleashes the dogs who kill the witches.
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Information about the Story: This is the illustrated version of this tale, originally published in
Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-‐Talkes from the Gulf States, the third volume of
folklore collected by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1930s. Hurston gathered this story from Hattie
Reaves, born on the Island of Grand Command in the West Indies.
Audience: I would tell this story to 6-‐10 year olds.
Adaptation Ideas: This story was written in a southern, African-‐American dialect, which I would
not use as it would come off as unnatural and possibly offensive. I would also spend a lot of
time describing the witches to make them scarier and would probably tell this story around
Halloween.
What’s the Hurry, Fox?
Source: Hurston, Zora Neale. “What’s the Hurry, Fox?” What’s the Hurry, Fox? And Other
Animal Tales. New York: Harper Collins, 2004. Print.
Summary: A fox tries to outsmart a rooster to come down from a tree so that he can eat him by
telling him that the law’s changed: foxes no longer eat roosters, just like dogs no longer chase
foxes. Just then a dog howls and the fox begins to run away. When the rooster asks him about
the changed law, he replies, “Yeah, but them Hounds liable to run all over that law and break it
clean in two.”
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Information about the Story: This is the same story that Hurston published in her book, Every
Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-‐tales from the Gulf States. It was originally told by Nathaniel
Burney, age 9, Florida born.
Audience: For children ages 6-‐10.
Adaptation Ideas: This story was written in a southern, African-‐American dialect, which I would
not use as it would come off as unnatural and possibly offensive. I would also characterize the
animals more and give them personalities to make the story a little longer.
Lord of the Animals
Source: French, Fiona. Lord of the Animals. Brookfield: Millbrook Press, 1997. Print.
Summary: The animals all gathered to decide who should be Lord of the Animals. Each animal
believes that the Lord should have features that they have (large antlers like a deer or stand on
two feet like a bear). The coyote stops them when they start to fight and tells them to make a
figure out of mud. The other animals fall asleep before they finish but the coyote stays up all
night to complete Man who can see into the distance, hear well, stand on two legs, have
smooth skin, swim like a fish and be clever like the coyote.
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Information about the Story: This is a creation tale from the Miwok Indians, who used to live in
California. The culture as all but vanished, with only around 200 of them remaining. The
author drew on two different sources for this book: The Folk-‐Lore Record, Volume V (1882) and
The Voice of the Coyote (1949).
Audience: Children in upper elementary school or middle school.
Adaptation Ideas: I would tell this story as part of a “creation myth” storytime. I would give the
children information about the Miwok Indians. Also, I would take my time describing the
characteristics that each of the animals want for the Lord of the Animals to make the story
more vivid.