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Brilliant
declanring 1 year ago
Fantastic! This is a terrific story, and very well told.
boingsomeness 3 years ago
awesome job!!!!
GavinSt0ryBurners 4 years ago
Doria's telling is a wonderful adaptation of a folk tale. It is her characterizations and her twists that make rabbit's predicament clearly understood without the Lion eating Jackal or Fox. I understand Captain Vegetable's concern for the Lion's hitting Fox. However if you filter out and censor violence from folktales how will the children learn about Rabbit's nonviolent conflict resolution.
Well done Doria, Norah, and Andrea. These young storytellers were all great!
LearninVernon 4 years ago
The version I heard had the Lion eat those who disagree with him. Lions are carnivores, after all. Curious to hear a version (told to an audience of children, no less), where the lion hits those who displease him. Hmmm.
CAPTAINVEGETABLE 4 years ago
Hmmmmm... Well folktales are really about us humans and all of our foibles. Lion is not the hero of the tale so his violent problem solving, the jackal's bluntness and the fox's clever mendacity are not what works. Rabbit is the hero. And his clever example is what is to be followed.
GavinSt0ryBurners 4 years ago
Except that... in this particular telling, Rabbit really seems to have a cold.
That's not clever. That's luck.
The teller's physical embodiment of the cold is skillful, but misapplied. I don't see any indication of guile, wit, or cleverness on rabbit's part. The teller is getting across rabbit's trick but isn't letting the audience know that it's a trick.
ereneta 4 years ago
Hey - you all rock! this is such a great telling of this tale.
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DubhHer0 4 years ago
hey there erenata- Not clever ?
Ain't youse never hoid of subtle?
If I were to tell this tale to really wee ones I would ask them if Rabbit really had a cold or not, rather than tell them. More than anything I love a story that asks the listener to think... It never once occurred to me that the rabbit had the good luck to be infected with an acute viral nasopharyngitis. You dig?
GavinSt0ryBurners 4 years ago