Reading Notes (Tejas Part 1)

I love that this story originates in Texas and love even more that it is told from the viewpoint of children. I plan to retell the one fo the stories from the viewpoint of a child. I think it gives the story a unique perspective and shows everything form a simpler, less sophisticated point of view. This can be quite refreshing after reading stories told from an overly-academic view which is what we as college student are used to. Here are a few things I noticed in these stories:

1. The vocabulary is much simpler than the stories we've read thus far.
2. Maybe I could tell the same stories and just change the animals or keep it the same and just retell it in my own words?
3. I really like Grandmother River's Trick.
4. I'm noticing that a lot of myths are often about cunning, trickster-type characters.

This is how big I imagined the river to grow to:

(BBC)

Bibliography:
Grandmother River's Trick
Noah NG
18 April 2013

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