Part A: I really enjoyed reading these fairy tales, they were entertaining, easy to read and sometimes humorous. Each had its own moral or ending theme that either taught the characters a lesson or served justice to those who were wrongly treated. The Broken Pot reminded me a lot of The Girl and Her Bucket, both characters dreamed of all the riches they would have soon and got so excited about the future that they spilled their goods now. They "counted their chickens before they hatched" as the saying goes and ruined any chance of getting their wishes.
The Tiger, The Brahman and The Jackal was an interesting story of how stubbornnes and being gullible. The Jackal pretended to not understand the situation, and the lion was so desperate to be right, that he caged himself and lost the prospect of eating the Brahman. He was foolish and stubborn in his ways, costing him dinner.
Part B: My favorite fairy tale in this part was Why The Fish Laughed. It reminded me of the generational gap that is present even today. The young man uses sayings that the older man doesn't understand, and while the older man thinks he's crazy, his daughter understands perfectly what he's trying to say. I think it's funny how this is something that we can see today, we are used to slang and jargon that maybe our grandparents don't understand.
I also enjoyed How Sun, Moon and Wind Went Out To Dinner, which was a story about three siblings and only the moon thought of the mother. The sun and the wind only went to enjoy themselves and were therefore punished by their mom, as star. The sun was cursed with being hot all the time and the wind with being hot and killing plant life. The moon, on the other hand, brought food back to mom and was favored, always being cool and beautiful at night. Many of these stories had lessons like these, which made them enjoyable to read.
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