Drew Fazzino

There once were two Sibling bears Sasha and Jacob that lived deep in the San Angelo National forest in the mountainous Colorado. They were preparing for the upcoming hibernation period by collecting food to suffice through the length of winter. Jacob the older of the siblings suggested getting a surplus of berries and pinecones because this would last all winter. Sasha agreed, and they split up to find as many resources as possible. When they regrouped a week later Jacob brought enough to last 2/3 of the hibernation period. Through this length of time Sasha was unable to find any source of food, and when Jacob asked what she found she said enough to last 1/3 of the hibernation period.   Jacob accepted this answer and went on with his day preparing his den where they would stay.   The elk spirit was watching over Jacob and saw Sasha did not collect any food, and remembered what Jacob had done for the elk community years before. Three years earlier the elk population w...

The story I chose to complete the reading notes over was The River Fish and the Money. This story comes from the Eastern Stories and legends part C. In the story there were two bothers that set out to complete a business task their deceased father was supposed to complete. On this trip the brothers collected the money and then stopped by the river while waiting for their boat. While they were waiting, they decided to eat, the older brother have food left over and threw it to the river to feed the fish. The younger brother was planning on tricking the older, to then take all the money, but messed up his own plan and threw the actual money into the river. The Spirit of the Ganges was looking out for the older brother because he was grateful, and had a fish eat the money. The fish was later caught and then sold back to the older brother where he found the money he had lost. The spirit explained to him the meaning and sent him on his way. What I got from this story was that if you look o...

The Story I chose to take notes over was “The Hawk and The Osprey.” This story is found in the Eastern Stories and Legends part C which is retold stories of the Jataka tales. In the story Two hawks become mates and create friendships with many other animals. They then have young that are being harassed a threatened to be eaten by two men. The osprey defends the young as long as he can and then becomes tired. So, then the tortoise takes over until he is tired. Finally, the Lion is summoned for help and the men become terrified by the great beast and flee. All of these animals stay friends throughout time and then die as friends. What I got from this story was that if bonds of true friendship are made, not much and disrupt that. And friends that work together, for each other, stay together. From this story, a possible story could be made by switching characters and well switching location, and the source threat. (Image is of a hawk, which is fitting for the Story. Source:  Ha...