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This week, I researched topics for my final story. I looked at a few Aesop's fables in order to determine my exact theme. Here are the stories I looked at, they are all pretty short but they share similar themes. Perhaps by looking at them, you can guess how my last story is going to go? Each of these stories were taken from Aesop's Fables by V.S. Vernon Jones. The Wolf and his Shadow In this story, a wolf sees his shadow and notices how large it is. He then thinks that he is huge and that he is greater than lions, however, at that moment, a lion comes by and pounces on him. The wolf realizes that he was foolish in thinking he was greater than lions just by the size of his shadow. The Cat and the Fox In this story, a fox brags about how many talents he has compared to a cat. However, a pack of dogs appears and, while the cat climbs a tree, the fox is killed by the dogs. The Stag and the Hunter   In this story, a stag sees his mighty horns in a reflection and realize...

This week I researched potential topics for my project's second story. I mainly browsed different urban legend articles on Snoops. I still haven't completely nailed down what my story will be about but I have a few ideas and even if urban legends aren't the primary topic, given my characters, I think they might come up. And to be honest, I am never super clear about how my story will go when I begin so I think I'll be fine.  Here are a few links to articles I looked at:  Scary Urban Legends 25 Hottest Urban Legends Most Popular Urban Legends of 2015      <- this one was mostly just funny. I didn't know most of them so I guess I am out of the loop when it comes to Urban Legends.  I looked up "Confused" on google and this came up. It does not portray my feelings but it did make me confused as to why it was a result so here you go:  Photo Credit: maxpixel

For my Lab this week, I decided to research my storybook project. I have lots of ideas but I am still in the preliminary stages of planning, so I thought now would be a good time to do some research into the topic. I am pretty sure I want to do a modern retelling of the Canterbury Tales with new characters but I don't know what kind of trip I want them to be on. I thought a train might be a good idea since a plan would be too noisy for storytelling, so I looked up some pictures of trains. This helped me envision a setting and also gave me some destination ideas since the websites were for specific trains traveling to specific places. Here are some pictures of train dining cars, perhaps where my storytellers will come together: Train out of Washington DC  wikimedia Train in Austria  wikimedia And there were plenty of more in Australia, Canada, India, England, Italy, etc. I still haven't decided where my travelers will be headed or for what purpose yet but thi...