Alex Lagge's India Adventure

The Golden Feather: This is a beautiful story about greed. A man is given a way to provide money o this family by having golden feathers. The wife is so greedy that she takes all of the feathers from him. This causes the feathers to all to be regular ones because of the greed. I think I might try to add this element to a story. It would be interesting to have a concept where someone if given great things, but they become so greedy that they lose it all. The Young Parrot: This story is about a parrot that is trapped after going to eat in a field. The parrot lets his people eat before saying he got captured. He talks about how the most essential thing in life is taking care of your family. I can agree with this because my family has been there to support me many times through the thick and thin. I really enjoyed this story. One of my favorites that I have read. A beautiful golden feather  Bibliography: Inayat Jataka Tales 

For this week I choose to do Sister Nivedita's Krishna stories. One common theme in most religions seems to be a God being born from a mother. In this one, Vishnu is being born to Devaki. I think a good story would be something about a god or chosen one's birth story. I might make it about art girls since she has been a central character in many of my stories. The ideas of being born with sacred objects that make the people being able to recognize them will help. I am very surprised by how much overlap there is between religions. In the Bible, all newborns are supposed to be killed by I believe King Harold. When Moses was born all Jewish children were to be killed if they were boys. Maybe people aren't as different as they seem. I also like when they life Krishna they capitalize his name. I think this is a stylistic choice showing his divinity. Another same kind of divine birth . Bibliography: Cradle Tales of Hinduism Sister Nivedita