Yes this is late... my boys got their new book of the month at the beginning of the month and then I forgot to write about it. We are reading african stories this year. This month it's Tricky Tortoise. Im not to sure how I feel about this story. The art work is amazing. Makes me want to go to africa (but it doesnt take much to make me want to travel) Here is my issue... Its a tale about a tortoise who is always getting stepped on because he looks like a rock. He gets really mad when Elephant steps on him and bets elephant that he can jump over elephants head and the winner of the bet has to provide a huge feast for all the animals in the jungle. The next day when it was time to see if tortoise could make the jump, tortoise has his brother who looks just like him hide on the other side of elephant in the grass... then tortoise pretends to jump over elephant with this brother popping up on the other side. Elephant therefore has to provide a feast. In some respects I like the ingenuity shown by tortoise in taking on the bully that is elephant, but at the same time I dont like the lying and trickery is being rewarded. Jaxon loves the book and thinks its funny, especially the silly chant the tortoise says when jumping. So for now I will just enjoy it as a funny tale about talking animals and cross the rewards to lying bridge when it comes!
Haha! I felt the exact same way when I read that with Jaxon on Friday...I was like "really?? That's how it ends? He gets away with it?!" hahaha
ReplyDeleteBAHAHAHHA! we think alike! Thats just one of the reasons we are such great friends!
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