Storybook Research

After reading some of the comments regarding my first installation to my storybook, it occurred to me that most people are unfamiliar with Silesia. I also took the consideration of others who said that my story started a bit too abruptly. Because of this, I thought it necessary to write an introduction to my original introduction in which I can speak to the reader as the author and perhaps clearly set the scene. I started by first providing a brief overview of Silesia. I found the information by referencing Wikipedia and Britannica. I then addressed the reader as myself to introduce my narrator and to set the scene for the reader, which is only fair because I am asking the reader to be a character in my story. I thought that the best place to put the result of my research and my true introduction was the home page of my site. You can check it out here. Hopefully this will clear up any confusion my readers might have had.

Coat of Arms of Silesia. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Reading Notes: The Culture Heroes and Owl

-two boys go to their grandmother and ask for something to play with
-she tells them to go to their father
-their mother tells their father that they are coming
-he tells them to sit by the fire while he makes them a hoop and poles
-he tells the boys not to role it towards the north
-they end up rolling the hoop toward the north  and into the house of the owl
-the owl tells his wife to boil the boys so he may eat them
-she throws them in the pot where they tell each other stories
-she pokes at them and they jump out
-she then tries to roast them in the fire but they continue to tell each other stories
-when she pokes at them they jump out
-the owl claims they are practicing magic and gives them back their hoop and poles and sends them away
-when they get back home their father scolds them for rolling the hoop to the north

Hoop and Pole game. Source: Flickr

"The Culture Heroes and Owl" from Jicarilla Apache Texts edited by Pliny Earle Goddard (1911).