Mythology and Folklore

( Phayre's Leaf Monkey by Tareq Aziz Touhid)   There was once a great mountain. One side was always bathed in warm sunlight, and the other was covered in a cool shade. It was in this soothing shade that a Crab lived. She was happy to live where she did, and a had a home in the ground that was the tidiest one around. One day, she was leaving her home and found a pile of rice by her door. Delighted she looked around to see if it was anyone else's and then started to store the rice away in her home. She wasn't the only one with her eyes on the rice though, above her, in the trees, Monkey had just caught glimpse of the rice, his favorite food! He picked a seed from his pocket and leapt down and greeted Crab.  "Hello, would you be willing to trade for some of your rice?" he said. Crab thought about it for a moment and responded, "Yes, let me see what you have." "I can trade you this fruit seed for half of your rice." Crab initially wanted to reject...

( Red Crab with Eyes by Arjit Chowdhury)   The Crab and The Monkey by Andrew Lang: Characters: The Crab Lady, Monkey, Wasp, Egg, Mortar Crab: is a nice lady and happily gives people free things. She makes trades that probably aren't the best on face value, but she thinks long term. Monkey: wants to chill and is very greedy. Also is a liar. Plot:  Crab is living peacefully on the darker side of a mountain. One day, a pilgrim had forgotten some rice by Crab's home. She was excited and started moving it into her house. Monkey then comes down and because he loves rice, asks Crab to trade half of her rice for a seed. Crab takes the deal and the monkey heads off happily and goes to the bright side of the mountain for a long time. Eventually, the monkey returns and sees a tree full of fruit next to where Crab lives. He asks Crab if he can have some fruit. She says yes, but just make sure to get some down for me I can't climb a tree. Monkey goes up and starts stuffing fruit into ...

( Wooden Fence by Idlir Fida) The Envious Neighbor by Andrew Lang: Characters:  The old man and old woman, their neighbor, their dog The old couple: They are a good pair of people. Kind to a fault and honestly a bit too trusting of the people around them. The neighbor: Very jealous and greedy of what his neighbors got from their dog. Does not respect personal property at all Dog: just a good boi Plot:  One day the old man is digging in his yard and his dog gets his attention and tries to get him to dig in a particular spot. The old man does so and finds a chest full of golden coins and the couple is now quite wealthy. The neighbor sees this and is jealous so he asks to borrow the dog. He lets the dog loose in his yard but it doesn't find anything for a while. A bit later the dog starts pointing at an area and he digs it up and all he finds are some old smelly bones. This makes him very angry so he goes and kills the dog. He then goes to the old couple and tells them the dog ...