Myth and Folklore

Lazy Heinz This story immediately caught my eye because of the name: Lazy Heinz.  Heinz is a ketchup company so maybe that could be something to include if one was to rewrite this story. Lazy Heinz is, as his name proclaims, lazy.  He doesn't want to drive out his own goat, so he marries Fat Trina.  Eventually, she suggests that they both shouldn't "waste their youth" driving goats into the pasture.  He agrees and they trade the two goats for a beehive.  The bees make honey, but soon Lazy Heinz thinks that Fat Trina is eating all the honey and suggests that the get young geese instead.  Fat Trina says that returns their first problem, of having to drive out their beasts into the field.  Lazy Heinz says that the boy (I guess their child) will do it, but is then overcome with worry that a child would not obey.  Fat Trina says she will beat the child if he doesn't do as she says, and attempts to demonstrate by knocking mice away from their jug of honey.  In he

The Elves This has got to be one of my favorite cute little stories.  It is precious and feels like a good story about the kindness of humanity.  The Elves themselves are precious little creatures, helping the Cobbler by finishing his shoes so that he is able to make a profitable income.  I really enjoy how, to repay the Elves, the wife and husband make them clothes and shoes.  It is a simple gesture, but it gives the Elves such joy and ability to continue on instead of continuing as Cobblers. Here's a cute video of the Elves and their story with the Cobbler: The Elves and the Shoemaker . This one differs slightly, but it still contains the same idea.  This story was fun and cute to read.  I really enjoyed it, especially the goodness in the hearts of the characters.  It is different from the other Grimm Brothers' stories that I have read or heard about, so it is interesting to see this included in their unit.  The Elves are my favorite part, so I think it would be

The Singing Bone from the Grimm Brothers' Unit There is a boar tearing everything up and terrorizing people.  The King eventually gets so fed up that he declares whoever can kill the boar may marry his only daughter.  Two sons hear this news and decide to enter the contest.  The two brothers are very different: one enters for pride and the other is simply kind. The younger (the nice one) manages to get help from a dwarf and kills the boar.  When the older brother sees this, he is instantly jealous and plots.  He kills the younger and takes the booty, and ends up marrying the king's daughter.  However, this is not the last of the youngest. Many years later, a shepherd finds a snow-white bone and makes it as a mouthpiece for his horn.  To his surprise, the bone sings how his brother killed him for the boar.  The shepherd then shares this with the king, and the evil brother cannot deny his sins after the youngest's skeleton is found buried beneath the bridge.