For week 9 I chose to read the stories from the South African Unit.
This story starts off with the birds looking for a king - a "bird king" some might say. They were jealous of men having kings, and animals having a king. Thus they tried to come up with which bird would be the best king, but all of the birds had some major flaws. So in response, the birds decided to have a contest for the position of king. The bird who flew the highest would become king.
The Vulture seemed to be on his way to win the crown. He flew upwards for three straight days and then declared himself king. However, a smaller bird called Tink-Tinkje had latched on to the vulture unbeknownstly to him. The small bird declared himself king. Therefore, the vulture continued to fly higher and higher. But each day Tink-Tinkje would latch on and declare himself king.
All the other birds were made Tink-Tinkje for his actions and they tried to capture him. But they failed miserably. Tink-Tinkje escaped and then for whatever reason because of this the White Crow never spoke again (I didn't quite understand this part).
If I were to retell this story I would probably use a different type of creature (maybe dinosaurs?!) and obviously the competition would have to be different. I thought this was a very fun and exciting story. It was much different than I expected.
Bibliography. "Tink-Tinkje" from South African Folktales by James Honey (1910). Web Source.
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