Adventuring in Indian Epics

Kindergarten Class First Day of School 5:00 Oh man, it was only five o'clock in the morning. Today was a big day I was both excited and scared. It had been three months since we had moved from Mexico to the United States. I was still adapting in my new surroundings but I was excited to go to school. I rushed to my parent's room, waking them up to take me to school. "Not, in two more hours," they said sleepily. But I could not go back to sleep. I got my clothes ready and played with my toys. Finally mom made breakfast and I quickly ate it ready to go to school. Our house was only three blocks away from school so mom decided to walk me there. When we arrived I was many other kids too and wondered how many friends I was going to make. We finally arrived in my classroom. My teacher had a friendly face and greeted me with a smile. The classroom was full of color, there was a sandbox in the corner, a playhouse and many books to read. I quickly sat on the square

                                                                                          ( Huffington Post ) The Bond of Friendship  Just like love comes in all shapes and sizes, friendship does too. An elephant and a dog eternal friends with a bond that not even man can break. If separated their bond is so strong that when the one is absent the other suffers greatly. It is as if a part of them has been ripped apart. He's Gone Food, water, I want none. My best friend is gone, I am sad.  He is back! My smile is has returned.  Author's note: Based on the story The Faithful Friend from  Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie L. Shedlock . Its a sweet story of the strong friendship between a dog and an elephant 

Image: Hare by  Pixabay Bibliography: Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie L. Shedlock The Hare that Ran Away In this story, Buddha was born as a lion. Just like he had helped humans now he was to help the animals. However, there was a nervous hare who always asked what was to happen in the earth fall in. One day the hare was by a tree when she heard a slight noise startled by it. The hare was so frightened that it did not realize it was a heavy fruit that fell it was ready to believe anything. the hare said in a frightened tone that the "The Earth is falling in" and started running full speed. It came across its brother and when asked why she was running she told him "The Earth is falling in". The brother hare told the other hares they all started to run. Soon all the animals large and small were running together frighten because the "The Earth is falling in". When they came across the lion the lion asked them why they were running and they said b

Florida Mango Tree Bibliography: Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie L. Shedlock The Poisonous Tree Bodhisatta was born a merchant and grew up trading with fice hundred wagons. He came to a road that led to a forest.  "Poison-trees grow in this forest. Take heed that you taste no unfamiliar leaf, flower. or fruit without first consulting me."  In the forest, there was a tree that looked like a mango tree. Both in outside appearance and the taste and smell of its fruit. If eaten, however, it was deadly poison and caused instant death. Some greedy people went ahead and still took it to be a mango tree ate the fruit. However, others decided to ask their leader before the ate. The leader told them it was a look-alike tree and should not touch its fruit. The Bodhisatta dosed with an emetic and gave them 4 sweet food to eat so they could recover. When they recovered they made plans to take the things of the others who had yet to eaten the fruit. However, to their disa

Bibliography:  Eastern Stories and Legends   by Marie L. Shedlock Image: Elephant from  Huffington Post Long ago a dog used to state at elephants stable to feed on the food the elephant dropped. They soon became great friends and could not live without the other and neither was happy without the other. The dog used to hold on to the elephant's trunk and swing back and forth. They were happy playing and spending time together. But one day a peasant came and gave the king money for the dog. The dog was given to him and left. With the absence of the dog, the elephant grew sad and did not want to eat, drink, or bathe. The others grew worried and told the king ad sent Pandit to find out what was causing the elephant to behave like this. The Pandit told the king that there was nothing nearly wrong with the elephant but that he was like this because he missed his friend a dog whom he had grown very fond of.  They looked for the man who had taken the dog and finally brought the dog b