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Your name: Writer 14

Folktale Title: Why Spider Has a Big Bottom

Retold by: Meg Lippert

Country of Origin: The Country of Origin is Liberia.

Write three or more words to describe the setting of this folktale. The setting of this folktale is in a forest between a mountain and a river.

Write the names of two or more important characters. The names of the three important characters are Dantay, Spider, and Layva.

What was the one important problem or conflict in this folktale? The most important problem in this folktale was when Spider had to decide whether to go to the dance on the mountain or to go to the feast by the river.

Who learned a lesson in this folktale? The character who learned a lesson in this folktale is Spider.

Write a full sentence to explain the lesson that this character learned. The lesson that this character learned was that you should do what you want, not what other people want you to do. __**Extra Challenge**__ 1) Summarize the tale in 10 sentences.In "Why Spider Has a Big Bottom" the main character(which is Spider) has to choose which festival to go to. The main characters are Dantay, Layva, and Spider. This story takes place in a forest between a mountain and a river. It happened on Saturday in the morning. The problem was that Dantay and Layva asked spider if he could come to their festival and Spider replied "Yes". He tied a rope around his waist and whoever pulled first would have Spider go to their festival first and then Spider would go to the other festival afterwards, it sounded like a good idea but,Dantay and Layva pulled the rope at the same time. The solution to that problem is that Dantay and Layva assumed that Spider had gone to the other festival so, they stopped pulling. The lesson is that you should do what you want you want to do and not what your friends tell you to do. In the end Spider ended up with a big bottom from all of the pulling.

2) Explain how you could use this tale to help a younger child.I could use this tale to help a younger child by telling it to them and telling them to trust themselves if they think they are right about their difficult decisions in life. For example, a kindergartner might need help on deciding which club to join.

Extra Credit Reading Raven- The lesson is that if you are greedy then you can cause bad things for the world. The Gift of The Sacred Dog- The lesson is that anybody can be a hero, they just have to believe. How Rabbit Stole The Fire-The lesson in this story is that if you have something important and someone or something is suffering you should think of them more than yourself. The Rough-Faced Girl-The lesson is that you shouldn't judge people by their looks and you should judge them by their personality. How The Birch Trees Got Their Stripes-

//Why Some Places Have Droughts

Once a long long time ago in a rain forest on an unknown island, Raven, Mouse, and Lizard were playing hide-and-go-seek. Raven was it. After a few minutes of searching Raven became mad. "Why am I always it?" Raven muttered to himself. "It just isn't fair."

As a result of Raven being mad, Raven started pecking the ground with his sharp beak until a small hole formed in the soft earth. He kept digging and digging until he got down to the forest's water supply which he stole and took to his palace atop a mountain."Ha ha," he laughed ,"now animals from around the forest will come begging me to give them their precious water. I'll become ruler of the forest!" After that the forest slowly turned into a dry and hot desert.

Finally, after a week of living like this, Mouse and Lizard became angry. "Why did Raven do this to us? We are his friend," Lizard asked Mouse. They decided to pay Raven a visit so, they started the long trek up the mountain to Raven's palace. When they arrived several hours later they devised a cunning plan to trick Raven into giving the water back to the rain forest. They walked through a door and met Raven in a winding passageway. "Raven, a sea lion on the big square rock on the west side of the island doesn't believe that you have all this water. So, you better show it to him," said Lizard. "What will I put my water in?" asked Raven. "In this," answered Mouse holding up a barrel that had a small hole in it. "I'll leave right away," Raven shouted while he soared out of his palace and through the air. Wherever he went he dropped water and soon the forest was green again.While he was soaring through the air he looked around and saw a desert. He saw what he did and he learned his lesson. (Raven never knew that the barrel he was holding had the hole in it. Later Lizard and Mouse told him that the barrel had the hole in it.)

Perhaps the lesson that Raven learned was that you should "Never get mad because of a game, after all it's just for fun.//