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 How the Monkey Saved His Troop By Ellen C. Babbitt I like the different places the fruit fell, I could make a story based on where the fruit fell and how it influences the story in latter areas. I think it was interesting how the author compared mangoes to another fruit, the peach.  The monkeys took what the tree gave, but also climbed the tree to take what wasn't ready to fall or not. The mango was discovered by the king on accident, and the king found out about the fruit from foresters. The king decides to take all of the mangoes, and kill all of the monkeys, which has a greedy theme to the story. The chief of the monkeys worked to save them all, there is a theme I relate to the modern world of humans wanting what animals have so they wipe out both. Similar to a new documentary I watched called seaspiracy.  The chief had the monkeys cross his back, so he literally carried his loved ones on his back. The ending of the story is the absolute best part. The king sees how t...

 The Golden Goose By Ellen C. Babbitt This story opened really well to set up the characters and their situations, I also really enjoyed the pictures and the way they looked. They were silhouette pictures with the matching background of the website, it looked really cool! I really like how the goose immediately thought of how to help the family, without knowing them. I will want to use something like that in one of my stories. "So away the Goose flew" I am not sure how to describe this but I love the way the author worded this action. I also like the theme of giving without the expectation of receiving. It makes me so sad to think the mother felt the need to take everything from the goose out of fear from not having the comfort of the goose always returning. I like that the daughters did not want to take from the goose. However, it did not matter. The mother's fear of not being able to care for her daughters overcame right and wrong. The mother did what she felt she neede...