Week 11: Storytelling Proverbs

-Short rhymes-

If you kiss on Monday, you kiss for love 

Kiss on Tuesday, kiss to git rid of 

Kiss on Wednesday, kiss for a show 

Kiss on Thursday, kiss might bring snow  

Kiss on Friday, kiss for the party 

Kiss on Saturday, you might find your smarty. 

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When one travels to the East, 

ones luck might just increase;

When one travels to the North, 

You never know what might come forth; 

When one travels to the South,

make sure you listen to the word by mouth; 

When one travels West,

Be looking for what looks best. 

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If one must sleep for seven-day, they must lay in a bed of hay. 

If they will stand for nights on end, they unsurely will descend. 

When one chooses to lay awake, only time will tell if they will break. 

Or if they may wonder throughout the fight, they will find the pathway to the light. 

On this journey, they must stand tall, for if they lose the will fall. 

Yet, when they fight true and strong,

they will have the seven days and may the be forever long. 

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In the morning dew on a summer day,
All of the animals loved to come out and play.
They frickled and frolicked through the fields,
no one ever stops or makes yields.
Then once the sun has been raised,
It rains down its light for all to praise.
Days are spent in love of life,
No one ever deals with strife.
All is well in the sun and shine,
As the night begins to fall everyone watches the falling skyline.

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Deer sketch By Kelly Tom on Public Domain

"Early to bed, and early yo rise, 

Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. "

There once was a man who went from nothing to everything. 

He was a poor boy who was found on the streets. 

A man took him in to comfort his needs.

 When the man took him in he taught him to live. 

To live was to learn and to learn was to live. 

The man taught the boy to smile in life. 

For the simplest of things could bring forth the greatest of joy. 

The man also taught him to work for his worth. 

So the boy worked hard and never stopped. 

He worked every day and helped when he could. 

While at the same time he found happiness in his heart. 

He knew when he helped he did more than just work. 

He brought strength to himself for the work was not work.

The boy had learned that he could do what he loved.

When he did what he loved he would find peace from above. 

The peace from above-brought hope to the rest. 

The rest could then see the love that was spread. 

This poor from the streets was a blessing within. 

For he grew on the town and the town surely loved him. 

After hard work and heart, the boy made himself a man.

He saved up all his earning and bought him some land. 

He never gave up and always stayed strong.

His land became great for he made himself a farm. 

His farm flourished in size and he sold what he grew. 

He came to a wealthy man and always stood true. 

He always went back to the man who took him in. 

For he never forgot who made and shaped him. 

He learned the great lesson to love what you do. 

To always work hard and smile too. 

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Author's Note: For this unit of reading I read the Nursery Rhymes. For the first two rhymes, I took them to form the reading and changed them up a bit. For the first one, the original rhyme talked about sneezing on each day of the week. For the second rhyme, the original one was about the wind blowing in different directions. For the third rhyme, I choose to make up my own. I found it a lot more difficult than I anticipated. I am hoping It makes sense to all my readers. Ha but then again a few of the rhymes I read, I was totally lost. For the last rhyme, I wanted to incorporate animals into it. I feel like animals are used a lot in rhymes for children. They make an easier connection to animals. It also attracts some people's interest. I wanted to tell a short rhyme about animals living their life in a field. Living through the summer days just running through the fields enjoying the simplicity of life. In the last short story I expanded it from one of the proverbs. The original proverb, "Early to bed, and early yo rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. ". I choose to give a little to the story, by expanding it. I just wanted to add more detail. 

Story Source: Nursery Rhymes Unit. Proverbs, From The Nursery Rhyme Book edited by Andre Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).