Reading Notes: Indian Fairy Tales Part B

In the Part B of the Indian fairy tales there were a total of 7 stories. Ironically, the last story was the most enjoyable of them all. This was a story concerning the Sun, Moon, and Wind. Their mother, the Star in the sky, let them out to have a feast with friends. However, none of them thought of their mother in their time of fun except the Moon. The Moon brought back a little bit of everything for Star. The mother cursed the Sun to burn so hot that people would have to avoid it and the Wind to blow during the heat to parch and shrivel all things. What really stood out to me was the moral/lesson of the story: even in times of fun you must be humble and not forget who got you where you are. A son or daughter should not forget their parents, especially their mother who gave birth to them. It's easy to forget where you came from, but that's the whole point of this story. I love the story overall, but in my rendition I would change what the Sun, Moon, and Wind were going out for. Maybe instead they grew up and went on with their lives leaving their mother behind, instead of going out to hang with friends. I might also change the characters themselves to something entirely different.

Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, link to online reading

(Sun, Moon, and Wind, Source: MainLesson)