KUTCHER BLOG

  The King's White Elephant - There were a few carpenters that lived near a river in a forest - As the got up from where they lived, they had seen this beautiful elephant wounded, and hurting -  The carpenters came running to help the wounded elephant, and was very grateful that he ended up helping the carpenters - He would do all the dirty work for them such as move the logs into the river, fetch their tools, and bring them tree trunks so they can do their work - The elephant enjoyed doing these things for the carpenter, so he showed his son how everything works - Out of nowhere, there was this beautiful white elephant near the river, and the king wanted to keep the elephant for himself Pixabay: Elephant

  How the Turtle saved his own life - There was a king who built a lake in his backyard for his kids to swim and play in, but eventually they wanted some fish in the pond as well - As the fish entered the lake, but the kids noticed something that was not quite like the other fish, it was a turtle -  As the kids saw the turtle. they got scared as they thought it was a demon. They wanted the turtle to be killed, and the father demanded for it to be killed as well - They came up with many different possibilities for it to be killed -  When the turtle heard all of this talk about him possibly being killed, he put his head out of his shell - They still wanted to throw him into the lake, but the turtle didn't mind because he is use to the water                                                                    ...

  The Fairy and the Hare - There once was the young hare was lived near the mountains and was known for being very sweet -  He had many friends near the mountains, and the village he lived near -  It seemed like they always got together to talk about certain things, and they would always teach each other certain things - The hare was very sweet, and told his friends that they should give away the food they find -  They ended up finding a piece of meat and some milk -  Many of his friends found items up to offer, but the hare did not find anything -  They decided that he should offer up himself for food -  A fairy that lived nearby changed into an old begging man, and went to all of his friends  -  All his friends were offering his food to the "old man," but when it was time for the hare, he had nothing to offer - The fairy told the hare to build a fire, but as he jumped in, the fire did not burn him because of how sweet he was.     ...

  The Guilty Dogs - The King entered through the city -  When he was able to return, all the horses were left in the stable - While everyone was asleep in the Palace, the palace dogs wanted to have fun in the rain - Since everyone in the Palace was asleep, the palace dogs chewed up the horse's harnesses - As the king awoke from sleep, he saw what the dogs had done and wanted all the dogs killed - All the dogs were scared and went to the chief dog for help and safety -  The chief dog ordered that the only dogs who get punished were the palace dogs were chewed up the harnesses -  The chief dog told the king to feed the palace dogs buttermilk so they could throw up the leather they chewed from the horse's harness. - All the dogs were then treated like royalty.                                                             ...

  The Golden Goose - There was this beautiful goose who had golden feathers -  The goose resided near a mother and daughter whom were very poor -  He always thought that if he were to give them one of his golden feathers they wouldn't be poor anymore - He did eventually give them the feathers and they were able to sell it for some good money -  The mother was skeptical that the goose would not return, so she wanted to get all the feathers off of him the next time they cross ways. -  He eventually came back, and plucked all the feathers off of him - Little did the mother know that if the feathers are plucked without permission, they are not worth value                                                               Pixabay: Golden duck

  - There was a war where both armies were set to battle - Both sides agreed to rush to the middle with lots of screaming and yelling - The Pandavas fought the Kurus like it was a real battle for the ages - Bhishma, the leader of the Kurus, was where the heart of the battle was -  His attack method was really strong, and nobody was able to survive the strikes -  The Pandavas started to believe that as long as Bhishma was alive, there was no hope at all - As the war ceased, Bhisma died and was replaced by another commander - The new commander was able to gather up a win against the Pandavas - The new goal for the Pandavas was to defeat the new commander                                                       Pixabay: The Battle

  -Purochana invites the Pandavas to a nice place to stay right outside the city - Purochana says that it is this really nice mansion, but the only thing is it is haunted - When the arrived at the house, it smelled like tar and there was oil all over - Yudhishthira believes that the house is prone to to flammable because of the oil and the tar that came from the house - While they were skeptical about staying at the house, they decided to stay because they didn't want to act like something was wrong in front of Purochana - Their uncle came to visit and said that the haunted mansion would be burnt to the ground one day - He said they should build a tunnel, and that is what they did to escape it                                                                Pixabay:   Haunted House

  Riddles at the Lake - The Pandava brothers wanted to leave the forest -  Although they wanted to leave, it didn't go as planned -  The found a pond nearby and Nakula wanted to go near it -  Nakula heard a voice saying he needed to answer questions, and if he didn't comply he would have to drink the water - Nakula didn't care and drank the water anyway because he was thirsty - Nakula instantly died from drinking the water - His brother was confused how he died, so he drank the water also and died as well - Yudhishthira complyed with the voice and wanted to answer the questions - He was able to answer the questions correctly, and it was the God of wisdom - Yudhishthira wished for his brothers to be restored back to life                                                             Pixabay: Lake

  Life in the Forest -Draupadi and the Pandava Princes all went into the deep forest - While Yudhishthira went to the forest, he said our kingdom is lost to us: everything is lost - Yudhishthira prayed to lord of all creatures, and Father of gods and man - Yudhishthira was gifted a metal pot full of food, while the Pandavas are very familiar with the forest - While in the forest, they suffered from the heavy rains and tempests - Bhima was able to take all of them and carry them to safety                                                         Pixabay: Life in the forest

  The Burning of the Forest - Krishna visited the Pandavas at a picnic on the banks of Yamuna -While there was liquor served, Draupadi and Subhadra gave away tons of valuable items to their female companions - While they were sitting down, a Brahmin approached them wanting food - Since Brahmin was the God of fire, he didn't just want any type of food, he wanted the whole forest - They gathered weapons in case a battle started -  After the battle, Indra was defeated The Gambling Match - Duryohdhana became spiteful when he saw others being praised for the trump of the Pandavas -  He wanted to set up a gambling match to prove that he was also worthy of the praise - The Pandavas agreed to play the gambling match, even though they did not know how to play - Duryodhana wanted all the practice he could get so he started playing with his uncle -  The gambling match started and Duryodhana wanted to play with his uncle because he had gambling experience -  Duryodhana and ...

The Pandavas and the Kauravas - Pandu has two wives Kunti and Madri - Pandu wants kids, but is unable to have them because of the curse upon him - Pandu was up hunting for deer, but the deer casted a curse upon him so that when he is making love, he will also die - Kunti tries to summon all these different Gods to allow them to have a baby, and escape the curse - Pandu's five sons are called the Pandavas, but Pandu cannot resist making love to Kunti -Pandu dies from the spell casted on him from the deer - Since he was making love, he died, and left his wife with all five of the kids to rise Vyasa and Ganesha - Chedi was the king, and some of the Gods feared he was trying to steal their power - Indra was sent to him to bribe him with this crystal car that was able to fly -  One day while he was flying, his semen fell into the river and some fisherman came across it - The semen that fell from the sky was swallowed by a female fish, resulting in birth - When the fisherman got the fish...

  Kumbhakarna - The Rakshasas were down to their final straw, and their final thing left to do was to awake Kumbhakarna - Kumbhakarna was one of the most frightening demons ever, and would even eat humans - The Rakshasas wanted to awake him so he would be able to help for the battle -  Kumbhakarna was able to prepare for the battle by doing many of his normal activities - Kumbhakarna was able to defeat Hanuman and seized Sugriva - After the battle, Kumbhakarna fell backwards into the ocean Rama Attacks - Everything was dark, and knew at the time a war was coming - Ravana's spies were able to dress up as monkeys to spy on the monkey army so they could find out information -Ravana then decides to betray Sita - Sita really wanted for Rama to kill her as she was mourning for her slain groom -  Ravana gets prepared for the battle after her spies informed her it was go time - the head and bow vanished, and was evident that she was being played, or tricked into something   ...

  Hanuman's Leap - Hanuman was unsure if he was able to take the leap all other monkeys could do - Hanuman's birth was shared and was borne in the mountains - Indra was able to cast a bolt that broke his jaw - Brahma saw it and give him the ability of being invulnerable - Indra wanted to give the boon of choosing his own death - Hanuman was able to overcome the jump Sugriva and Hanuman - Sugriva and Hanuman were able to disguise themselves to ask Rama what they wanted -Sugriva informed Rama that Vail (his brother) drove him out of his Kingdom and kidnapped his wife -Hanuman was very happy to see Rama because they saw him as someone who could help Sugriva - Rama was able to explain everything, and said he was in exile -The rest of the people left to for Sugriva so they could help defeat his brother Sugriva's Story - Vail came in contact with someone bad and the enemy was able to drag him into a hole - Sugriva was ordered by Vail to watch over the hole until they were able to...

  The Sandals Main characters: Rama and Bharata - Bharata gifted Rama his gold sandals which allows him to accomplish all good -Bharata also said he will take over to protect to throne until Rama comes back -Bharata returns to the neighboring town to wait until Rama returns -Rama returns to the forest -The shoes symbolized royal authority The Golden Deer Main characters:  Maricha , Rama, Sita - Maricha stumbles upon a deer in the grove -Sita hears her and goes over to pick flowers - Sita marks the creature in his pride - The deers eyes have never rested on a form so wondrous fair - For Sita's sake, they wanted to slay him and his skin Bharata Returns Main characters: Bharata, Kaikeyi, Rama - Bharata was informed that Dasharatha had died -  Kaikeyi told Bharata that he should not give way to grief - Kaikeyi says that he lost both his father and elder brother - Bharata fell at her feet, and would hasten after Rama to entreat him to return           ...

    Sita Main Characters- Rama, Lakshmana, Sita Rama and his brother Lakshmana leave town, and walk on the streets Many women gasp at them because they are very charming Him and his brother ask to pluck flowers in the garden The two brothers run into princess Sita at the Kings garden - The queen of night is not so fair as Sita Dashharatha's Karma  Main characters- Dashharatha, father, mother, little boy Dasharatha was known to suffer a sad death When they were bow hunting, he accidentally struck the young boy The boy does forgive him as he slowly dies in the forest Dasharatha does eventually tell his parents about what happened in the forest The parents were startled, and were questioning life The dad wants dasharatha to kill his father because he can't take it Eventually both parents walk into the fire where they were cremating the young boy Rama Wins Sita Main characters- Rama, Sita, Janak, and Vishvamitra Many people tried to win Sita's heart such as the Warriors, the ...

  The Foolish, Timid Rabbit by Ellen C. Babbitt : A sleeping rabbit awoke from a startling noise right after he asked himself "what if the world should break up!" "What then would come of me?" Little did the rabbit know that a coconut fell just behind him. But that did not stop this rabbit. He was thinking the worst possible situation. "the earth is all breaking up." He then started to quickly run away from the tree he was sleeping under because he thought the earth was breaking up. Many others rabbits were paranoid to see this rabbit going max speed, so they quickly joined with him. Along the way, the group of rabbits came across a deer and also joined them with no questions asked. Soon after a fox was called over to join to pack, along with an elephant because they didn't know what was happening. The lion was the only one left, but did not fall for the overreaction from the other animals. He went back to the place the rabbit was sleeping, and saw the...

  Out of the two options that were offered, I chose to read Tiny Tales from the Ramayana. I chose this reading because I thought it was very cool that our own teacher wrote it. It was a no brainer that this was the one I would chose because I really enjoy more of a backstory, and like that it was a new option this semester. The first comic book that caught my attention was the Pandava Princes: Pandu's five brave sons . I thought this story was very interesting and odd that Draupadi became the wife of all five brothers. I also like when there is conflict in the story. The second book that caught my attention was the comic Ancestors of Rama: A Noble inheritance.  I thought this one was interesting because there was a curse casted upon Dilipa because he was flirting with his young bride, causing him to potentially not have many children. I also really liked the cover of the book because I love animals. While looking at the different videos, one of the first ones that stood out wa...