For the extra reading diary, I chose to do Persian Tales, mainly because of two reasons: 1) I had no idea about most of the other options, and 2) werewolves were mentioned and werewolves are awesome. So here goes.
The first one I read was The Wolf and the Goat. The first thing that stuck out to me was the rhyming in the story; it kind of made it seem like a kid's fairy tale (which it may be, I'm not sure). Edit: it is a fairy, so there's that. Basically, the premise is the wolf kidnaps (ha, get it KIDnaps) the young goats and starts to make a soup. The mother goat throws some dirt in it and challenges the wolf to a fight. The goat makes a present to take to a guy so he'll sharpen her horns and he does. The wolf fakes a present to trick a dentist into sharpening his teeth, but the dentist pulls all his teeth out. The wolf and goat try to jump a river, but the wolf falls in because he drank too much water and then the goat rips his stomach open. Kinda gruesome all things considered when you think of the light-hearted rhyming and such.
I enjoyed The Wolf-Aunt a lot more than the first one, because the first wolf story was surprisingly lacking in werewolves. Luckily, this one has a werewolf in it! Hooray! The premise of this story is a man slaves day after day to provide for his wife and seven daughters. Maybe he should've realized he couldn't support them before he had seven of them. Anyways, one day a woman appeared in front of him and said she was rich and would support them. They sent their daughter over there to offer a gift and she saw the woman was a wolf. The wife told the husband about this but he wouldn't listen. They go, but when the husband goes to bed the wife (wisely) takes the kids and gets the hell out of dodge. The wolf then ate the husband, the end. Pretty quick ending. But I'd say he got was coming, should've listened to his wife.
Sketch artist rendering of the husband's "sister."
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