For the second part of my reading, Persian Tales translated by D.R.L. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer and illustrated by Hilda Roberts, I really enjoyed the introduction of Luck as a person. In the tales of The Man Who Went to Wake his Luck and The Merchant and the Saffaron they talk about Luck as if it is an actual person that falls asleep and that is why someone is having bad luck. I think it would be fun to have a story about Luck’s life. Since Luck is a person, he could get tired of everyone using him for their own good luck. This would then take Luck on a journey to search for a friend that doesn’t want to just use him. Another tale from the reading was the Tortoise Bowl-On-The-Back and the Fox. This tale reminded me of the popular “Tortoise and the Hare” folktale that is told to children in America now. In both tales, the fox/hare loses a race because he is conceited and does not take the race seriously. In the Persian tale, the Tortoise has the help of his brother to trick the fox into thinking he lost. But what if the roles were flipped? This classic tale could be changed to where the tortoise is mean and conceited. So, when the tortoise challenges the fox to a race a “god” could intervene to punish the tortoise by making him slow. This could go on to explain why all tortoises are slow.
A baby turtle. Source: Wikimedia Commons
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