Reading Notes B
The Sleep of One Hundred Years: The Rabbi, Onias, set on a journey to the unhappy city of Jerusalem. He set on his journey and the land the was once beautiful was now bare and lacking so many things. He got to a point on his journey where he was so tired he decided to sleep for the night. He krept into a deep sleep and ended up sleeping for 100 years. When he awoke everything was different, the land was plentiful and rebuilt. Onias eventually made it to town where he met some people and his grandson. After seeing how different things were he knew that he did not belong there and wished to go back to his resting place. There he fell back into a deep sleep forever.
King for Three Days: A soldier named Godfrey was set on exterminating the jews and all the people of Israel. He was confident in himself but wanted the blessing of Rabbi Rashi. The Rabbi told him that Jerusalem would fall and he would rule for three days and then no more. So, that is exactly what happened. Jerusalem was defeated and three days later Godfrey decided that he wanted to go back to Europe. As they start their journey back, all of the men, women, children, and animals all start to die. He arrives back to the Rabbi's place with only three of his men and while they were there another died. Godfrey admitted failure to the Rabbi and said he would forever have fame.
The Higgeledy-Piggledy Palace: Abraham and his beautiful wife began their journey to Egypt. But because his wife so beautiful he was worried somebody would try and take her from him so he put her in a box and that is how they traveled. When they got to customs the officers requested to know what was in the box but he would not tell them and offered to pay the highest tax. This made the officers suspicious so they opened the box and stood Abraham's wife. She was so beautiful that they notified the pharaoh and he decided to keep her as his queen. Sarah told the pharaoh that Abraham was her brother to protect him but they knew God would keep them together. Once the pharaoh tried to make a move on Sarah she cast a spell on him making him think that he was ill. He got so ill that he requested that Sarah and Abraham leave after they fixed him. Sarah and Abraham lived happily ever after.
The Rabbi's Bogey-Man: Rabbi Lion decided to create a servant since everyone believed he was a magician. He was able to create a women and bring to life with a piece of paper with a holy name written on it to run all his errands. One day, she was out playing with the children and they asked her to build a fire and so she did but got way out of control. The fire burned her and burned a couple houses down. Rabbi Lion was summoned to the King and he order Rabbi Lion to build another servant to prove himself. Rabbi Lion built another one called the Bogey-Man and the King ordered him to be the master of Rabbi Lion. But Rabbi Lion ended up killing the creature.
The Fairy Frog: Hanina's family dies and he must obey his father's dying wish. His wish was to go the passover festival and buy the first thing that is offered to you no matter the cost. Hanina does as his father asks and the first thing offered to him was a silver casket that took almost all of his money. He gets home and opens it and inside was a frog so they took care of it and did not complain. The frog ate all of their food and so Hanina and his wife were barely scraping by. One day, the frog says to Hanina's wife to make a wish and he would grant it. She pleaded for food and that is what they got. Then the frog wanted to thank them for taking care of him and told them to follow him into the forest. There they were gifted with so many riches from all animals. Hanina became famous for there wealth and charity.
Bibliography: Jewish Fairytales, Laura Gibbs. UN-Textbook
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