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stressballpoped

i will miss my fluffy

Jul 13, 2006 15:34

I chickened out. I have returned styx to where I adopted him. I have debated back and forth in my mind millions of times for the past few days. in the end, the cons defeated the pros. the good excuse is that I don't want him to suffer in the car for a week. The truth is I don't think I can deal with him on the road. It would be too much ( Read more... )

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psychox July 17 2006, 23:54:02 UTC

Stressballs, I have a weird question for you.

Do you know of a Chinese folktale called "The Emperor's Nightingale"? If so, how does that story go in the version you heard? And who told it to you, or where did you hear it?

Get back to me when you can. I don't know if you're on the road yet or what. Email or comment in my journal--my phone's not working right now.

Thanks,
Psychox

psychox July 18 2006, 01:37:51 UTC

Ha ha ha. My teachers lied. What else is new? It's a Danish fairy tale that takes place in China. Eh, morons. Well, still, if you've heard of it, let me know.

Ha ha ha. Lies, all lies.

-Psychox

psychox July 23 2006, 21:28:38 UTC

i dont think i have heard of this story. what is it about?

psychox July 26 2006, 23:09:51 UTC

That you, Stressed Balls? Why you not logged in at your own damn lj ( ... )

psychox July 26 2006, 23:22:47 UTC

Oh. Sorry about making fun of your reading comprehension. I misread part of your comment. So sorry.

stressballpoped July 27 2006, 00:01:46 UTC

that's okay. the wiki version is okay, but Hao's version is more morbid. i like it.

psychox July 27 2006, 20:58:43 UTC

Yeah, I thought the same. I first heard the Andersen original when I was in third grade. I didn't run into Hao's version until I was in high school and shelving children's picture books at my library job. For a while, I entertained the idea that Hao's version was the real Chinese myth, that Andersen's was the Danish retelling. Internet research suggested otherwise. A week ago, I managed to find a used copy of Hao's book for sale online. It arrived yesterday. On the back cover: "Based on Andersen's The Emperor and the Nightingale."

So yeah. That answers my question. And apparently Andersen is so well known that they only have to use his last name by itself and everyone knows it's him, but I didn't know about him until, like, yesterday. I had no clue that the same guy who wrote the original "Little Mermaid" also wrote "Nightingale." Yeah. I'm ignorant.

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