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I've had a Twitter account for a long time, but I don't really use it for anything. I went ahead and followed @DRoughnecksLive for this assignment. This Twitter account live tweets game updates for the Dallas Roughnecks, a Professional Ultimate Frisbee team in Dallas. I play Ultimate Frisbee and have several friends who play on that team, so I like getting updated on how their games are going.

The Two Pigs Two pig brothers were raised by an old woman. After some time, the men of the village got drunk and wanted to eat the pigs. The old woman offered up one of the pigs and that pig got terrified. His brother consoled him and told him that this is what they were born for. The people were moved by the pig's words and the king gave them a lavish lifestyle for the rest of their lives. The end of this story felt very much like Rama being exiled for some reason. The Patient Buffalo A monkey tried to annoy a buffalo. The buffalo was unconcerned with the monkey and let him do whatever he wanted. Eventually, a fairy appeared and asked the buffalo why he let the monkey do these things. The buffalo explained that nothing the monkey does is worth getting angry over and that nature did not give him a large brain, so it's not his fault. The fairy sent the monkey away and gave the buffalo a charm that would make it do where no one would mess with him again. The Sarabha There...

The Monkey-Bridge I read the same story in an earlier week written by Ellen C. Babbit. This story was much more detailed and had the Monkey-King end up dying to save his people, which inspired the king to treat his people well. Interesting change in the storyline. The Guilty Dogs A group of dogs in the palace ate the royal saddle during the night. The king was furious and commanded that every dog in the city was to be killed. The chief of the city dogs marched up to the palace and showed the king that they were all innocent and that the royal dogs were to blame. Banyan Ellen C. Babbit wrote a similar story. This one was much more detailed. Two deer kings and their herd were rounded up into the king's area. One was killed each day until a mother with a newborn doe was up to be killed. One of the deer kings went to give his life instead and the human king was overcome with emotion and promised to never kill another animal again. The Tortoise and the Geese This was one of th...