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Reading Notes: The Gold Giving Serpent

The story I have chosen for this week is The Gold Giving Serpent by Joseph Jacobs


  • The poor farmer and the serpent are the main characters of the story
  • I especially liked the serpent, he was clever and also was not to be messed with
  • He taught the farmer a lesson about greed
  • The farmer tried to betray the hand that fed him
  • I could change the story to were the serpent was immortal and played dead and began to seek revenge on the farmer
  • I could change it to a huge battle of the boy and the serpent for all the gold
  • The snake lets the man be free after killing his son, I could re write that and have the snake take revenge on the farmer and kill him as well. 

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