This was a fun read!

I can easily visualize the setting already.

This story was interesting to me, and it was decently easy to understand.

They talk about food often in this story.

Gross!!!!!

My immediate thought when I read this was about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

I wonder what she buys herself.

This was a part in the story that I felt I could really visualize what was being talked about. That seems really scary to me!

So far, this doesn't really like like fantasy at all. Up top, it said that some stories can seem normal "but veer into thr realm of the fantastic in subtle ways". So now I am curious to see how that happens!

As I read this part, I felt like I could hear it! It sounds like a fun, happy place.

It said online that she is best known for her stories in the genres of fantasy and science fiction.

My favorite thing about this story was how easy it was to understand what was happening, which I feel is something I cannot say about the other pieces of literature we have annotated! I like how the author wrote this story.

Just in case anyone else does not know what this means....

Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself.

Woah! I was not expecting that. That is cool, but I wonder if that is the truth or not. ?????

The man has wings... interesting. I predict he will play a role in this short story.

I like how right from the beginning, there is a clear picture in your head of the setting.

1927-2014.

He was born in Columbia.

I enjoy the fact that the lines are very few syllables and this is an easy poem to read and understand.

This makes me think about when you are playing rock-paper-scissors and rock beats scissors.

I noticed that the rhyme scheme goes a,b,a,b - in all 4 stanzas.

After reading this poem, it seems that a young boy who has a dad who is a drunk who beats him. And instead of saying he is getting beaten, he says it is a dance called a waltz.

I recognized that each line is 8 syllables. I also noticed that there is a rhyme scheme, and I like how Frost ends the poem with 4 lines that all rhyme.

I recognize the name Robert Frost as a famous poet. "The Road Not Taken" is the poem that I know him by.

I think that the fact that all of the lines had 10 syllables was really cool, and also impressive.

Sir Alfred Lord Tennyson is "one of the most well-loved Victorian poets".

I did a Google search about this poem to try to get more information on it and what I figured out is that this poem was recited to Alice in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass". It also said that the meaning of the poem remains elusive, and is a popular poem and a classic example of Victorian nonsense verse.

Reminds me of the seven dwarfs!

So the sun was shining on the sea in the middle of the night. That does not make sense. Like it says, "this was odd". I agree!

Honestly, I'm not sure if this poem is even supposed to make sense. (Because it definitely doesn't make sense to me!!) It is easy to read and you can read it quickly, but I have no clue what I read. (If that makes any sense)

A Kraken is an enormous mythical sea monster said to appear off the coast of Norway.

Sounds scary to me!!

I read the poem before reading this. I just realized this whole poem is only 2 sentences! That is crazy- it seemed like more.

I noticed that at the beginning of the poem, it was 10 syllables per line. Then it changed to some having 11, with the final line having 12 syllables. The writer is not consistent with how many he has on each line, but maybe that's what he wanted.

This whole part is really easy to visualize. I feel like I could totally see what was happening.

A lot of this was very visual, with Grendel dying at the end.

I like this!

After looking up who Grendel is, I found he is "a demon descended from Cain".

His life began and ended the same way- on the water in a boat.

I predict that he flourished into something great and powerful.

I predict that something bad is about to happen.

Typical story of survival.

I would think that any father would want to help his son. Especially if he was blind, and could be healed with his father's help.

I find it interesting that they lost the will to report back.

I wasn't sure what this meant at first, so I looked it up, and a herald is "an official messenger bringing news". Hopefully this will help you guys too!

Megan Gerk, Greg Chapdelaine, Zane Pfau:

Infer: Once we knew that a ray of light would start another curse, we predicted that it would happen later in the story. Once she ignored his warning that it could happen, we knew it probably. And it did.

Megan Gerk, Greg Chapdelaine, Zane Pfau:

Question: We were puzzled when we learned that he was a lion by day and a human by night. We figured it would be the other way around. We didn't expect all of his people to become lions like him.

Megan Gerk, Greg Chapdelaine, Zane Pfau:

Visualize: We felt like we could totally envision what was happening in this part of the story. The specific details really made it a clear visual. We thought the part about the griffin was especially vivid.

Megan Gerk, Greg Chapdelaine, Zane Pfau:

Connect- We think that this story connects to Beauty and the Beast in several different ways. They are similar because there is still a beast with a beautiful woman, and they fall in love. She ends up curing him.

I am glad that this story had a happy ending with Cupid and Psyche ending up being together. They had a rough journey, but I am happy it ended up like this!

I wonder what Psyche will think when she realizes what he really looks like (or if she ever will at all).

I figured this would not make Venus very happy.

I enjoyed this story because it told about their journey together, then had a happy ending.

I am guessing the singing, springing lark must be something that people (or animals) desire. I wonder if it has some type of healing power or something?

I wonder why the third one does not want something like pearls or diamonds, but instead, a lark? She must be different from her sisters.