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- The story about the boy who set out to find Fear stood out to me the most of the various Turkish fairy tales. I liked it because it calls into question the idea that everyone is afraid of the same thing. Fear is in the eye of the beholder, and it can wear many faces.
- The story went through many sections with the boy trying to find fear. However, the section that I felt needed to be expanded was the section about him becoming the shah. Everyone assumes that he will be dead the next day, as whoever becomes shah is always dead on the following day. The boy doesn't die, but the story never explains why he was expected to. Was there some kind of curse that was killing the new shahs? Was someone murdering them out of jealousy or anger? How does the sultana feel about the dead shahs, and does she have anything to do with it?
- I would like to tell a story that focuses on this set of events. I like the idea that the new shahs are getting murdered, possibly by a vizier who wanted to keep power for himself.
- Perhaps the vizier poisons the new shah with something that takes effect when mixed with the adrenaline rush of a fear response, making it look as though they died of fear. When the boy lives, the vizier ingests some. When the bird flies out of the soup, the boy (whose poison has worn off) gets to experience fear, and the evil vizier dies by his own poison.
Bibliography: Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignacz Kunos. Web Source.
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