WobLog

The kids and I have recently been listening to the story of Gilgamesh the King and his enemy-turned-friend, Enkidu on The Story of the World CDs. Recently the kids asked me if Gilgamesh was good or bad. I told them that originally he was bad. As an example (spoilers to the tale of Gilgamesh, if you're planning to read it), I cited when Gilgamesh attended a wedding and decided to take the bride away. I said something like, "Imagine if someone had come to take me away on the day I had married Daddy!" They agreed it was bad, and Sarah ran off to ask Daddy who he had had to fight to save Mommy on his wedding day. Meanwhile, Alex started racing around the house pretending he was Enkidu. Except, he pronounced it Yankidu. And then, of course, Yankee Doodle.