Emma Keith

Announcer A: Annnnd it looks like Sindbad's been left alone on a dangerous island again! Thanks for tuning in folks — let's see how our adventurer's going to get out of this one. Announcer B: Welcome back to The Great Escape, where each week we bring you to some of the most dangerous places on the globe with some of our most daring wilderness survivors. Today we're joining Sindbad, a world traveler and expert trader, in one of our most remote and harrowing locations, and he's about to find himself in a jam. Let's have a look! [Scene cuts to Sindbad, who's just waking up on a deserted island after realizing his ship left him. Sindbad climbs a tree to try to look around and get his bearings.] Announcer A: And he's at it folks! It looks like Sindbad's noticed something in the distance, but it's not his ship! [Sindbad has spotted a large, gleaming white object in the distance.] Announcer B:  Our adventurer's having a go at it! Oh, now...

This week I read through the ever-winding and outlandish tales of Sindbad, several of which I would love to retell.  Second Voyage  (pt. 1 & 2) Sinbad evades the enormous snakes. Courtesy of Laura Gibbs. Source: UnTextbook . I enjoyed this third story's bizarre whimsy — the first two stories in this unit are improbable, but this one was a little more ridiculous (with the giant bird, the hordes of enormous snakes, the multitude of diamonds). Reading this one, what I pictured in a retelling was Sindbad competing in some kind of extreme reality television show that tests his wits and ability to survive. The narrator would be a TV commentator, following Sindbad's Man vs. Wild-style journey on the various islands. While I think both sections of this story would work well with this storytelling style, the second part (in which Sindbad uses the giant pieces of meat to escape with some diamonds), might be especially entertaining. Third Voyage This third voyage (w...