The Grand Myth Analysis

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“The Grand Myth” (Create Your Own Myth Assignment)

Once upon a time, there was a child named Grand. His parents wanted to move to Arizona from Texas. Grand was a big child, for he was 5”6 when he was 4 years old! On the move, he fell out of the wagon that his parents were using at the time. Unfortunately, it was in the desert. Grand wasn’t even scared. In fact, he got along with the coyotes that lived there! He lived with the coyotes for 15 years.In those years he had grew to be a whopping 56”! Then, one family riding through the desert spotted Grand and his coyote friends drinking water from a puddle. The old man said, “Young man, what are you doing?” “Drinking,” he replied.

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