My favorite section from this reading was the very first part from The Two Brothers. I didn't know what to expect from the story. It seemed to be going a different direction than the way that it went, so I really ended up liking it a lot. I think that the dramatic ending was so shocking, to me at least! I never would have seen it coming. Every time I see a story with two brothers, I assume it's going to do something similar to Cain and Abel and I guess I was kind of right? Anyway, very cool.
Anpu is the older brother and Bata is the younger. They coexisted in the same house happily. Anpu had a wife and Bata acted like his son and did some of the yard work for him. Bata brought herbs for Anpu and his wife sometimes. He would sleep with the cattle. It was a good system.
It's important to know that Bata could understand what the animals were saying kind of. They would tell him important things sometimes. Basically, most of the story is Bata running errands and doing farm work. One night, Bata came back from his errands to find Anpu's wife sitting, braiding her hair. He asks her to get him corn and she refuses because her hair would be ruined. They talk of barley after he goes to the storehouse. Then she kind of comes onto him. Bata is not pleased. He sees her as a mother and respects his brother. He tells her to not do this again and goes back to work.
Later, when Anpu gets home, we see her strung out and upset. She lies about what happens and says that he was the one who did this to her, which understandably makes Anpu angry. The boys begin fighting! Anpu sharpens a dagger and goes to find his brother... obviously with the intention to kill him. It's all very dramatic.
An Egyptian Harvest (Wikimedia Commons)
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