Carys Cho: La Vida de Mi Alebrije by Cho, Carys A

Give a brief introduction of your alebrije (like when you do your chat with Sra Moore), including:

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name
3 animals that are a part of its body
age
name of its homeland (Be creative and in Spanish!)
height (Look in questions notes #3)

In separate posts, explain:

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What the colors mean
What the details mean (spots, lines, squiggles, horns, wings, etc.)

1. Explain the features of each of the 3 animals in a separate post. 2. Briefly explain why you chose that animal. Look at your ser adjectives and do NOT use the same adjectives. Remember to look at your transitional words!

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For example:

1st post: Hedgehog spikes keep it safe. They are introverts like me.

2nd post: honey badger stripe and angry attitude. Honey badgers are strong and not afraid of anything.

3rd post: fire ant leg. Fire ants run quickly and go everywhere.

Explain, using transitional words:

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height
descriptions of the different sizes of its body (Ex: the tail might be big but the wings might be tiny or thin)
compare it to something else to give reader an idea of how large or small your alebrije is.
Other information you want to include that you KNOW how to say.

Explain, using transitional words:

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What traits does it have? Do NOT list them-create challenging sentences (no translation or AI!)
For example is its personality friendly, polite, mean, extrovert, introvert, etc. based on certain characteristics on their body?

Explain about several animals in your alebrije's family.

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Be creative! Write 1 family member per post and give a brief explanation.

Notes include:

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transitional words
introductions
family
ser conjugations
ser adjectives (permanent traits-physical description and personality)
estar conjugations
estar adjectives (temporary traits-feelings, emotions, location)
colors
food
gustar (likes and dislikes)
other prior knowledge that you KNOW how to say. Do NOT use a translation site, nor AI!

Explain

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What is the mythical friend's name?
What is the friend? (another alebrije, something else)
What they like doing together.

What does it do? Does it have powers?

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Think about topics we've discussed and more!

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Examples:

food, drinks
colors
weather
season
numbers
others

What's happening in the story?

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Where does it take place? Is there more than 1 location?

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Frog

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The main body, allowing it to coexist with land and water.

Jellyfish

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A decorative animal serving as a hat of sorts.

Duck

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The wings of it, letting it fly from place to place.

Fish

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The tail, letting it swim around from location to location.

Wings

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White squiggles representing wind. The wing body is also yellow, which I personally think is another color for wind

Jellyfish

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There's a fire pattern on the jellyfish for representing, well, fire. The fire pattern is orange. The actual jellyfish is red and has yellow dots on it meant to be like the sparks from the fire, while the tentacles of the jellyfish have yellow stripes just for extra color.

Body

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On the sides of its body, there are dark green lines meant to represent grass or the earth element. The body itself is also green, both from being the earth element and being a frog.

Tail

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The tail is gradient of darker to lighter blue with dark blue wavy lines meant to represent ocean waves or the water element.

Purpose

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The purpose of my alebrije is to spread around dreams through dreamcatchers, or that's what it intends to do. Instead it often ends up damaging the dreamcatcher as it tries to send the dream through, turning it into a nightmare. It ended up becoming infamous for this accident, being nicknamed the "dream stealer" (Robador de Sueños in Spanish) for taking away what was meant to be a good dream and replacing it with a nightmare. However, on widely recognized holidays (ex. Christmas) it will be able to pass around the good dreams it so desperately wants to gift to people.

Introduction!

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My alebrije is the "Rana de Sueño", Sueño for short. However, he is also nicknamed the "Robador de Sueños" for his delivery of nightmares. He's made up of a frog, a jellyfish, a duck, and a fish. Sueño is only around 23 human years and not even a foot, maybe around 5 inches tall. His homeland is called el Paso de las Estrellas for it always being nighttime when one passes through, as well as the fact that it's the road Sueño takes to go between the human world and the tunnel he can go through to meet his other family or alebrije friends.

Physical description

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Sueño es muy pequeño. El es solo cinco dedos, mas pequeño como mi mano! En consecuencia, el tiene alas pequeños y una cola de pescado pequeña. Sin embargo, Sueño tiene ojos gigantes en contraste como el. Además, una medusa es sobre de él cabeza, como un sombrero.

Personality

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Sueño es una rana amable! Sin embargo él es muy obstinado cuando el quiere cosas, como los sueños él desea regalar. Aunque le gusta regalar, Sueño es muy introvertido y no le gusta hablar mucho, como una medusa, cuál no hablar. Como resultado, él es tranquilo y no es ruidoso. Pero cuando una persona habla con Sueño, el puede ser cómico y cortés! Además, Sueño es creativo como los sueños él regalar porque él no quiere ser egoísta y quiere siempre ser amable.

Primo (Shelby's alebrije with permission!)

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Destello Soplo (better known as Destello) is Sueño's cousin who he rarely sees. However, Sueño greatly enjoys the moments he does get to spend with his cousin. He gets to see Destello occasionally when he goes through the tunnel in el Paso de las Estrellas to visit his mom, where they share what's been going on in their lives at the moment!

Madre

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Sueño's mother, Rana de Noche or Noche for short, lives past the tunnel in el Paso de las Estrellas by a peaceful pond full of lily pads and local flowers and grass, as well as a couple of reeds. She has the same physical traits as Sueño but with a more pink and purple color palette with a little yellow and blue. They're close and Sueño likes to spend time with her when he's free.

Paso de las Estrellas overview

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In el Paso de las Estrellas, it's always nighttime. There's a river flowing in the valley between two protruding cliffs, one containing the cave Sueño lives in when he's not with his mother or trying to deliver dreams. There's plenty of lush grass and foliage around, as well as multiple food sources like mini fish in the river or tons of crickets around the clearing under the cliff with Sueño's cave. There's also a tunnel in one of the cliff bases where Sueño can go through to the alebrije clearing and meet up with his friends or Paraíso de Rana to see his mom depending on which fork path he takes.

Atmosphere

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The atmosphere in el Paso de las Estrellas is very tranquil and inviting, a perfect place to rest yourself and stargaze.

Likes

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Sueño enjoys making people happy and giving people things he think they'd like. He also likes cheerful or calming dreams, especially when he can successfully give it to another person. Another thing he likes is a sort of "stew" his mom makes, a mix of crickets and surprisingly grass (perhaps because ducks can eat plants?).

Dislikes

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Sueño hates when he makes people upset or even just seeing someone upset, even when he's not at fault. He also hates creepy crawlies outside of crickets and fireflies, he dislikes the taste and seeing them move. Sueño also dislikes being known as the Robador de Sueños as it implies that he isn't doing a good enough job at making people happy.

Favorites

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Food - Sueño has tasted strawberries before and really likes it, often taking the small ones when he sees them in a human house or while traveling out in the world.

Drink - Sueño has also tasted lemonade and surprisingly nothing terrible has happened to him. He however does not have easy access to it without contaminating any containers humans hold lemonade in, so it remains a one-time favorite. Otherwise, water with minimal debris like in the river in el Paso de las Estrellas is his regular favorite.

Color - Sueño really likes the color green. He's mostly green and a vibrant green usually indicates a healthy plant, which must mean the plant is happy!

Favorites 2

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Weather - Sueño likes when it's raining. Most humans won't be able to hear him when he arrives, so there won't be any immediate negativity upon seeing him. But the rain is also calming after an upsetting experience or seeing someone upset.

Season - Sueño likes spring the best for the vibrant scenery and plants being in their prime, which has to be their happiest moments in his mind. The temperatures are also wonderful in his opinion, not too cold and not too hot in el Paso de las Estrellas!

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Plot

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I'm doing the biography sort of book for Sueño, so the story is meant to be from when he first discovered his dream sharing powers to him now.

At the start, he's experimenting with his dream sharing abilities to see what will happen, if his dreams will transfer correctly, et cetera. However, each time he notices the person he delivers dreams to ends up having a nightmare. Sueño is distraught, he hates seeing others upset and desperately asks his mom why his dreams aren't delivering correctly. After some consultation with his mom and reassurance that he isn't a horrible person from Panodillo, he discovers it's a side effect of his dad, who was a horrible person and didn't try to make people happy. So, he tries to come to terms with this news as he begins to only deliver his dreams to the horrible people in the human world as the innocent people from before didn't deserve a visit from the Robador de Sueños as the humans called him.

Places

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The "human world", Paraíso de rana where Sueño's mom lives, el Paso de las Estrellas, and the alebrije clearing where Sueño can meet his friends after going through the tunnel.

Panodillo (with permission)

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This friend is Sueño's closest friend and of course, Nazara's alebrije. The two of them like to talk about the dreams Sueño tries to deliver, as well as hang out and stargaze in el Paso de las Estrellas. They don't get to hang out often as Sueño is often busy with delivering his dreams, but Panodillo is Sueño's biggest supporter outside of people like his mom.

Padre

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Sueño's dad is (according to Sueño's mom) a pretty horrible person. He never kept people's wellbeing in mind and was a selfish person who somehow managed to have Sueño's mother fall in love with him and have Sueño. On top of that, he disappeared from Sueño's mother's life before Sueño was supposed to manifest (as opposed to being birthed) so his mother was left to fend for Sueño and herself all alone. Outside of that, Sueño has no clue what his dad looks like, where he lives, or how he's doing now.