The second half of the Celtic Fairy Tales unit was just as entertaining
as the first section was! There were
less chapters, or sections I guess they would be called, but they were still
very entertaining.
The story that stood out to me the most was Beth Gellert. This section was much sadder than the other
components of this unit. About a Prince
who has a favorite hunting dog named Gellert.
Gellert misses a hunt one day but when the Prince returns he finds
Gellert covered in blood. His mind
wanders to his small child and he fears for the worst. The babies nursery is bathed in blood with
the crib overturned, the Prince assumes the worst and kills Gellert in his
rage. As Gellert died the baby cries out
and the Prince discovers a wolf, dead in the room. Gellert had missed the hunt because he was
protecting the baby and had killed the wolf.
I thought that this story was really well written because it
makes the reader relatively involved in a very short amount of
storytelling.
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| The Baby saved by Gellert Image from the UnTextbook |
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