For the second half of this week's reading, I chose to continue with the Celtic Fairy Tales. I focused on the story called Beth Gellert. This story was probably one of the saddest stories that I have read so far in this class. It started with a Prince named Llewelyn who owned a greyhound that hunted with him. One day, Llewelyn wanted to go hunting and called to the greyhound named Gellert, but he did not come, so he went on without him. Eventually, he came across Gellert and his mouth was bloody. He immediately thought of his one year old son back home. So he ran and found blood everywhere. He though Gellert killed his son, so he stabbed Gellert in the side with his sword, killing him. But then the baby starting crying, and Llewelyn realized that Gellert stayed home to protect his baby son from the wolf that was lying dead in the room. Gallert had killed the wolf to protect his son. So he buried the dog outside the castle walls and it is called Beth Gellert.
This story is so sad, so I would definitely change the outcome of this story. I would like it a lot better if Llewelyn came home and found the dead wolf before he killed Gellert. That way, instead of killing him, he could praise Gellert for protecting his son.
Bibliography:
Beth Gellert from Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892).
This story is so sad, so I would definitely change the outcome of this story. I would like it a lot better if Llewelyn came home and found the dead wolf before he killed Gellert. That way, instead of killing him, he could praise Gellert for protecting his son.
Beth Gellert. Web Source.
Bibliography:
Beth Gellert from Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892).
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