Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology

Story Source: The Key of Gold by Josef Baudis (1922).

In this story, we are taken along a journey of a mother. A mother who wanted nothing more than to provide for her children. It was hard when two of them were very greedy and one of them wanted nothing more than a simple rose. After a long day of shopping, the mother was headed home and got terribly lost. She could not believe she forgot her way home. She ran across this beautiful castle with a beautiful garden. A sudden realization hit the mother, she had forgotten about her youngest. However, the castle had flowers to spare. As she took the flowers, a beast appeared. For payment of the flowers, he was to take her youngest. This was a price too great for the mother to pay, but she could not bargain her way out of it. She went home immediately and told her daughter what she must do. The youngest was not distraught about this at all. She went in a hurry with her mother to the castle. There she met the beast. He informed her that she must spend three hours each day nursing him. Before and after those three hours, he was no where to be found. Then, on the third day, he came with a sword. He wanted her to cut his head off. She fought him. She couldn't go through with it. However, he presented the ultimatum that it was his head or hers. In that moment, the hesitation ceased. She cut off his head and another grew back. He instructed her to do it again and this time she did it with no second thought. After the second chop, he transformed into a handsome human. She was awestruck. He asked her to marry him for there was way too much space in the castle for just him. She agreed and they had a gorgeous wedding with all of their friends and family.

Image Information: Basilisk drawn by Anabel Leva

This picture represents the beast in the story.

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