This week I chose the Czech Folktales unit to read because I
wanted to change things up a little, and these didn’t sound like the typical
folktales we always hear. I loved the first half of the unit, and especially
loved the story of The Three Roses. It was very unexpected form beginning to
end. When you think the daughter will get a reward, it seems she is about to be
punished, but then eventually gets the reward after a strange series of events.
I also thought the ending was funny, and just a little odd to be thrown in
there. For my own story I would like to have a sister that wants to be brought
any flowers that her mother thinks are pretty when her mother goes to the
store. Her sisters have a long list of demands, though and she forgets while
she is there. Her young daughter is very disappointed, so the mother goes out
to a rose patch in the woods behind their house, and picks a glorious bouquet
of roses for her dear daughter. Here she is bit by a snake, and is paralyzed.
When the daughter goes in search of her the snake asks if that was her mother,
and she confesses that the flowers were actually for her. The snake then has
the girl do numerous tasks to ask forgiveness for stealing his flowers, and
because he has no hands to complete these tasks. She finally has completed the
tasks after three days, and the snake hands her the antivenom for her mother.
He also hands her a set of keys to a castle that belongs to him. He says her
final task is to take the keys and marry his human son. She does so, and
everyone has a great time celebrating.
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| Roses From Pixabay |
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