The unit I chose for this week is Czech Folktales. My favorite was The Bear, the Eagle, and the Fish.
I love that this story is a happy ending fairytale. This story reminds me a little bit of the story Beauty and the Beast. The bear, eagle, and fish were all human princes enchanted by a spell just like the Beast was enchanted by a spell.
The story diverges from the Disney movie where the women marry the enchanted princes in their animal forms and have children with them. In the Disney movie, he turns back into a human before he and Belle marry.
I liked the suspense in the beginning of the father getting lost in the woods and needing the help of the three animals to retune home. I also like the fact that the father had flaws just like all real humans. This father had a gambling addiction which cost him to lose all his money even though he was given lots of money by each animal.
In the end, the father ended up defeating the magician who had cast a spell on the princes because each of the princes gave him tree things to aid him in his search for the magician. The bear gave him three tufts of fur, the eagle gave him three feather and the fish gave him three fish scales. The father used these special gifts to help him defeat the magician.
After the magician was defeated, the princes & their children turned back into their human forms and each of them were given part of the king's land to live out the rest of their days with their families. Even though this story had a rough beginning with the father losing his daughters, his gambling, and losing his way in the woods and his money, the story ended on a happy note with the magician being defeated and the families living happily ever after together forever.
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