The Tales of Beedle the
Bard by J.K.Rowling
I have read The Tales of Beedle the Bard which were written
by J.K.Rowling. This book is a compilation of 5 shorts stories for kids or in
this case young wizard or witch. The stories are The Wizard and The Hopping Pot,
The Fountain of Fair Fortune, The Warlock’s Hairy Heart, Babbitty Rabbitty and
Her Cackling Stump and the infamous The Tale of The Three Brothers.
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| The Wizard and The Humping Pot |
For this month I’ve chosen the
story The Wizard and The Humping Pot.
This story’s main character is a man
that is called The Wizard. The Wizard is the son of a kind old wizard. The
kind old wizard is famous for his generosity in helping their *muggle
neighbours problems. Instead of telling their neighbours their magical power,
he told them that all the potions, charms and antidotes are ready-made from a
lucky cauldron he called his lucky cooking pot.
Selfish. After
many years helping their neighbour, the wizard’s father past away of old age.
There live alone The Wizard and his father’s cooking pot. While his father is
known for his generosity, his son is different. He is very selfish. The Wizard
always disagreed with his father whenever his father lent a help to their
neighbours. He thought that his father is wasting his magic in helping them.
For him, the neighbours are worthless and thinks that the world is better off
without them. In the Wizarding Community this type of person is called
muggle-hater while his father who is contrast with him is called a
muggle-lover.
Hot-headed. On
the same day of the death of his father, he found a small parcel in the cooking
pot. The Wizard hoped that his father left something for him like gold maybe,
but instead the parcel only contain a slipper with no pair and a note that
says, ‘In the fond hope, my son, that you will never need it’. Furious with his
father ‘age-softened mind’, he then threw the slipper inside the cauldron thinking
to use it as rubbish pail.
Curious. The same
night that he found the slipper, an old woman came to his house. She asked the
Wizard if he could make a ‘special poultice’ for his granddaughter that is sick
with warts. After hearing that, the Wizard said some foul things and slammed
the door on her face. At once came a clanging and banging sound from his father’s
cauldron that was in the kitchen. The Wizard curious on why the cauldron is
making so much noise approached it, and at once he fell back when he discovered
that the cauldron’s surface was covered with warts.
Determination. The
next day, an old man came to his house and told him, that his donkey has gone
missing. The Wizard ignored the old man’s plea and slam the door on his face. That
same evening, a young woman came on his doorstep, sobbing. She told the Wizard
that her baby is ill and asked for his help. And again he ignored the young
woman and slammed the door on her face. This shows that the Wizard is a very
determine person even if it’s in not a good way. He is able to ignore all his
neighbours cries for help.
In the end, all his determination, hot-headedness is left
aside and he help all of his neighbours with their problems. Once again his
father’s cauldron becomes normal without the warts, the cries of a baby, the
smell of bad food and a lot more horrible sounds and smell. And from that day onwards, the cauldron
begins to hop once more.
THE
END
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