The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K.Rowling (The Fountain of Fair Fortune)

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K.Rowling (The Fountain of Fair Fortune)

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.

                The story that I’ve chosen for this month is The Fountain of Fair Fortune. This story is about 3 witches named Asha, Altheda and Amata and also a knight that was known as Sir Luckless. The villagers in this story believed that there is a fountain inside the garden walls that could bring fair fortune to the one that bath in its water.

                For this month book review, the response that I should give is about the moral values in this story. So the moral value in this story is we must always care about others. This is evident when the three witches agree that if one of them is chosen to enter the garden wall, they would “unite and try to reach the Fountain together”. This is also stated in the story when the creepers from the garden choose Asha and she grasped Athelda’s hand and Althelda seized Amata’s robes.

                Besides that, we must never give up. This become evident in page 29 when Altheda walked faster and harder than everyone else but she couldn’t move further up the enchanted hill. But even so, she didn’t give up as stated in the book, “Courage, friends, and do not yield!” she cried, wiping the sweat on her brow’. But all her struggle hadn’t come to waste as one drop of sweat fell upon the Earth and they are able to walk up the hill once more.

                Moreover, we must always help each other. This is evident when Asha who is sick and exhausted because of their long journey fell to the ground. Altheda who is good at mixing herbs at once pick all the herbs in the garden that she thought could heal Asha “and mixed them in Sir Luckless’s gourd of water, and poured the potion into Asha’s mouth”. Then, at once Asha is able to stand and cried “I am cured!”

                In conclusion, the story The Fountain of Fair Fortune’s moral value are to always care about others, never give up and always remember to help each other.

 

Atiqah Syahmina Binti Azlan

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27 February 2014