Monday, January 27, 2014

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K.Rowling


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.
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                       
*muggle means non-magical people which cannot practice magic
 
Atiqah Syahmina
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27th January 2014

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