Reading Diary B :Celtic Fairy Tales I

I absolutely loved TheStory of Ivan in the later half of the Celtic Fairy Tale I Unit. This story is loved easy to apply to daily life. The over arching theme that I took away from it is: money cannot buy happiness and it is not everything. I cannot agree more with this statement, and Ivan probably agrees as well. Ivan gave up three years wages for advice on life, and it paid him back in full. I also took away the importance of listening to the old and wise. The way I read the story, I assume that the farmer is old, and old age brings on a lot of wisdom. The farmer was nice enough to share what he has learned with Ivan, and Ivan was smart enough to listen. I also like that in the end, Ivan still got his three years wages even though he did not need it. If you do not make money the priority, then you will not be bothered when you have none or too much, and that is the way I want to live.

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Reading Diary A: Celtic Fairy Tales

For this reading diary, I want to focus on the SprightlyTailor story. I like the tailor a lot. He was very confident and daring in his adventure to the old church. I don’t know why McDonald challenged him to sew in a haunted church, but he did it and showed McDonald up.  I found the whole ghost scene to be pretty interesting though. I don’t know if the ghost was trying to scare the tailor by slowly coming out of the floor, and then got mad when he was scared or what. It was interesting to say the least. I thought that the tailor was going to triumph over the ghost or something, so I was a bit surprised when he ran away. But I did like the last bit about no one ever seeing the long threads, so I guess the ghost did manage to scare him some. It was an interesting/enjoyable read altogether.

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