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Summary:
There once was a king's son who wanted to travel. So he set of on a journey with only a servant and a horse. Along the way they had to stop for the night. On the first night, they stayed in a hut. The stepmother in the hut practiced evil art and wanted to poison the king. The king ran away, and the stepmother gave the potion to the servant. While giving the potion, the glass broke and the potion spilled on the horse, and the horse felt o the ground and died. The servant went to tell his master what had happened and then went to return for his saddle, there was a raven eating the horse. The servant captured the raven. On the next night, the servant and the king stayed at an inn. They wanted the raven cooked for dinner. The chief added the raven to the soup. In the dining room, a group of murderers came, they ate the soup and all died. The king and his servant escaped again. Then, they reached a town where there was a spoiled princess looking for a husband. She was willing to marry the man who gave her a riddle she could not solve within three days. If she solved it, she would chop their head off. The king gave her a riddle that said "One killed none, yet killed twelve. What is it?" The princess could not solve it so she tricked the king and asked him for the answer in his sleep. The next day when she said she had solved it, the king wanted his voice heard, and he told the truth that she had tricked him for the answer. The two of them ended up getting married because she was unable to solve his riddle.
Critique:
I like this story. I think it teaches a moral of honesty and gets students thinking. Grimm's Tales although aren't the most used stories in the classroom , they do teach valuable lessons and can be used to teach students about emotions and what is right and wrong.
Some activities that could be done are:
- Have students write their own riddle
- Students could act it out
