Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology

The Three Roses by Josef Baudis 

Image Information: Basilisk (UnTextbook)

Notes: 

- plot: a mother asks her three daughters what they want from the store, the two daughters ask for a great number of things (the sort of things that most women want)

However, the third daughter only asked for three roses. 

So, the mother set out to go get the things her daughters asked. She was on her way home when she came upon a palace she never noticed before with a garden of roses. This reminded her of the roses her third daughter asked for. So, she cut three roses. However, a basilisk came and said that she must give up her daughter for the three roses. If not, the basilisk would tear her to pieces. The mother had no choice to oblige. The daughter went to the basilisk and nursed him for three days. On the third day the basilisk told the daughter to cut his head off. The daughter protested at first. The basilisk gave her no choice as it would tear her to pieces if she didn't oblige. So she did as she was told. Once the head was cut off, a serpent crawled out and asked for its head to be cut off. And once that serpent's head was cut off a young, beautiful man came out to which the daughter married. 

- basilisk: able to change shapes when its head is cut off, shape shifting ability (magical ability)

I can use this character for my storybook. I might try using all characters that have some sort of shape shifting ability. The storybook could be called "Prison for Shapeshifters". It would include stories of the shapeshifter's pasts and how they were caught. I could add a sequel to this story. Maybe, there is someone who hates shape shifters because they were fooled by one. So, they made it their life's purpose to find all the shape shifters and imprison them. 

Bibliography. "The Three Roses" from "The Key of Gold: Czech Folk Tales" by Josef Baudis Web Source.