Reading Notes Part B- Elidore

  More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1895).

Elidore

There was once a young boy who studied under Monks so that one day he could become a Monk himself. Though he was very poor at learning his ABC's and would forget all his studies. The Monks punished the boy every time he forgot something. He became feed up with these practices and ventured into the woods. There he discovered a land of sport and play. Upon permission from the King of the joyous land he would spend some time with the little people and some time with his mother. Though one day his mother encouraged him to steal a ball which she thought was made of gold. The boy followed her orders and took a ball. Though he was caught red handed, by two little men. From that point on he would never return to the land of play and sport. As the years past we eventually became a Monk. People from all over ventured to hear the stories of his time in this mysterious land. He missed that majestic place dearly and would tear up every time he spoke of it. 

The message I took from this tale is that there is always something out there that we yearn to have, but we must appreciate it. The boy became to comfortable, stealing what was not his to please others. Greed is the downfall of many people in our world today. We must appreciate what we have while understanding the whole world is not ours. Appreciate what you have, live in the moment, and find your "land of sport and play", living by these three things can drastically change one's life for the better. 

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