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- Herausgeber: BookRix
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Sprache: Englisch
These are original fairy tale or stories I wrote in rhyme to interest children, but some of them have more adult themes, so I say it is for children and adults. Parents or guardians should decide which are suitable to read to young children, while older children may be able to understand the adult themes.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016
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THE HUNTER AND THE DEER
A Book of Fairy Tales for Children and Adults
I dedicate this book to my two greatest encouragers, Nicholas Golemis (deceased) and Kevin Fitzgerald.BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 MunichTHE HUNTER AND THE DEER
There once was a hunter named Brian,
Whose skill equaled that of Orion.
“I could out hunt Diana,” he boasted aloud,
Not knowing the goddess was there beneath a shroud.
As punishment, Diana turned his wife into a deer.
Brian dared not hunt again, with arrow or with spear.
Brian’s son Nathaniel was about the age of one.
The king told Brian he would like to raise him as his son.
So Nathaniel grew up raised by a royal nurse.
No one spoke to him about his mother, or the curse.
His skill surpassed his father’s, a man he never knew.
But, he resisted pride’s temptation
and gave the god’s their due.
One day when he was hunting, he came upon a deer.
It stood there staring at him and showed no sign of fear.
Reluctantly, he raised his bow and let his arrow fly.
The deer fell to the ground with an arrow in it's thigh.
He shot another arrow and this one stuck its breast.
He went up to the deer to pull the arrow from its chest.
And now a miracle occurred, a transformation rare,
For now it was no deer, but a woman who was there.
She said she was his mother and told him the sad story.
He cried and said he loved her
and told her he was sorry.
“Why didn’t you run when I came near?”
he sobbed upon her shoulder.
“I wanted to run to you, son. I would if I’d been bolder.
Now the huntress goddess came down to end their pain.
It was not Nathaniel’s fault his father was so vain.
Brian’s punishment had served its purpose well.
And, so Diana knew that it was time to end the spell.
She touched Nathaniel’s mother
and made her bleeding cease,
Brought the family back together
and let them be at peace.
