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Yonderfel’s Castle

June 7, 2010 by Sara Leave a Comment

Submitted by Ms. Amanda!
Yonderfel’s Castle: A Medieval Fable by Jean Gralley. Yonderfel was a very generous king long ago. Yonderfel castle was the most terrific castle in all the land and he said to everyone “Come In, Come In” and he never turned anyone away. His castle was a crowded and happy place with dancers, singer, eaters, and even kissers! Then one day an ogre guy came to the back door of the castle and said that Yonderfel had to pay more money to keep his castle on top of the mountain it was on. Yonderfel did not have the money, since he always gave to others. So the ogre guy took away half of the mountain so that the castle was slanted to the side. At first people tried to pretend not to notice, but soon they all complained, and packed up and left. Yonderfel tried everything to make the money to save his castle so that he could bring all the people back, but he failed, and Yonderfel was sad. So sad that all he did was sit in his empty castle and knit towels. Then one day it began to rain, and it rained, and rained, and rained, until everyone started swimming to Yonderfel’s mountain. He saw them coming, gathered up his towels and yelled “Come in, Come in!” Everyone was safe and dry except the ogre guy who was outside begging to come in, and of course because Yonderfel was a good and generous King he let the ogre guy into the castle! But that caused the castle to fall off the mountain top and into the water, so Yonderfel grabbed all his towels and used them as sails, and soon the castle sailed to a new mountain top where they all lived happily ever after. Yonderfel’s Castle is a great story about being, kind, forgiving and generous to those around you… even if they are an ogre! See this book listed in our catalog

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