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Originally Posted by milloy112  "Is that a fountain that gives everyone money?" Ross asked Ethan just stared at the boy for a moment, "3 points ffrom Hufflepuff for not raising your hand. No. More. Warnings." Ethan looked around the class for a moment before turning to listen to the next answer. Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoerawrr Jake raised his hand, not sure if he was right at all. "Erm, well..." he bit his lip. "It's basically, long story really short, about three witches with problems and a knight that doesn't seem all that brilliant, all doing the journey to the fountain which gives you fair fortune... They overcome obstacles and get exactly what they wish, but the fountain didn't do it... they did themselves, so it's totally psychological..." Jake trailed off. Had he remebered correctly? "I think it just shows that not everything has to be gained like that... I can't necessarily explain what 'that' is... but it's... like a personal journey that does it... right?"
Catching sight of a movement, Jake saw that cat that always showed up. Allie's cat or something? It was limping, and the motion made Jake suddenly remember the day in the hospital wing. He immediately tuned out and thought back, forgetting the cat. "Very good. You have a lot of insight into this topic, Jake." Truebridge commented. Quote:
Originally Posted by Crayola Evangeline had read and heard these stories for so many times, she didnt even have to think about it and immediately raised her hand. "This tale tells us of a fountain which once per year, one person may bathe to have their problems answered." The sixteen year old quickly and excitedly said. "That's where three witches meet. Asha - who suffers from a disease -, Altheda - who was robbed and lost everything she had - and finally Amata - who is heartbroken. They decide to try to reach the fountain together, and a knight joins them in their quest." Okay ... should she say more? Or was this all Truebridge was looking for? Bleh. "In their way there, they are faced with three challenges and, with eachother's help they manage to pass through them. In the end, they all find the solutions for their problem without needing the fountain. Asha is cured by Altheda, who brew a potion in order to help her. Then, she realised she could use her gift to make money. Amata realises that washing away her regret for her lover removed her need as well. And the knight, who bathes in the fountain, asks her to marry him. And she accepts." Oh dear. Surely that was too much.
Her throat certainly was feeling dry enough.
"I reckon that this tale is important because it shows us, wizards, that magic isnt the solution for everything. Most of the times, it isnt the solution for the majority of the problems we have. It doesn't cure a broken heart, nor some serious diseases and it certainly cant revive the death." The Prefect shrugged her shoulders, wondering if she was making any sense. Honestly, she had rambled so much she didnt even know what she was saying. "It shows us that magic has limits and it taught me that the solution is more often than not inside of ourselves." How cliché. "Good answer, Evangeline!" Truebridge nodded in acceptance. Quote:
Originally Posted by Rachie..x "The fountain of fair fortune describes the topic of cooperation between Muggles and Wizards. The characters in the story are healed of their ailments and woes at the end but not because the fountain was magical," Vanessa spoke, whilst raising her hand, before pausing. "I think that the story has made wizards think more about the cooperation we have with Muggles, and maybe making us see them in a clearer light." "Ah." Truebridge touched his nose, pleased that Vannie had summed it up so succinctly, "Thank you, good answer as usual." Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Copernicus raised his hand, as this was his favorite of the stories. "The Fountain of Fair Fortune was believed to be imbued with magical properties that would bless the one person invited into its surrounding garden every year. The story follows three witches, each with their own misery, who hope to get in to the garden and to be blessed by the fountain. The first is ill with a terrible malady, the second has lost all her earthly belongings, and the third has a broken heart. They decide to pool their resources in getting into the garden, and when the garden accepts the first witch, she pulls along the second, who pulls along the third. The third accidentally brings along a Muggle knight with the name Sir Luckless, which pretty much gives you an idea of what HE is like."
He paused a moment to gather his thoughts before continuing, trying to sum it up. "The three face a variety of obstacles, requiring them each to use the skills and experiences they already possess. The first witch satisfies a terrible worm thing that wants proof of their pain by crying. The second witch cheers her friends through the next task, providing the fruits of her labor. And the last witch drops memories of her lost love into a river as the treasures of her past."
"Once they reach the Fountain, the ill witch is nearly drooping from exhaustion and sickness. The second witch, the one who lost all her belongings, mixes a potion to revive her ill friend, who now no longer needs the Fountain's powers. This clever witch realizes, too, that having the skill to brew this powerful potion means she will never be poor again. She no longer needs the Fountain either. The last witch, the heartbroken one, finds that when she removed the memories of her lost love, she could see how bad he truly had been. So SHE no longer needs the Fountain too. The three witches decide to let the Muggle knight use the Fountain. In a sort of humorous scene, he throws himself fully suited up into the water and then offers his heart to the third witch."
"The power of the story is that the Fountain never had any real magic at all. These witches, and the knight, had all they needed all along. I always thought the story sort of made me think about what I thought I needed and whether or not I had the means to get it myself. My mother, who was Muggleborn, told me it was like this old movie she saw when she was very young. There is an epic journey by a motley crew of voyagers only to discover that they just needed to see their own potential all along. The Wizard of Oz?" "If you wouldn't mind, Copernicus, please come up to the board and sum up your answer for the class to take note of in bullet form." Quote:
Originally Posted by Celandine Celandine shrugged, she hadn't been allowed to read that one. She listened to the desciptions and cocked her head thoughtfully, "So there's a witch that marries a muggle in it?" Eh. Probably that was why she wasn't allowed to read it, "Can someone lend me a copy of the nice version of Beedle's tales sometime? Please?" Celandine asked a bit planatively as she returned to her seat. "I'm sure one of your housemates can help you out with that, Celandine. In the meantime take notes." Quote:
Originally Posted by druidflower Tobi raised his hand again, “Sir, on the very surface, the story is a love story, and an adventure too, it’s about 3 witches (one, Asha, who was ill and apparently uncurable, one, Altheda, who had been humiliated and had her wand stolen, and Amata, who lost her love and was heartsick for it) and a Muggle knight who wish to change their luck from a fabled magic fountain, which only one can bathe in once a year. The witches were thrown together by their pity for each other, the knight was added by accidental circumstance.
“On their way to the fountain, they meet with three obstacles, first a worm that asks for proof of their strife, so Asha cries tears for it to swallow. And then a rut that won’t disappear until it is given fruit of their labour, the sweat of Altheda’s brow provides it, and they pass. And then the last obstacle is a river they cannot cross without a ‘treasure of their past.’ Amata figures out the clue and plucks all the fond memories of her former love from her head and casts them into the river, and they can cross to the fountain.
“Shortly before they get to the fountain, Asha collapses from her illness, but Altheda acts quickly and makes her a potion, which not only revives her, but cures her, and they carry on to the fountain, where they have to decide who of the four will bathe in the fountain and receive the better fortune promised.
“Asha decides, being cured, she doesn’t need it. As does Altheda, as she’s discovered she’s quite useful even without a wand. And Amata also decides she doesn’t badly need the waters of the fountain, because without the good memories of her former love, she has no grief, but she is quite glad to be rid of him. In the end they had the knight bathe in the fountain. As soon as he had done, he threw himself at the feet of Amata, proclaiming the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. She accepted, not encumbered by the grief of her last love, finding him quite a worthy man, and the four walked away from the fountain quite content.
“What they didn’t know was that the fountain bore no magical properties. So really this story might have caused an uproar in that A) it has the mixing of Muggles and Witches, B) it shows that positive thinking, hard work, and determination to be happy can really be equal to all the magic we can ever devise. I imagine that rocked a few wizards RIGHT off their foundations, and few of us would have thanked Beedle Bard for it at the time.” "Good! Please come up to the board and work with Copernicus to summarise your answer. One of you can bullet point the story itself and the other can bullet point what each aspect of the story teaches us either personally or as a community." Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana Anna sighed, thinking maybe she should pick up a copy of the Beedle Bard tales sometime after class. It had been years since she'd last heard the tales, and her memories of them were sadly a bit foggy. Nevertheless, she raised her hand and said, "From what I can remember, this fountain---the Fountain of Fair Fortune---is a place where one person may come once a year to have his or her problems answered. It is at this fountain where three witches, Asha, Altheda, and Amata, meet. Asha suffers from a disease, Altheda suffers from poverty and powerlessness, and Amata is suffering from a broken heart. The three witches, along with a knight, decide to try and reach the fountain together," Anna explained.
"They are met with three challenges along the way, though. The first challenge is a worm that demands they provide proof of their pain. The second challenge is a steep slope where they have to bring proof of labor. The third challenge is the crossing of a river, where they must pay using treasures from their past. When they finally reach the fountain, Asha collapses, and is saved by Altheda, who brews a potion which ends up curing Asha of her disease, as well as the need for the fountain," Anna continued.
"Altheda also cures her own need of the fountain, too, as she realizes her skills can earn her money. Finally, Amata, who previously washed away regrets of her ex-lover, realizes she no longer needs the fountain either. The tale ends with the knight bathing in the water and then offering Amata his hand and heart, which she happily accepts. In the end, all of their problems are answered and taken care of," Anna finished. "Thank you Anna." Truebridge nodded at her answer. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jojogali Joanne raised her hand to answer the professor's question " I think the Fountain of Fair Fortune is a tale with many types of stories in it. There are three witches, Asha, Altheda and Amata. These three witches are introduced to us as being the three persons that pass the barriers that 'protect' the magic fountain, that is said to purify the person that bathes on it's water, but that only happens one time per year. But along the way a Knight joins them too. But on their way to the Fountain of Fair Fortune, the four of them encounter three challenges." Joanne stopped to regain her breath, she never enjoyed long speeches in front of the class, she could feel her cheeks hot.
"At the first one is demanded for them to show how hurt they are, the second one they must give the fruits of their labor, and the third one, the one that makes them cross a river, demands them to pay with a treasure from their past. They help each other on these challenges and together they move forward towards the goal, the Fountain of Fair Fortune." Joanne made a pause " Here in this part I think that is when the cooperation part enters, alone non of them could have reached the Fountain, but together they did. " Continuing, when they DO reach the fountain, Asha faints, that needed the Fountain because she was very ill, and Altheda saves and cures her with a potion realizing that she no longer needed the Fountain, as well as Asha, that is now cured. Amata that payed the third challenge by giving away her memories with her dead fiance, realizes that she no longer needs the Fountain too, because her sadness has gone away with the memories, so the Knight takes a bath in the Fountain and ends up asking for Amata's heart. So they all resolve their problems and don't really realize that the magic was not in the fountain, but in their choices." Joanne smiles at the professor after she ended up "so, to resume it, the power was never on the fountain, but on the witches they just needed the guidance , that was given by the challenges, to make the right choices" Joanne ended up her speach with a grin on her face, I think that covers it all up. "Good answer." Truebridge nodded, mentally assigning points. Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz Merlin. These people all really liked to hear themselves talk. The answers were so simple, really. Plymouth raised his hand, "This one is easy. A dude finds himself not one, but THREE ladies to BFF with." With that, Plymouth pointedly looked to Cela, Anna, and Daphne. "And he got luuuuuuuuuucky in the fountain. The moral is simple: Surround yourself with pretty, successful, funny, smart girls and you'll be lucky."
Plymouth would have probably been more present in class prior to this, but he'd been recovering from his near-death-tarantula attack. The boy was a sweating fool. "He only married one of them, however." Truebridge commented. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hollister Miles raised his hand. He liked this story. Hehe. "The foutain of fair fortune is aout three witches, who go to look for the fountain of fair fortune, Asha, suffers from a disease. The second, Altheda, endures poverty and powerlessness due to a robbery. The third, Amata, is distraught after being left by her beloved. Along the way, they are accompanied by a Knight."
"In the end, they all realize they don't need to use the fountain, as Asha is cured by Athelda, who realizes she can earn money from this, and Amata's memories of her beloved are gone as she used to magic to take the memories from her to drop in a river which needed the treasure of their past." Miles breathed, he needed to pause for a minute. "And so, the fountain didn't really do much."
"Thank you, Miles." Truebridge nodded.
Truebridge posed another question, "Which character do you like best? Why? What can we learn from them? What did they learn? What do you think Beedle was trying to tell us by including them?
He stroked the cat gently and waited for Copernicus and Tobi to begin the notes on the board (ooc: take your time) and for everyone to share their answers to the next question. ooc: Going out for a while... again, do not edit your posts, Prefects and staff members in disguise may merge posts if necessary. Be back in a few hours.
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