Like many of the other units that I have read in the weeks prior, the Welsh Fairy Tales is a collection of short stories. I was attracted to the unit as I have always been interested by King Arthur, and thus the first story in Part A of the Welsh Fairy Tales caught my attention. Arthur in the Cave was an intriguing read as it explored his story years after he lived. I like how the story was set up to where the reader was kind of traveling back in time to revisit King Arthur and his knights who have been sleeping for a 1000 years. I do wish the story elaborated more on the sorcerer as there is much more that could be detailed there. Perhaps the sorcerer is Merlin or a descendent of him? I feel like this could tie in other facets of the King Arthur world into the story. Moreover, I think there could be more details on the Welshman. He does not even have a name in the story, and there is not much known about him other that he sold cattle for a great profit and was meandering through London until the sorcerer came to him. I was surprised to see that King Arthur and the knights were so willing to see the Welshman and sorcerer take way the gold so easily. I was expecting a stronger response as compared to their lackadaisical reaction. I also wonder when will be the time for the soldiers and King Arthur to wake up. I cannot imagine what it would be like for that time to be during modern day and how the soldiers and King Arthur would react. I feel like that would be an interesting storybook for someone to explore. Overall, a good read.
Bibliography:
The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas with illustrations by Willy Pogány (1908).
Wikimedia: King Arthur
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