The Book of Three

Sometimes I can’t believe what I get myself into.  Recently, I tagged along with an assistant pig-keeper,  a musician, and a creature.  I guess I didn’t have much to do and I was bored (817).  I knew right from the start that the assistant pig-keeper was not a very bright guy.  At the time I first met him he was a prisoner of my aunt Achren, and I was supposed to be training to be an enchantress with my aunt Achren.  I wasn’t really interested in doing that.  This was after my parents had died.  I had been sent to live with my aunt Achren and I got tired of her whipping me and trying to lock me up (819). That is why I decided to help the assistant pig- keeper escape from Achren.  We headed out through the tunnels under the castle.  I am really good at thinking things through and seeing the big picture.  I was able to get the assistant pig- keeper out of the castle, and the other guy he told me to get out of the castle,  and get us a horse out of the stable.  As it turns out, we had a communication problem. The guy who I helped to escape was not the assistant pig-keeper’s friend, but he was someone else locked up by aunt Achren. The assistant pig-keeper was angry at me and insulted me because of the turn of events.  We all made the decision to stick together as we ran to escape Achren.  I was happy I had grabbed the sword as we fled the castle. The next figure we encountered was Gurgi, an unusual creature.  We listened to the assistant pig-keeper explain what his mission was, and we all agreed to help him warn the Sons of Don about the threatened uprising. So off we went on a journey to Caer Dathyl (834).  I knew the assistant pig-keeper was not excited to have a girl on the trip, but I knew I was smarter than he was and I was not going to stay behind.  We had a great adventure.  We accomplished our goal, met some interesting people, found the pig that had run away, put the sword to good use, and made it safely back to Caer Dallben.   

Eilonwy

The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux is a story that should be filmed in color, and not in black and white.  It is a dark and mostly unhappy tale. and needs to have a little bit of life.  Color would provide that life. In addition there are a couple of items that are referred to as being a certain color, and it would be important to see those items in color.

The setting of this story is mostly in a castle as seen from the view point of a mouse and a rat.  Color would soften the look of the little mouse running around on the floor of the castle. The rat who is not such a good guy could be shown in dark dull colors.  There are parts of the castle where the king and his family live that could be beautifully done in color.

When the life of Miggery Sow is told she is out in the countryside. That should be done in color. In addition, her father sells her to another man for a hen, a handful of cigarettes, and a red table cloth (126).  Mig’s father draped the red table cloth over his shoulders like a cape.  It is important to see the color of the table cloth because it appears in story in a different part of the story.  It wouldn’t mean as much to see the table cloth if it was in black and white.  In the story the princess reminded Despereaux of the beautiful princess he had seen in the book in the library (30). The princess would be much prettier done in soft colors and colorful clothing.

The other important part of the story is the red thread.  After Despereaux is sentenced to die a spool of red thread was rolled out.  A piece of red thread was cut from the spool and tied in a loop and placed around his neck (59).  It was the red thread of death (71).  Later when Despereaux was back in the dungeon with a spool of red thread, one of the rats reacted to seeing the red thread because it meant a mouse for him to eat (238).  As Despereaux continued on his journey in the dungeon he saw piles of tiny white mice bones and knots of read thread (247). The red thread wouldn’t have had the same impact in a black and white movie.