Reading Diary A: Saints and Animals

For this week, I decided to read the unit Saints and Animals.  I chose this unit because I was interested in the stories of the animals.  As I was reading through the first half of the unit, several stories stuck out to me but The Wonders of Saint Berach stuck out to me the most.  I liked the story because of its plot and story line.  My favorite part of the story was when Saint Berach breathed on the rude boys and their arms and legs became frozen and the look on their faces permanently stuck.  Even though the boys were rude, I thought it was an interesting twist in the story when Berach made the boys come back to life.  I wasn't expecting that since they had once been so rude but like the story said, he was too kind-hearted to injure any living creature.  

The other story I really liked was Saint Blaise and His Beasts.  I especially like the second half of this story but thought both were a good read.  The story incorporated a lot of different animals which I liked.  It had lions, tigers, leopards, bears, and wolves who were all supposed to be beasts that were feared.  I considered retelling this story for my storytelling post because it was such a sad and evil story that I wanted to turn it good.

While I enjoyed reading all the stories in this unit, I didn't like all of them as much as others.  These two stories were my favorites of the bunch but I did enjoy the images that accommodated all the stories in this unit.  The stories didn't incorporate the types of animals I originally had anticipated but I ended up liking them anyways.

St. Blaise, stained glass