Week 13: Story: Love of a Family

There once was a husband and a wife, and together they had twins. The wife was a wonderful mother, she cared and nursed them like any other mother would.

One day she wall called to go to her neighbors house around the corner. She hated to leave her twins alone, as for she feared of the haunting in the neighborhood. But, at last, she went as a good dead. 

When she was gone, she feared the haunting was going to come for her children. She rushed home, and found the twins perfectly content in their cradle. Nothing but smiles and laughter from the two.

As the days passed, the mother noticed her twins were not growing like they should be. 

The husband suspected the wife had had an affair, and that these children were not his. But alas, they were.

The wife was very concerned for her twins in the fact they were not growing properly. She loved them dearly but was not sure what had happened. So she set off to meet with the Wise Man. The Wise Man was a local who knew everything, and surely he had the answers to her questions.

When she arrived at the Wise Man's home. She asked him "Why are my twins not growing? I nurse them when it's time and I care for them greatly!" The Wise Man looked at the twins. His eyes looked up and down the two babies bodies, trying to figure out why they were so small. 

"Ah, my lady. You seem to have twin dwarfs. Nothing is wrong with them. They are just like any other babies, but have a growth disorder. You should love them and take of them like any other child, because you gave birth to the twins, and I know you love them." said the Wise Man

The wife looked slightly confused at the information she had just received, but went off with her twin babies. She went home and explained what the Wise Man had told her to her husband.

He too was confused, but together they knew they would love their twins. For they were the parents of them and would care to their every need.

Heart to represent love:Mckinley Advisor

Author's note:
The Brewery of Eggshells
Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1892)

In the original story, the wife and husband were confused on why their twins were not growing. The wife felt that her children had been cursed by the haunting and went to the Wise Man for answers. He then told her to boil eggshells, and if the twins spoke to one another, then they were haunted. He then instructed her to throw them in the water, and the goblins adopted the babies. The wife later bore more children who she loved more. I decided to change the original story by making the wife and husband love their children even though they had dwarfism.