Post Six

So for this week, I’ve continued reading Parsifal’s Page by Gerald Morris. Unfortunately, I have only managed to read one chapter this week considering I’m busy. This chapter was about 30 pages.

Chapter five starts out with Piers being completely dissatisfied. His dream of being the page to a great knight had all backfired once his master Parsifal saved and married Queen Connie. But fortunately for him, Parsifal decides to leave the castle to do more great deeds. In the scene of their departure, Piers comes up to the queen and mutters, “Forgive me, your highness, but it is a noble thing that you do. He could not love you, queen, so much, loved he not honor more.” I thought this was a really good quote representing Piers’ struggle to fit in and be ‘knightly’. Although it doesn’t make much sense (as pointed out by Parsifal), it demonstrates the work he must put in to try to impress everyone. I like to even consider how much time he must have put in to memorize such a line. Anyways, back to the story. Parsifal and Piers journey on to the Other World, home to fairies. They follow a river and find two men who point them in the direction of a castle. Although the book was getting a little cheesy, there was an urge in me to find out what was going to happen next. In the castle, Morris gives a description of the fairies, “They seemed to be dressed entirely in flowers, and flower petals flew from their fingertips as they danced.” Now that is the stereo typical fairy, all flowers. Going back to the book, the two friends are welcomed to the castle with much gratitude and then they attend a feast. Some mysterious sights occur and before they know it they wake up the next morning. The castle, which was completely full the day before, was now completely empty. Parsifal decides to go outside the castle walls and once the two do so, the castle disappears. Enraged Parsifal gallops. This leaves Piers with nothing, except a route back to King Arthur. This ending was a complete surprise to me, not only did the fairy castle make no sense whatsoever, but the two greatest partners and friends drifted apart as well. This cliffhanger really makes me want to read more. And what is going to happen to the poor boy, Piers? I’m just going to have to find out next week.