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This book is WONDERFUL! haha i loved it i added it to my favorites :)

Hi Betty, what a wonderful fairy tale, it was well written and very engaging. Good luck in the contest, you have my vote...Carol x

Hi Betty,

Good Story you have here, I sorry it took me some time to get to it, like you I had a lot of requestes for reads and votes. I have voted and gave you a star...I need your comments and a vote for My Story A Deadly Drive-by

Linda B

A delightful story!

I did enjoy the story so much

You are welcome! I hope you too post some of your exciting stories on this site.
Thank you for reading my story and I'm glad your daughter enjoyed it.
All the best.
Betty

Dear Junie,
Thank you for taking the time to read my story and also for voting for me.
Both deeds are well and truly appreciated.
Best wishes
Betty

There are a lot of entries waiting to be read so please forgive me if I do not thank you individually for taking the time to read my book.

You say this is a Berber tale. This is interesting because it is almost identical to a Celtic poem by Taliesin. In this tale it is the witch Cerridwen who eats the boy Gwion after they both go through several transformations, fish, otter, eagle etc. She is a hen when she eats him as a grain of wheat. Cerridwen is chasing Gwion because he accidently dipped his thumb in the cauldron of wisdom he was stirring and became instantly all wise. Here the tale differs because now Cerridwen is forced to carry Gwion in her womb and she eventually gives birth to him as the poet Taliesin.
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza in his book Genes Peoples and Languages says that the people in Britain are very closely related to the Berbers. I like to imagine their journey along the coast of Spain, France and then Britain. A journey that took thousands of years and this tale traveling with them, changing as time passed but still remaining just as enthralling.
I suppose it is a bit like the sorcerer's apprentice too.

Perfect in every way Betty!

Robin