Reading Notes - Jewish Fairy Tales: The Beggar King, Part A

• a lot of dialogue in this story 
• The author does not describe what the characters look like or what their personalities are like outwardly 
• The author uses dialogue to show what kind of person the kind is 
• "I, Hagag, am king," he said, "and all such passages that offend me shall be torn out."
• A genie is used to make the king pay for his earlier actions 
• the genie tricks the kind into chasing him by disguising himself as a deer
• Then, the genie takes the king's place

• The genie does not allow the kind to return until it is evident that the king is truly repentant - the king even refuses his position back saying that the blind troop needs him for guidance  
• Nobody knew that the genie had replaced the king 
• "...and nowhere in the whole world was there a monarch who ruled more wisely or showed more kindness and sympathy to all his subjects" 
• a nice way to end the story to show that a lesson was learned and everyone benefited from the king's trials 

 The Beggar King. Source: Gertrude Landa.

Bibliography:  Story source: Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Gertrude Landa (1919).