I. IntroductionOnce there was a king who had a pear tree which bore four and twenty golden pears.

Everyday, he went into the garden and counted them to see that none were missing.But one morning, he found that a pear had been taken during the night and there he

was troubled, for the pear tree was a dear to him as the apple of his eye.II. 1. Title

The Swan Maiden

2. AuthorKatherine Mansfield was born in Wellington, New Zealand to a middle-class colonial family. After she finished school in England, she went home to New Zealand and began writing short stories. Her first collection of short stories is entitled “In a German Pension”. She was widely considered one of the best short story writers of her period and her works are frequently included in anthologies of short stories. She died of tuberculosis in France on January 1923.

3. CharactersA. King – very demanding, he had a pear tree which bore four and twenty golden pearsB. Eldest Prince – King’s Son who first experienced the challenge in his life.

- he was asleep and snoring until the little leaves shook upon.C. Second Son – King’s Son who also experienced it, but he fared no better than the first.D. Young Prince – smart & brave;He was more clever than his brothers (for he stuffed

his ears with wax) at the same time he was the prince who catched the thiefE. Swan Maiden – the one who draws the water and builds the fire, loving & caring,

fearfulF. Witch – arrogant; she is the one who gives three tasks for the prince to fulfill before

he would release the maiden.B. Who do the character remind me of?

Character Reminds me Why

1. Swan Maiden myself Because I learned how to choose right decisions.

2. Youngest Prince my bestfriend Because he is loving and caring.

4. Setting

Soon they – the prince and the Swan Maiden found the pear tree in the orchard.III. Body

Conflict SolutionThe prince was able to get the The Swan Maiden helped him get the

three eggs of the crow and to hide these till eggs.they escape from the witch.

PLOT

Now the king had three sons. He called the eldest prince and said, “If you will watch my pear tree tonight and catch the thief who stole the pear, you shall have half of my kingdom now and the whole of it when 1 am gone.”

That night, the eldest prince sat down beside the tree with his gun across his knees to wait for the coming of the thief. He waited and waited and still he saw not so much as a thread or a hair. But about midnight, there came the prettiest music that his ears had ever heard and before he knew what that about he asleep and snoring until the little leaves shook upon the tree.

When morning came and the prince awoke, another pear was gone, I he could tell no more about it than the man in the moon.

The next night, the second son set to watch the pear tree but he feared no better than the first about midnight, he heard the music, and in a little while, he was snoring until the stones rattled.

When morning came, another pear was gone, and he could tell no more about it than his brother.

The third night it was the turn of the youngest prince. He was clever than his brothers for he stuffed his ears with wax so that when the music came, he heard none of it and stayed wide awake. When midnight passed and the music had ended, he took the wax out of his ears so that he might listen for the coming of the thief there was a loud clapping and ratting and a white swan flew overhead and alit in the pear tree. It began pecking at one of the pears. When the prince looked along the barrel of the gun, it was not a swan that he saw, but the prettiest maiden that he had ever looked upon

The Maiden cried saying “Don’t shoot me, King’s Son! “ But the prince had no thought of shooting her for he had seen anyone as beautiful in all of his days. The prince said he will not shoot the Swan Maiden, but if he spare her life, he asked if she will promise to be his sweetheart and to marry him.

“That maybe as may be, “said the Swan Maiden, ”for I serve the witch with three eyes. This time the prince see the gray sky and the dark earth and ever yonder is a glass hill and on the hill is a house that shine like fire.

They came to the top of the hill of glass, the king’s son stepped down to the ground, and the swan flew over the roof. He knocked at the door and the old with herself came and opened it. The prince want the one who draws the water and builds the fire. But before he got it, he need first to clean the stables of the witch. She told him plainly that if he fail the doing, he should be torn to pieces, body and bones.

But the prince was not to be scared instead, he was challenged of it. Every time that the prince laid his head on the top of the Swan Maiden as she combed his hair with a golden comb, he fell fast asleep so during his task, he never did it and there was his savior and that is the Swan Maiden.

Next morning, the wind began to blow and catching up the maiden’s hair, carried it to the top of the fir tree, and there, tied it to the branches. Then the prince climbed the hair and so reached the nest. There were the three eggs. For that was the last task that the witch gave him and now he succeed.

As for the Swan Maiden and the prince. They flew over the seven high mountains, the seven deep valleys, and the seven wide rivers until they came near the princes home again. The Swan Maiden alighted in a great wide field, and there, she told the prince to break open the crow’s egg. The prince broke open the first egg, out of it came a splendid castle of silver

and gold. When he broke open the second egg, out of it came such great herds of cows and sheep that they covered the meadow far and near. And when he broke open the third egg, out of it came more than a hundred servants dressed in silver and gold.

At this moment, the prince and the Swan Maiden were married, and a grand wedding it was, with music of fiddles and kettledrums , and plenty to eat and to drink.

IV. Conclusion

1. Rating I rate the story 10 because it is so interesting and beautiful. In this story, I learned such

things I know who was the thief and how was she handled by the prince. I observed what are the things that the prince did to own the swan and on what way did the swan helped the prince.2. Comment

May this story encourage many students to read this.3. Moral Lesson

In this short story . I learned how to got what I want are the steps to do before we have the things we need in our life. Despite our problems and troubles in life, we just need to have trust, self-confidence and patience in ourselves. Here, the prince tried and tried until he succeed in his own life. He become a good leader for his to brothers because there are many things that he can unlike them both of them.

V. Glossary / Vocabulary

Words Pronunciation Parts of Speech Meaning

Pear pār noun tree and its edible fruit

Thief thef noun a robber

Scowled scoul noun frown; angry look

Stuffed stuf verd to overfill; to pack

Task task noun an assignment of work

Thatch thach noun straw; reeds; etc; used or covering

roof’s of cottages, stacks

Malt mawlt noun barley or other gainprepared by

water and heat for fermentation and breeving

Tramp tramp verb to step on with force;to travel on

foot; to wonder