The Message

Farid told Dustfinger that Cosimo was back from the death. Roxane told his husband that his friend Cloud-Dancer send him a message and so he headed towards Ombra were he will meet Farid along with Meggie and he will also take the medicine that Nettle ask Roxane for. Dustfinger arrived to Ombra and found an old enemy, his name was Piper. They had a tense talk about coming back from the dead. Piper was about to hit Dustfinger but luckily a Laughing Prince’s guard appeared giving Dustfinger a chance to scape. He gave the medicine to Nettle and received the message that Cloud-Dancer had for him. When he saw Meggie with Farid he didn’t know how to tell her that her father was injured by a riffle but he had to. As soon as he told her the news Meggie

ran towards Fengolio’s place asked him to write something to heel her father and as soon as she had the words she departed immediately to the Secret camp. When they arrived they saw something they didn’t wish to see the tents were on the floor and there were lifeless bodies on the grass. Seeing this catastrophe, Dustfinger order the children to stay back. When he saw it was safe, they went inside the cave, there was a straw bed with dry blood and bear prints. Dustfinger told Meggie not to worry because it was a good sign that the Black Prince’s bear had been inside the cave and that it was also a good sign that there was no one inside which indicated that they had escaped.  Dustfinger followed the track that the Adderhead’s man had left. Dustfinger abandon the Secret camp alone to follow the track. When Cloud-Dancer and Nettle arrived to the secret camp Meggie told Cloud-Dancer to tell Roxane that Dustfinger needed to help and old friend so that he will take a while to get home and she also told him to inform Fengolio that she was going to take a while to go to him. As soon as they sad that to Cloud-Dancer they went behind Dustfinger. They were tired and decided to go to sleep right before Dustfinger told them he knew the followed and he was starring the nightmares, trees, and trolls away. Cloud-Dancer arrived to Fengolio place and told him the message he didn’t know that just a few minutes before, Basta and Slasher had entered to search for Meggie they meet at the stairways, Fengolio gave many indirect words which made Cloud-Dancer understand that they weren’t alone. They ran but Cloud-Dancer was captured. Fengolio wanted to help him so he started telling Basta were Meggie was heading. Cloud-Dancer tied to get away but Basta’s knife was faster so his knife went through Cloud-Dancer chest, leaving him dead. Dustfinger, Meggie and Farid soon arrived and Meggie saw her father and mother. She started walking as a prisoner and the Moss-Women picked Meggie to help her with her job. They entered the tent and there she help the Moss-Women to cure Mo. When Mo saw her, he couldn’t believe it he was so happy after some treatment, Meggie had to leave. When the night began, Dustfinger freed the Black Prince and his bear, he took advantage that Farid was playing with fire distracting the guards. Meanwhile Meggie entered the stable were Resa was and hand her a note which said that tomorrow when they headed to the Castle of Night in the tree fallen in the middle of the road the prisoners should scape to the left side were they will be safe. The prisoners were walking on the road, Resa had told many of them about the fallen tree and that the prisoners needed to escape to the left. They arrived to the tree and the soldiers step forward with their horses to move the tree. The tree burned in flames and the prisoners ran only a few stayed the Piper told the soldiers to go fetch the prisoners they didn't bus soon came back because they heard the bear roar and thought the bear was a Night-Mare the Piper send them again they went very slow but they came back with no prisoners. Meggie didn’t find her father between the people that had escaped but she has happy because she didn’t find her mother either which meant that they were together. The Black Prince told Meggie that he will save her father no matter what. Meggie was happy because of this favor the prince will do to her. Mo and Resa arrived to the Castle of Night were they were separated, Resa was taken to the crypt and Mo to a tower.

 

 

There was a quote on the book that took my attention, it was when Elinor reflected about being the maid of Orpheus:

 

 

 

“No this just couldn’t go on. Acting the kitchen maid in her own house, with a horrible man in her library throwing her books on the floor, treating them like boxes of chocolates, nibbling something from one book there, another there. ” (Funke, 368)

 

 

 

 

 

This quote made me think about the importance of the books in life. Books are very delicate objects, they need to be threatened the correct way because they are able to break very easily. They needed to be taken care of not just being thrown in the floor just like Orpheus treated them. Books are able to teach us many things and take us to places that aren’t able to been seen. They give us hope and also knowledge, books as well prepare us for the future. The people that are able to have books are very luckily since they can learn and have a great time with books and people should respect them because books are able to prepare us for circumstances that we haven’t been on or teach us about other cultures or worlds.

 

 

 

 

There was another quote that took my attention, it was when Farid started playing with fire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The boy carried his task with as cool head as Meggie. Apparently lost to the world but in a spot where the men guarding the Prince has a clear view of him, he began making fire dance as naturally as if he were standing in some marketplace…” (Funke, 388-389)

 

 

 

 

 

This quote made me remember of a magic show I went with my uncle in the Coliseum Ruminahui. The magician did many tricks which included, playing with fire, making thinks appear and disappear, and he also made snow fall from his hands. When the magician did tricks with fire, I got really scared because he made a women that was sleeping go through it and he also threw them really high. I spend a great time with my uncle seeing how the magician threw the fire into the air just like Farid.

 

 

I predict that in the next chapters, Mo’s execution will arrive but it will be at the night. Dustfinger and Farid turn off all the touches but theirs, making the guards leave Mo unattended.  Meanwhile Meggie will rescue her mother and search for her father in the dark. The Black Prince will help Meggie untie Mo and soon leave the Castle of Nights behind heading towards Fengolio’s house. They will find Basta in Fengolio house but he didn’t do anything because he feared Bears. The finally found Fengolio in Roxane’s house and he had already wrote something to make Mo, Resa and Meggie go back to their world. Farid was really depressed since Meggie left him but he had an idea, he made Fengolio read a piece of paper out of the book making Meggie read it. It said 3 words that made Meggie really happy, “I love you”. So Meggie promised Farid to visit him in the book at least one time a week.