Reading Notes Part A: Czech: The Waternick

Bibliography: Czech Folktales unit.  The Key of Gold: The Waternick by Josef Baudis (1922).

(Waternick)

This is like Hansel and Gretel. I almost want to make it more realistic and have them get captured by some creepy farmer guy or something. Maybe they're going through the forest that borders his farmland and he finds the tree they tied their line to and moves it to an abandoned building on his property and by the time they notice, it's too late and he pushes them in. He's crazy but he doesn't do anything to seriously hurt them. He just makes them clean up the farm and feeds them random things he finds. Eventually the children create a distraction and they escape.