This is the book called “The Hundredth Bird” by Jane Yolen. There are so many colors of doves Hugh fines but there is something special about this white dove he finds. In the book Hugh the main character has a bit of troubles catching this one white dove. His name is Hugh and he is a Fowler who works for the king. Points the bow at the birds they just fall over and he can just catch a bird with a net. He is a special kind of person. One day the King asked him to one very difficult task to do.
One fine day the king called for Hugh. He was surprised by that because he never gets called to see the kill so he knew it was something good. If any of you got called to the king I bet all of you would be very surprised by it too. This story had my feeling and emotions all over the place. First I was sad because Hugh sounds like some poor old man. When he got to the king the King sad that he was getting married and that he wanted a hundred birds so Hugh left and when to go get the birds. Some people would say that this task is impossible. That’s what I thought.
He caught 20 birds everyday except for the 5th day he only caught 19 he was mad because the one white dove kept on escaping the net. So he had 99 live birds and he really wanted to get that hundredth bird. So he waited a long time for the last bird he waited and waited until finally she came he caught the bird and the bird said “mast fowler, set me free, gold and silver I’ll give thee.” The Hugh said “neither gold nor silver tempt me.” “Master fowler set me free fame and fortune follows thee” said the bird. Hugh shook his head and held tight. The third time the bird said “master fowler free this dove the queen will be your own true love.” So after the bird said that Hugh twisted the bird’s neck and now he had 99 birds alive and 1 dead so he had the hundred birds. He brought all the birds to the king, but there was no wedding. So then the fowler gave up on hunting so he ate berries and fruit the rest of his life.
This story reminds me of the time I wanted to beat my dad at ping pong. My dad had always been better than me until I tried so hard and I finally beat him. Just like Hugh if you put your time and hard work into it you will be rewarded. Of course my task wasn’t as tough as Hugh but the king still gave him one big tough task.
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