Never give up!

         After reading the myth "Prymus and Thisbe", I think this myth is not suitable to teach to our children nowadays. This myth talks about forbidden love and how they actually suicide when they think they lost their loves one. In my opinion, this myth will give more bad impact for teenagers. They will think suicide is the best solution when they face relationship problem. Just like the previous year, our Malaysia's  teenagers were willing to suicide just because they failed in their relationship. As a result, I have found another myth which I think is more suitable for our students.

         "The Glass Knight" is a myth from Saffron Walden, Essex, England. It is about a basilisk. The basilisk is about a foot in length, of colour between black and yellow, having very red eyes, a sharp head and a white spot hereon like a crown. It goes not winding like other serpents but upright on its breast. If a man touch it though with a long pole it kills him, and if it sees a man far off it destroys him with its looks. Furthermore, it breaks stones, blasts all plants with his breath, it burns everything it goes over, no herb can grow near the place of his abode. The story continues to say that the basilisk killed so many people and so many fled that the little market town had hardly anyone left in it. Then a wandering knight covers his armour in crystal glass. When the basilisk sees its reflection it dies instantly.

       When I came across this myth, I realized that we all face difficult challenges from time to time. Sometimes we may even feel a task is too hard, even impossible, for us to do. Like the knight in the myth was feeling just as hopeless when he faced the basilisk which was so powerful and could kill with a single glance. But, at last he still managed to kill the evil basilisk. I would definitely introduce this myth to my students in school. Throughout this myth, I would like them to know no matter how hard it is, we all can succeed in the future if we never give up trying. Some more, the wording in the text is not difficult for most of the year six students to understand. I like this myth very much. It creates mysterious atmosphere for the readers too. When I first read this myth, I kept on imagine how the basilisk looks like. Finally, I went online to search for it and learned that the word basilisk comes from the Greek word basileus, meaning king. So they thought of it as the king of snakes and the most poisonous creature on the earth.