{"id":3265,"date":"2020-05-14T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3265"},"modified":"2020-05-14T20:00:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:00:59","slug":"pegasus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3265","title":{"rendered":"Pegasus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thought I would use the winged horse from yesterday’s quiz for today’s title. I was fascinated by Pegasus as a child, and often would doodle pictures of what I think he would look like (I wasn’t a van Gogh!) I of course occasionally I tell tales with him in. I found a picture of a wonderful sculpture of Pegasus it is outside the \u00a0Merville Barracks in Colchester so it is the picture below.<\/p>\n

Still working hard on my pig story and still getting new ideas to develop and I am currently enjoying the writing process. I did think I was close to finishing the first draft but those new ideas mean the story continues to grow!<\/p>\n

We had an excellent Book Club discussion last night via Zoom about the book On Beauty<\/strong><\/em> by Zadie Smith. <\/strong><\/em>We have now planned to do the next three months virtually (sadly)<\/p>\n

Horse Quiz Answers<\/p>\n

a) Gringolet<\/span> is Sir Gawain’s<\/span> <\/strong>Horse-one of my all time favourites of stories to tell is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 b) Copenhagen is Wellington’s<\/strong><\/span> famous horse\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 c) Shadowfax is Gandalf’s<\/span><\/strong> horse in Lord of the Rings\u00a0\u00a0 d) Bucephalus is Alexander the Great’s<\/span> <\/strong>Horse\u00a0\u00a0 e) Pegasus<\/span><\/strong> is the winged horse<\/p>\n

Tonight’s Quiz is definitely being set by a Story Teller!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is all on Greek Mythology!<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) Odysseus<\/span> <\/strong>(a real super hero with a brain!) outwitted a Cyclops<\/span><\/strong>-what was his name?\u00a0 b) Which Titan stole fire<\/span> <\/strong>from Olympus? c) Who was Pandora’s<\/strong> <\/span>husband?\u00a0 d) What is the name of the Three Headed Dog<\/strong> <\/span>that guards the gates of Hades? e) Who had the Golden Touch<\/strong><\/span>?<\/p>\n

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