- Saint Gudwall moved to a new home on the Welsh coast with his pupil in a deep cave where they could keep their books and belongings
- The sea became angry as winter arrived and washed out the cave and drenched them both
- But the fish of the sea built a barrier between Gudwall and the sea so he could still live there
- Could add some drama by having Gudwall's pupil swept out to sea with the waves and Gudwall and the fish must search for him in the angry and intense waves
- A little Irish baby named Ailbe was abandoned by his parents and taken in by a kind mother wolf, who raised him as her own with her wolf pups
- One day, a hunter prince found Ailbe in the forest and took him home to his wife, despite the protests and pursuit of his wolf family
- He was richly raised in a castle, became the Bishop, and protected his wolf family from harm of hunters while providing food for them everyday
- Something to change would be to have his cruel first parents enter the story again and see how he would react to them
- Athracta was a beautiful maiden princess who yearned only to be in the wild until she was bidden by the King to help build a fort without the help of a man
- When she had chopped enough trees, her poor horses could not carry it so she called to the stags of the wood who flocked to ger to pull the wagon
- When the chains broke, she fixed them with her beautiful hair and the King realized she was more powerful than he was
- Could change it so that her hair didn't fix the chain, so other creatures of the woods came to help her carry the wood
- In Italy, there was a cruel emporer persecuting Christians and Saint Felix, whose name everyone knew, hid instead of running away
- All dressed in disguise, a kind spider spun a web so thick that the soldiers couldn't find him
- He stayed in hiding, where a Christian woman brought him food everyday, until the danger was gone
- Could rewrite the spider's role as instead of helping Saint Felix, he was actually capturing him for his own and Felix has to try to escape
- A hermit named Saint Giles lived in a secluded forest far from everyone except his Deer friend
- When the deer was shot by hunters who stumbled into the wood, Giles lifted her up and took the blow of another arrow instead, falling to the ground to die
- The pagan King arrived and nursed Giles back to health and when he saw Giles' Christian lifestyle, he became a Christian himself
- One thing I could change would be that the hunters brought Giles back to the King's palace to heal and the sweet Deer ran to his rescue
- Saint Francis was a poor, ill, and homeless man who lived his life as closely as he could to Jesus's life and had an almost magical ability to smile and bright everyone's day because everyone knew his smile
- Francis tamed and taught a terrible, vicious wolf (who had been devouring cows and men alike) to beg for his food everyday and play with the little children of Gubbio
- When Saint Francis went to dwell on Monte Alverno, they were greeted by a multitude of singing birds (as he had been before) and he felt blessed to live on the mountain top
- Could rewrite the story so that the birds didn't know when to stop singing and praising God and Francis, so one day he accidentally snaps at them and they run from him, ruining his name and reputation so that he must remedy the situation immediately
(Saint Francis preaching to his friends, the birds, from Wikimedia Commons)
Link to Saints and Animals, based on Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown
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