Refreshingly good! There is not enough Reynard in literature these days, in my humble yet correct opinion.

The brevity of the piece worked very nicely with the twist at the end. And I do love stories that leave much to the imagination!

Also: the protagonist's name only gives it away if you're familiar with certain obscure medieval stories, so I think for most audiences it works.

^_^ that was so cool.

Very amusing!

M.

(snicker) Oh, that's good! I like!

The name Reynard sort of gave it away as soon as the old man started telling the story, but didn't ruin it. Quite an enjoyable read. Thanks!

I love the end of this story! I have almost no talent for writing short self-contained stories (I'm much more of an epic person), but sometimes a short story will pique my interest, as yours did here. It has a very dimmly-lit but not quite dark feel to it. I have to admit, I loved how he just stared at the Foxglove with a smile as he leaves. I cound't really see what you could improve, as this seems to have already been a graded assignment (which means already edited several times). If you wrote a bunch of short stories of these quality (but not necessarily similar), you could publish this as a collection for children, since it does have that bed-time-story feel to it as well. It's all very consistant in terms of characterization, setting, atmosphere, and story flow. But I have to admit, my favorite mini-scene was Reynard teasing the little gypsies, and I will admit that I saw the ending as being that Reynard would have to try and trick the gypsies to leave, but hey, he does that anyway. Superb. I'd give this story a solid A. ~ Artemisu, who has the French name of Séverine.

neat! i like!!! write more like this...i don't get how the end works though...