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The Fountain of Fair Fortune

I think everyone have heard about "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", a collection of little stories told to children from the magical world of Harry Potter. My favorite tale from this book is "The Fountain of Fair Fortune". It is about a Fountain that can bring all sort of fortunes to whom bathe in its waters and it is also about the qualities you need to achieve your dreams. The story is set in a distant kingdom, where there is the hill on whose top is set the Fountain. Every year, one single person is alowed to climb the hill and try to get to the Fountain before the sunset. People of all kinds, magical and non-magical, would travel from many parts of the kingdom, trying to enter the garden and climb to the Fountain.
But somehow, three witches and an unlucky Muggle (non-magical) knight, manage to climb the hill together, and they get to the Fountain. 

The tale shows how they pass through every obstacle, getting over their own disabilities, to reach their dreams. 
What I like most about this story is the end, because it's when we discover that the Fountain, actually, has no powers. That's when we understand that we make our own fortune, that is to say, we are responsible for our destiny. Our choices make who we are.

This is a video of JK Rowlling reading this tale for some really lucky children. 

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