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     Once upon a time there lived a king 

named Hrothgar. He is the ruler of the 

Danes after a previous king's death. He 

built a mead hall and called it Herot in 

honor of his coming of king. This is where 

Hrothgar and his men gathered to drink 

and celebrate.

     Hrothgar lived happily in the kingdom 

until Grendel, a darkness-bringer, 

terrorized their kingdom. He would sneak 

in every night and snatch up the men in 

silence. The town had been terrorized by 

Grendel each and every day.  

     Herot was left abandoned because of 

Grendel's terror for 12 years until a 

courageous warrior named Beowulf heard 

of the king's struggle. So Beowulf and 

some of his greatest men sailed to the 

Danes to help out Hrothgar.      

     They welcomed Beowulf with a 

celebration because of his comings. A 

jealous warrior, Unferth, did not believe 

of Beowulf's reputation of being the best 

warrior. But soon that night, his skills 

were put to the test.  

     Grendel soon arrived at the mead hall 

while everyone was asleep. The monster 

bursted though the door and snatched up 

a few of the men. The devilish-demise 

grabbed Beowulf, but he was able to slip 

out and climb up the monster's arm.   

     Grendel helpless and weary struggled to 

get Beowulf off. Beowulf, with his all his 

might, ripped off the monster's arm. 

Weakened, Grendel walks back to the 

swamp to soon die after. The men hang up 

the arm and hold a feast for Beowulf.     

      The warriors see the arm and 

congratulate his victory. Hrothgar sees 

what Beowulf had done and throws him a 

celebratory party in the mead hall. Scops 

would play music and sing poems for 

Beowulf.

    But soon another threat was coming, 

Grendel's mother. She was angry and set 

out to get revenge for Grendel's death. 

Sneaking through the mead hall at night, 

she grabs her son's arm and killed 

Hrothgar's best friend, Aeschere.

     As morning arrives the men awake and 

in awe saw that Aeschere was missing. 

They assumed that the foot tracks leading 

out the mead hall was the reason for his 

disappearance. Beowulf and his men 

followed the tracks to the swamp. The 

men see Aeschere dead by the swamp and 

are furious.   

     Beowulf decides to jumps into the 

swamp and to seek the monster. He spots 

the mother and tries to fight her with his 

war-blade, Hrunting, but it was no match 

against her skin hide. He gets knocked 

deeper down in the swamp and sees a 

sword on the wall that was crafted by 

giants.    

     Beowulf grabs the big sword and 

battles the devil-bride. With one swift 

blow, he cuts off her head. After defeating 

the mother, in the corner of his eye, he 

sees Grendel's body and decides to cut off 

the head as well. He comes out of the 

water alive and the men are happy.    

     Beowulf, holding both heads in his 

hand, takes them back to Hrothgar. 

Hrothgar overjoyed throws Beowulf 

another party and provides him with gifts. 

Beowulf longs to return back to Geatland 

where he lives. The king is proud of him 

like a son and allows him to go.

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