Week Two - Task #08. “The Gargoyle Watch”

[Anne-Marie Gagne]

Stone stairs twist upward around the building, slick with moss. You climb slowly, breath echoing against the vaulting walls. You’ve entered the high places: cathedral heights, where wind bellows through arches.

You reach a ledge where a gargoyle huddles beside you. It does not move, but you feel its attention. Eyes like moons and jaws like broken bells. It has watched centuries pass from this perch, seeing plagues, prayers, revolutions, and still it waits. Mouth forever open, rain forever draining through its throat. It is not here to frighten, but to guard.

While leaning beside it and watching the world below, small people hurry forgetfully. You feel above time. Above fear. A faint voice that sounds just like Pipkin in your ear has you snapping your head to look behind. Nobody’s there, but you wonder if he has already looked from this height.

When you finally descend, the gargoyle remains watching and waiting. A pumpkin above you is shaped just like that twisted stone face. It flickers bronze-blue. Then steadies.

Task:
For this task, complete this jigsaw puzzle and post your screenshot down below. Make sure you have your time and the number of pieces of the puzzle in your screenshot.

Alternatively, please research and tell us a bit about gargoyles in at least 100 words.

This task is worth 10 beans, with an additional 13 bonus beans for completing all Week Two tasks by end of activity. Deadline is 11:59pm (HOL time) on Friday November 21st.

[River Fenwick]

https://postimg.cc/Pp1LFx33

[Kaylee Oatsong]

Hello,

A gargoyle is a sculpture of a rather odd-looking creature, often animals or beasts in stone, often located on top of churches or very ancient gothic houses. The word "gargoyle" comes from the French word "gargouille", meaning throat. They were designed in order to serve as waterspouts to direct rainwater away from a building's walls. They were created in around the 1200's, during the Gothic and Medieval period, though many historians believe they were used longer than that. Many years later, gargoyles lost the function of waterspouts, and were considered as guardians of churches. Due to their monstrous features, they were thought to ward off evil spirits in holy areas.

Kaylee Oatsong

[Emily Spencer]

[Kaylee Oatsong]

Hello,

Here is my answer for the puzzle: https://postimg.cc/hQxq0CyG

Kaylee Oatsong

[Janne Halla]