THE COMING OF BEOWULF LONG AGO IN A PART OF SWEDEN THEN KNOWN AS GEATLAND THERE LIVED A GREAT WARRIOR CALLED BEOWULF LEGEND TELLS THAT HE 4 HAD THE STRENGTH OF THIRTY MEN AND A BRAVE AND NOBLE HEART N MM S WHEN BEOWULF HEARD OF TERRIBLE TROUBLES IN DENMARK HE DECIDED TO HELP HROTHGAR KING OF THE DANES WAS A FRIEND OF HIS FATHER'S WITH HIS COMPANIONS BEOWULF SET SAIL ACROSS THE COLD NORTH SEA
CCL WHEN THEY CAME TO DENMARK THEY DID NOT ARRIVE UNNOTICED WHY DO You COME HERE UNINVITED AND UNANNOUNCED WEARING BRIGHT ARMOR AND SHARP SWORDS WE ARE LOYAL FOLLOWERS OF HYGELAC KING OF THE GEATS I AM BEOWULF SON OF ECGTHEOW WHOSE NAME IS KNOWN IN MANY LANDS WE COME TO BE OF SERVICE TO YOUR KING HROTHGAR WHOM ALL KNOW AS A VALIANT AND GENEROUS MAN EVEN ACROSS THE SEA WE HAVE HEARD STORIES OF HEOROT THE WONDROUS MEAD HALL HROTHGAR HAD BUILT AND WE HAVE HEARD OF THE HORRIBLE DARKNESS THAT HAS DESCENDED ON THAT PLACE
The Horror of Heorot THIS IS THE TALE AS IT HAS COME TO us WHEN THE GREAT HALL WAS FIRST FINISHED IT WAS A PLACE OF WARMTH AND CELEBRATION THERE YOUR KING GAVE GIFTS OF GOLD RINGS ORNAMENTS AND BRACELETS TO HIS FAITHFUL MEN BUT OUTSIDE IN THE SHADOWS THERE WAS ONE WHO HATED THE SOUND OF MEN'S JOY AND REVELRY WHEN ALL HAD FALLEN ASLEEP THE CREATURE CREPT UP TO THE DOORS OF HEOROT
THE DOOR WAS NO BARRIER FOR THE CREATURE WHOSE NAME WE HAVE HEARD IS GRENDEL thoom AS THE DROWSING WARRIORS JUMPED TO THEIR FEET THE MONSTER SNATCHED ONE UP AND SWALLOWED HIM DOWN BEFORE THE OTHERS COULD DO ANYTHING HE GRABBED UP A SCORE OF THEM FLED AND WAS GONE