Eventually, news travelled over the water to the Geats where the young ____ Beowulf heard of King Hrothgar’s plight. He ____ to Denmark to offer help.____ King Hrothgar was grateful for Beowulf’s help and agreed to hold another ____ in Heorot. After the feast, Beowulf stayed in the great ____ while all the ____ went back to their homes. ____ was furious about the feast and ____ Heorot! Beowulf, pretending to be asleep, leapt up and ____ Grendel. His men drew their swords but Grendel’s skin was so tough that they could not ____ it. After a long battle, Beowulf, using no ____, finally managed to ____ Grendel by ripping off his ____! Grendel fled to his home in the marshes and ____. After hearing that ____ had been killed, ____ and his thanes returned to ____. They ate and slept in the ____ once again, finally feeling safe. However, Grendel’s ____ was angry that her son had been killed and ____ Heorot. She ____ one of Hrothgar’s best ____ before escaping. Beowulf and his men tracked ____ to her ____ below a lake. One of his men gave him his sword to fight her but when it was useless. Instead, he took her own sword from her and ____ her head with it. Her poisonous blood dissolved the ____! Beowulf returned to Heorot ____! Hrothgar was overjoyed when Beowulf returned to ____. He declared Beowulf a ____ and gave him many ____ including his family’s heirloom sword. He thanked Beowulf for his help and told him they would always be ____. Before he returned to Geatland, Hrothgar warned ____ about the ____ of ____ and ____...

Beowulf part 2

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