It’s no secret I
like stories that are kind of spooky—one of my favourite authors is R.L. Stine,
who writes the Fear Street and Goosebumps series. So when my Language Arts
teacher, Mrs. Kratky, told us to research fairy tales for Tell a Fairy Tale Day (today!), I was surprised—and excited—to learn
that most classic fairy tales have a “dark side.”
I know what you’re
thinking—every fairy tale ends with a happily-ever-after, right? In the
beginning, they didn’t. In fact, early fairy tales—like Snow White, Cinderella, etc.—weren’t even written for kids!
Especially the stories written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the famous Grimm
brothers.
Take Snow White, for instance. In the Grimm
version of the tale, Snow White’s mother
was the “wicked” one, and it wasn’t just her heart she wanted—it was her lungs
and liver, too! Not quite the Disney version I’ve watched with my sister,
Amelia over and over again. <groan>
Probably unsurprising then, the Grimm brothers were criticized for writing stories that even I, for one,
would never read to my little sister. After all, no one wants a bedtime story
that gives them nightmares…
Well, except me, maybe.
<he he>
Gotta jet! I’m
writing my own fairy tale in class today, and THEN, I need to select which
story to read Amelia tonight. Maybe Rapunzel…that one’s safe, right? See you
next week!
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