Favorite Fairytale?

I would have to agree with Beauty and the Beast. I'm not entirely sure why to be honest, but I know that as a little girl I dreamed of having a prince of my own. Even though he was a beast, he showed that he was capable of compassion.

2006-10-26 10:47:44 · answer #1 · answered by Courtney B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

My favorite is actually a poem, called "Seven Pairs of Iron Shoes" by Tracina Jackson-Adams. It's a continuation of the classic fairy tale, "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," in which a woman's true love leaves her, and she has to follow him, wearing out seven pairs on iron shoes in the process, to win back his love.

The first pair of shoes I wore out
was for your forgiveness. Racked with guilt,
I pursued you with single intent,
barely ate or slept, accepted the heat,
the cold, the wet misery and stumbling weariness
as my due. I had failed you. It was only just.

Throughout the second pair, I hated you.
I followed you only because I forgot I could stop.

Many places looked familiar by the third pair,
and I found I knew the coming weather by the taste
of the wind. I was no longer afraid of snakes,
and I placed my feet with care
So as not to trample small things. By the fourth,
I moved silently and did not realize it.

From then on, I roamed for wonder alone,
and slipped through the years like a wolf
through tall grass. I had long since stopped counting
when I heard stories of a land east
of the sun and west of the moon,
and I thought, there's a place I haven't walked to yet.

So here we stand, face to face at last,
both of us older, and both of us changed.
I look at you across the distance
of seven pairs of iron shoes,
and I am glad I found you not one moment sooner,

for iron, as they say, will break enchantments,
and I have no illusions about us now.
Now my sight is true, and now
is the moment when I can choose,
as I could not have chosen before,
whether to offer you my hand, or kiss you once,
for memory's sake, and walk on."

I like it because it's not one of those fairy tales that tell women they need to find their prince charming to be happy.

2006-10-26 11:18:14 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrice Potter. It is a story of Hunca Munca and Tom Thumb, married mice. I like it because I think rodents are cute.

2006-10-26 11:07:29 · answer #3 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Three dwarfs- reward for kindness punishment for being unkind
Seven swans- familial love, sacrifice and trust
Rose Red- hope, faith, trust and love.

I love fairy tales.

2006-10-27 11:13:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

I like little red riding hood, only I change the ending to " afew weeks later a woodsman killed awolf in the woods, the wolf had some red fabric in his teeth,but no one ever saw red riding hood again, and thats what happens to kids who don't listen

2006-10-26 11:45:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

Rapunzel

2006-10-26 10:41:13 · answer #6 · answered by Itsalongnight 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

A mid summer nigth's dream by W. Shakespeare.

Quite entertaining, and very funny. I love it.

2006-10-26 10:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by Peter pan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Beauty and the Beast. It's my favorite because it shows that people don't have to be physically attractive to be worthy of love. I also love the sense of filial duty that Beauty (aka Belle) has for her father.

2006-10-26 10:36:04 · answer #8 · answered by Avie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋

Heidi, dont know why its my favorite but remember reading that as a child.

2006-10-26 10:38:24 · answer #9 · answered by surfer grl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Cinderella. Isn't it every girl's dream to be found by her Prince Charming and be swept away to a castle in the sky?

2006-10-26 10:34:02 · answer #10 · answered by brainy_blonde 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋

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