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Summary: Grimms' Fairy Tales
Review: Amanda Braschnewitz November 28,2003
Grimms' Brothers ( The fisher man and his Wife.) 30201000523082 If your were to catch a giant flounder, that was an enchanted prince who would grant you anything you wanted, what would you wish for? A fisherman and his wife lives in an old rusty shack on the beach. the fisher man went fishing on the dock and caught nothing but a giant flounder. The flounder was an enchanted princeand told the fisherman that if he would let him go he would grant him anything he wanted. The fisherman agreed, let him go and went home empty handed when he got back he told his wife and she told him to go to the flounder now and ask for a better home. So he did. And when he got backhis wife was standing inside with a surprised look on her face. The next night she wanted a castle, they got it. The niext night she wanted to be king, she got it. It went on and she wanted to go so far up the line that she finally got to the point where she wanted to be King of the universe. Did she make it up there ot did the fisherman and his wife lose it all?
(The straw, the coal, and the bean.)30201000528082
once the straw, coal, and bean talked it over they lwft the old witch's house and headed towars the creek. A witch was making a soup. Ahe had a bag full of beans for her soup. She put straw down, Coal on top of that. Then started them on fire. She put the beans in a pot of water. On bean, one straw, and on hot, fiery coal managed to escape from all of this. They decided to run away. They came to a creek and didn't know what to do. the straw came up with an idea. He would act as a bridge. the coal went first. he was so hot that he broke the straw in half. What happened next? Read to find out.
(The twelve Dancing Princesses.) 30201000523082
If you were a prince and was offered the chance to pick one of the princesses to be his wife, by finding why their shoes were danced to pieces if you succeded,would you? There were once this king with twelve daughters. They all had glass shoes. When they went to sleep they went dancing somewhere but the king couldn't figure out where. So he offered any Prince to find out where they would go if he who tried failed he would sacrifice his life, if he found out where thye went dancing he would be able to pick one to be his wife. Each time the princes tried, the princesses would give them wine, which would put them to sleep.They were given three days, each day they would fall asleep from the wine. Finally a Prince was on his way to try and he ran in to an old woman. The woman told him not to drink the wine and pretend to go to sleep, and gave him a cloak that made whoever wore it become invisible, and told him when the princesses are leaving to dance put this on and walk with them. Did the Prince find where they danced their shoes to peices? read to find out.
This whole book was a page turner because there were some funny, best, worst, and weird fairy tales in there. You always wanted to know what happened next. It wasn't boring, only some of the stories were boring. They were very interesting. I think that anyone who likes fairy tales would like this book. This book is worth 19 pts.
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Summary: Reality, Fantasy & Science Fiction in Fairy Tales
Review: Much has been written about the content of the stories and comments regarding violence and harshness have been discussed. Today's "wordly-wise" young people see this sort of thing on television and in the movies. Reading classics written years ago, as fairy tales is both educational and enlightening. Not for the very young, but certainly stories pre-teens and young teens can find interesting. I read them as a pre-teen and they still linger on today. Don't be afraid of Grimm's Fairy Tales. They are enduring classics through the ages!
Evelyn Horan - author
Jeannie, A Texas Frontier Girl Books One - Three
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Summary: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Review: My opinion of this book was very good, I have read it with great interest. Some of the stories were a bit gruesome for my liking. I enjoyed the most popular stories and noticed how it was different from the ones commonly heard.
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