Sep 15, 2007 12:02 AM
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I didn't know MS had a category like this(The Best Fairy Tales) in the book category. After reading coolwater’s wonderfully written review of the five best fairy tales I felt inspired to give my input of the best fairy tales I know. These fairy tales are special because they inspire us to follow the golden rules of right and wrong, think positive of ourselves, and most importantly they taught us that we should always possess courage, honesty and believe in ourselves.
What’s fascinating about these adorable childhood fairy tales they are enchanting, fantastical, magical, artistically appealing, heart pounding, gripping, and enjoyable stories that leave us with a lot to think about.
My choice of the five best fairly tales are:
The Three Bears is a bedtime story that appeals to children because of its main characters, three bears that talk and a little girl name Goldilocks. In this delightful tale the bears have an encounter with a little girl who gets lost in the woods and finds her way to their home after they have gone for a walk in the woods. The little girl delights herself with their home amenities such as porridge that is too hot, too cold, and the porridge of the baby bear to be just right, she eats it all up. The comforts of chairs that are too hard, too soft just doesn’t sit right with this little girl until she finds the chair of the baby bear to be just right breaking the chair into pieces after she’s sat in it. Her final destination to the bedroom of the three little bears becomes even more unbearable when she discovers that these amenities are not to her desire either, the Papa bear’s bed is too hard, and the Mother bear’s bed is too soft. Goldielocks finds the bed of the baby bear to be just right and falls to sleep until she wakes up into the grizzly eyes of the three bears upon their return home.
The Three Little Pigs is another splendid, and whimsical fairy tale of three little fat pigs who have an encounter with a big bad wolf that sets out on a trail to catch the three little pigs and eat them. In this tale three little pigs build houses one is made of straw, the other is made of sticks, and the other is made of bricks. When the pig that built his house of straw encounters the wolf the wolf tells the pig to let him in or he will “hoof, and poof and blow his house down.” When the pig ignores the wolf’s threat the wolf carries out his threat, and blows the house down chasing the pig out of his house. The second pig whose house is made of sticks encounter the same defeat when the wolf blows his house down, and chase him out of his house. The story ends when the wolf meets the third pig whose house is made of brick, and seemingly can’t blow his house down.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff is another brilliantly written tale of courage. In this story three goats start a life of their own when they go find food for themselves. While on their quests to find food they cross a bridge where an ugly troll lives. The troll has told the three goats they will be eaten if they continue to trample over his bridge. One goat is fearful, and doesn’t cross the bridge instead he go back, and get help from his brothers. The troll meets his final fate when the goats fight back beating the troll up.
The Grinch that Stole Christmas is also a wonderfully written holiday tale written by Dr. Theodore Seuss. In this holiday tale a green mammal known as the Grinch lives in the town of Whoville, and hates Christmas. The Grinch has decided to steal Christmas from the town of Whoville when he and his dog Max breaks into the homes of Whoville citizens, and steals all of their Christmas, decorations, gifts, and food. The Grinch makes a heart touching discovery of the towns people he decovers that Christmas doesn’t just lye with Christmas decorations, gifts, and food, but lye in the hearts of its Whoville citizens. The town of Whoville recognizes the true spirit of Christmas and the celebration goes on.
Rumplestiltskein is a story that reminds us that we should always follow the golden rules of right, and wrong. In this gripping tale of greed a poor "Miller" has a beautiful daughter, and must speak to the King. "The Miller" wanted to make himself look important so he told the King his daughter could spin straw into gold. The King orders the Miller to bring his daughter to his "Palace." When the Miller and his daughter arrived to the King’s Palace the King sent the Miller’s daughter to a room filled with straw, and told her if she didn’t spin straw to gold by morning she will die. The Miller’s daughter "wept" knowing the difficulty in spinning straw to gold.
Suddenly a "little man" came to the room, and asked the Miller’s daughter of her sadness. She told him she had to spin straw to gold or she will die. "The manikin" asked her "what will you give me" if I do this deed. She offered him her "necklace". The little man spins the straw to gold. When the King saw his gold he became greedy and wanted more straw spun to gold, placing the Miller’s daughter into a larger room filled with straw. The King again ordered the Miller’s daughter to spin straw to gold by morning or she will die. The Miller’s daughter wept and the "manikin" appeared again, and asked the Miller’s daughter what will you offer me if I spin the straw to gold. The Miller’s daughter offered the "manikin" her father’s ring. The manikin took the ring and spun the straw to gold. When this task was completed the King became greedier; placing the girl into an even larger room in the Palace filled with straw. The King once again orders the Miller daughter to spin straw to gold or she will die. The little man offered to spin the straw to gold if she became Queen, and offered him her child. The Millers daughter promised to give the little man her child.
As time passed the Miller’s daughter and the King married, and she became Queen, giving birth to a child. The little "manikin" appeared, and reminded the Queen of her promise to give him her child. The Queen begin to weep, promising the little man everything except her child. The Queen wept so much that the little man felt sorry for her, and told her instead of giving me your child you must guess my name. When the queen guessed the name of the manikin he stomped into the "earth", and pulled his foot out. He then stomped his other foot into the earth so hard that when he tried to pull his foot out of the "earth"he"tore himself in half".
The Authors:
The Three Bears is written by English Poet Robert Southey the story of The Three Bears is an English tale that went into print in 1837 and collected by The Brothers Grimm.
The Three Little Pigs is written by David Wiesner
The Three Billy Goats Gruff is written by Paul Galdone
Rumpelstiltskinis written, and collected by The Brothers Grimm(Jacob)
