zakisrage
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What are your favourite fairy tales? Which ones do you hate?
Here are mine:
- The Goose Girl. It's by the Brothers Grimm. This one is probably my all-time favourite. I always loved reading it as a kid - it was one of my first books.
- Puss in Boots. I always enjoyed this one as a kid too.
- Snow White and Rose Red. Another Grimm story that I grew up with. It's not the same story as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (There was a really old anime based on Grimm's Fairy tales that had both stories featured as episodes.)
- The Golden Goose. I grew up with this one too.
- Aladdin. The original is soooo much better than the Disney version! (I don't mind the Disney version, but you know Disney gets a lot of stuff wrong.)
- The Ugly Duckling. I remember I really liked this as a little kid.
- The Blue Bird. This is a French story. I have an illustrated version of it (the book's in French). It's about a king turned into a bird who is in love with a princess.
- Babiole. Another French story. This one's about a princess who gets turned into a monkey.
- Alphege, or the Green Monkey. Similar to the above, except it involves a prince being turned into a monkey instead of a princess.
- The Monkey and the Jellyfish. Another fairy tale with monkeys. This one comes from Japan. (I love stories with monkeys!)
- The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child. This story comes from Japan. It's in the book of Japanese fairy tales that I own.
- A Fairy's Blunder. One of my books has this story. It's kind of weird, but I found it really entertaining. It's got a whole "fountain of youth"-related plot.
Here are a few fairy tales I hate:
- Donkeyskin. This one's WAY too creepy.
- Riquet with the Tuft. I hate this one because the prince chooses the pretty bimbo over her smart but not-so-attractive sister.
- Perrault's Little Red Riding Hood. This is the one with the sad ending - where the wolf eats the poor girl.
- The Three Treasures of the Giants. Most of the story was okay, but the ending (where the hero's descendants become greedy and lead his kingdom into ruin) really ruined the enjoyment of the story for me.
- The Little Match Girl. This one made me cry when I was little.
- Jack and the Beanstalk. I always found the protagonist rather unlikable.
As for collectors, I like the Brothers Grimm, Andrew Lang, and Madame d'Aulnoy. I don't really care for Perrault or Andersen (Andersen's stories are too depressing, and Perrault's stories - except for Puss in Boots and Sleeping Beauty - kind of bored me.)
Here are mine:
- The Goose Girl. It's by the Brothers Grimm. This one is probably my all-time favourite. I always loved reading it as a kid - it was one of my first books.
- Puss in Boots. I always enjoyed this one as a kid too.
- Snow White and Rose Red. Another Grimm story that I grew up with. It's not the same story as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (There was a really old anime based on Grimm's Fairy tales that had both stories featured as episodes.)
- The Golden Goose. I grew up with this one too.
- Aladdin. The original is soooo much better than the Disney version! (I don't mind the Disney version, but you know Disney gets a lot of stuff wrong.)
- The Ugly Duckling. I remember I really liked this as a little kid.
- The Blue Bird. This is a French story. I have an illustrated version of it (the book's in French). It's about a king turned into a bird who is in love with a princess.
- Babiole. Another French story. This one's about a princess who gets turned into a monkey.
- Alphege, or the Green Monkey. Similar to the above, except it involves a prince being turned into a monkey instead of a princess.
- The Monkey and the Jellyfish. Another fairy tale with monkeys. This one comes from Japan. (I love stories with monkeys!)
- The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child. This story comes from Japan. It's in the book of Japanese fairy tales that I own.
- A Fairy's Blunder. One of my books has this story. It's kind of weird, but I found it really entertaining. It's got a whole "fountain of youth"-related plot.
Here are a few fairy tales I hate:
- Donkeyskin. This one's WAY too creepy.
- Riquet with the Tuft. I hate this one because the prince chooses the pretty bimbo over her smart but not-so-attractive sister.
- Perrault's Little Red Riding Hood. This is the one with the sad ending - where the wolf eats the poor girl.
- The Three Treasures of the Giants. Most of the story was okay, but the ending (where the hero's descendants become greedy and lead his kingdom into ruin) really ruined the enjoyment of the story for me.
- The Little Match Girl. This one made me cry when I was little.
- Jack and the Beanstalk. I always found the protagonist rather unlikable.
As for collectors, I like the Brothers Grimm, Andrew Lang, and Madame d'Aulnoy. I don't really care for Perrault or Andersen (Andersen's stories are too depressing, and Perrault's stories - except for Puss in Boots and Sleeping Beauty - kind of bored me.)
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