International Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Fairy tales are a genre of literature that features fantastical and magical characters. Usually in the form of short stories with fairies, elves, trolls, and witches as central characters, fairy tales are set in a magical world with events that take place "once upon a time."
A form of folk tales, fairy tales have a strong oral and written tradition all around the world - with cultures adopting whole or parts of tales from other cultures.
Before the 17th century, fairy tales often had themes unsuitable for children and were written mostly for adults.
Children's Genre
Today, fairy tales are considered to be a genre of children's literature and the term fairy tale is used to refer to happy events and happenings, such as a fairy tale romance or a fairy tale ending.
How to Celebrate?
- Read my below short story !!
- If you have children in your lives, why not introduce them to some of the world's most famous fairy tales?
- Bring out your inner writer and pen down a fairy tale. Who knows, you could be the next Hans Christian Andersen!
Red
By Neville Raper
Little Red Riding hood
put on her hood which was, errrm, red.
Her father the woodman
spoke “be careful in the woods it is full of beasties and monsters that would
love to gobble up a little girl like you “
“I will pa pa “she
responded in her best Red Riding Hood voice, “I will keep to the path all the
way to Grandmama’s “
“That's a good girl,
take the bread mother has made “
Red picked up the
little basket of buns and cheerfully went in her way.
As she entered the dark
deep woods fingers of chill ran down her spine. She heard every creak and groan
of the boughs around her. The tree tendrils strained and stretched as if to
snatch up little Red. She was the splash of colour in a dark green world. She
quietly whistled to herself as she skipped along, her melody masking the moans
of the misshapen forest. It moved in waves of wind flowing and ebbing around
her, but still, she walked on.
She soon came across
her Grandmama’s house, a beautiful cottage adorned in ivy and probably worth in
excess of £550 thousand.
Red knocked on the
door,
a soft shrill voice
responded, “who is it?”
“Hello Gran Ma Ma, it's
me, Little Red Riding Hood”
“Come in sweetheart”
Red entered the house
Grandmama was lying on her sofa bed in her little front room. She was in her
fluffy dressing gown with tiny pictures of sheep dancing around, Red was sure,
if she counted them, she'd fall asleep.
“Hello Little Red,”
Grandmama said “how lovely to see you, what have you got in your basket? “
“I have freshly baked
bread that Ma-Ma has made”
“Ooo how nice, please
put it on the side”
Little Red sat beside
her Grandmother and studied her face carefully,
“My grandmother what
big eyes you have”
“Do you think so Little
Red? I suppose it's because I'm long-sighted, convex glasses do tend to magnify
things, but thank you”
“My grandmother what
big teeth you have”
“Thank you Little Red,
I've just got these from the orthodontist, I'm quite pleased with them, I'm
sure now I could eat anything, apart from toffees of course” Grand Ma Ma
laughed.
“My grandma how hairy
you are”
“Bit rude, but thank
you for pointing it out, ladies of a certain age do tend to be a bit more
hirsute, I will wax my top lip”
Little Red Riding Hood
started to shiver, she studied Grandma even more intently,
“My My Grandmother what
big claws you have”
“Claws dear? you mean
my manicure,…….. “
Before she could
finish, Little Red Riding Hood jumped to her feet threw off her hood and threw
back her head and screamed, “You're a wolf and you’ve eaten my Gran Ma Ma !”
“Pardon? “Said
grandmother, just then the cottage for burst open, it rocked on its hinges, as in
strode the massive manliness of the woodcutter. He whipped out his chopper and in
one smooth motion deftly removed grandmother’s head.
“Well done Little Red
Riding Hood, you've saved us from an evil beastie”
“Thank you Pa Pa, shall
we split the inheritance? “
End
2016
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