FAIRY TALES

What is a Fairy Tale? A simple narrative typically of folk origin dealing with supernatural beings.

What Fairy Tales Do You Know?

CHARACTERISTICS OF A FAIRY TALE **A fairy Tale may not have all of these** SPECIAL WORDS (once upon a time…happily ever after)SPECIAL WORDS (once upon a time…happily ever after) GOOD CHARACTERGOOD CHARACTER EVIL CHARACTEREVIL CHARACTER

HELPER CHARACTERHELPER CHARACTER ROYALTY/CASTLEROYALTY/CASTLE MAGIC OCCURSMAGIC OCCURS

Things happen in groups of Three, seven, or twelveThings happen in groups of Three, seven, or twelve 3 Bears (Goldilocks) 3 Bears (Goldilocks) 3 Fairies (Sleeping Beauty) 3 Fairies (Sleeping Beauty) 3 Pigs (Their Story) 3 Pigs (Their Story) 3 Nights of the Ball (Cinderella) 3 Nights of the Ball (Cinderella) 7 Dwarves (Snow White) 7 Dwarves (Snow White) 12 dancing princesses 12 dancing princesses 12 o’clock midnight (Cinderella) 12 o’clock midnight (Cinderella) OTHERS? OTHERS?

Here’s One You Probably Know: The Princess and the Pea

ONCE upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He traveled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.

"Well, we'll soon find that out," thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty down beds on top of the mattresses. On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept. "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!" Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty down beds.

Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that. So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it. The End

HERE are some fairy tale endings you may not know…

Snow White And the mirror answered-- "O Lady Queen, though fair ye be, The young Queen is fairer to see." Oh! How angry the wicked woman was then, and so terrified, too, that she scarcely knew what to do. At first she thought she would not go to the wedding at all, but then she felt that she could not rest until she had seen the young Queen. No sooner did she enter the palace than she recognized little Snow-White, and could not move for terror. Then a pair of red-hot iron shoes was brought into the room with tongs and set before her, and these she was forced to put on and to dance in them until she could dance no longer, but fell down dead, and that was the end of her. …and they lived happily ever after?

Cinderella And when her wedding with the prince was appointed to be held, the false sisters came, hoping to curry favor and to take part in the festivities. So as the bridal procession went to the church, the eldest walked on the right side and the younger on the left, and the pigeons picked out an eye of each of them. And as they returned the elder was on the left side and the younger on the right, and the pigeons picked out the other eye of each of them. And so they were condemned to go blind for the rest of their days because of their wickedness and falsehood.

1.Think about what fairy tales you know. 2.Find an example of a fairy tale that has been changed over the years (movie, book, comic, etc.) in one or more of these ways: -Characters (P.O.V) -Setting -Theme -Story ASSIGNMENT Part 1T Example: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Web Sites to Visit: Part 2 **Go to one of the following websites, or another of your choosing, read 2 stories, and complete the fairy tale chart for each one ENJOY!