Essays: Fairy tales 12 Articles

by L. Beall

Telling My Babies a Fairy Tale The standard fairy tale usually starts with "Once upon a time" and usually ends with "and they all lived happily ever after." The majority of us have heard or heard of at least one. A person...read more

by Johnette Loefgren

Jingle,jangle,jingle,jangle Christmas bells echoed across the snowy fields as the sleigh sailed smoothly just above the ground. Holly did not want anyone to know about the magic she had mastered. The sky glittered with a...read more

by Tanner Hamm

Chapter 1: Birth of a Warrior It was a hot summer day. The sun was high in the sky over the jungles of Karamja. In a small hut made of mud, wood, and hay, a woman was breathing heavily. Today, her son would be born. ...read more

by Deborah M.

Fairy Tales: Not Just for Kids As a collector and aficionado of fairy tales, I recall fondly the great deal of time I spent in my childhood reading such classics as Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, and The Prince ...read more

by Norma DePlume

A Slightly Skewed Fairy Tale Recently, in a kingdom not far from here, there lived a princess. (These kingdoms always have princesses. It's required by law.) This particular princess lived an ordinary princess life in w...read more

by Lors Robinson-Moseley

My own sort of fairy tale I think everyone has there own interpretation of that, and this I guess is mine. Waking up to find Magical fairy dust sprinkled on your pillow of a morning. Looking out of my parent's living-...read more

by Victoria Jeffrey

I like reading fairy tales. I appreciate the deep psychological and archetypal images they possess and I'm fascinated by their dark underpinnings. This may have to do with the fact that many fairy tales get their origins f...read more

by Katherine Holt

It has been a long time since my mother read me any fairy tales, but I remain as enchanted by them now as I was when i was much younger. I think that was such an important thing, bringing you closer to your parents, bondin...read more

by Ratti

In our modern society in which gender roles are challenged, where different races and religions live side by side and where traditional family structures are changing, are fairy tales still popular and should they still ...read more

by RondaLou

After 24 years, I still remember how excited my daughter became every night when it was time to read fairy tales. This was a "magical" time for her. Not only did she have mommy all to herself, but the stories fascin...read more

by Rose Jeffers

Once upon a time there was a hairy princess named beulah. Her father, king Ted promised her when she came of age, she could have her pick of all the young men in the land. As the day approached the king sent his minions ou...read more

by Miss Suzi Miss Suzi

Fairy Tales And Dreams Come True Once upon a time, not so very far away and not so very long ago, in a mighty kingdom between two seas, there lived a maiden fair with a gentle heart both pure and true, who longed ...read more