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- Tale Summary A merchant went on a journey and his three daughters each asked for him to bring back a gift. One daughter asked for a necklace, another a gold chain, and the youngest daughter, named Bella, asked for a rose. The merchant plucked a rose
- Tale Summary Although it is modified for children, this version of The Princess in the Chest closely follows the typical narrative arc of this tale type. The tale begins with a king and queen who cannot have children. Instructed by a wise woman, the
- Tale Summary A king and queen have a daughter and invite all the fairies to come and bestow a gift on the princess. There is one old fairy who has not been invited and shows up to the gathering unannounced saying that the princess will die when she
- Tale Summary This tale starts with the princess being born and all of the fairies presenting her with birthday wishes. One fairy, who had not been invited to the party, cursed her and said that during her fifteenth year she would prick her finger
- Tale Summary This tale follows the plot of Charles Perrault’s version, with Sleeping Beauty cursed by an evil fairy who had not been invited to her christening. Awoken by the prince, Sleeping Beauty marries him and bears him two children. The prince
- Tale Summary An apathetic, talking fish befriends a hungry cobbler who allows the cobbler to eat him and bury part of his flesh in a garden. The garden grows larger and spits out two twin babies that eventually become men. They decide to
- Tale Summary This tale is a retelling, though the story clearly follows the usual Little Red Riding Hood narrative arc found in both the Perrault and Grimm versions of the tale. Little Red Riding Hood leaves her mother's house to visit her
- Tale Summary A rich merchant has three beautiful daughters, the youngest of which is kind and caring, while the older two are vain. He comes home one day with the news that they’re no longer rich and must move to a small village. The youngest
- Tale Summary The narrator begins by stating that Cinderella’s real name was unknown, she only became Cinderella after her father remarried. Cinderella was the family’s maid, working from morning to night for her stepmother and stepsisters. On the
- Tale Summary This classic tale of Sleeping Beauty follows the story of a young princess whose seven fairy godmothers, gifted her beauty, good thoughts, kindness, the ability to dance like a fairy, sing like a nightingale, and play the harp. However