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( illustration by Walter Crane ) Opening scene, a mother and her daughter on stage. Mother: Honey, you never do anything. Daughter: But its just so boring. All you ever want me to do is spin spin spin and I'm not doing it I refuse. Mother: Honey, you have to! If you don't what are you good for! Nothing! Mother crossing stage towards daughter, closer to the window. Daughter: Oh, so the only reason you had me was to be labor! I can't believe you don't want me! Actually, no, I can believe it. You have never shown an interest in me, just my spinning! Queen's head pops through the window, looking in at the mother and daughter inside. Queen: Your only interested in her spinning? Is she a good spinner? I need a good spinner. Mother: Yes, she is wonderful! I can't get her to stop spinning. The finest quality you could ever want! Daughter looks at the mother in confusion. Daughter: What are you- Mother elbows daughter in the side. She continues while look

( illustration by Walter Crane ) This story comes from Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm , translated by Lucy Crane and illustrated by Walter Crane (1886). There was a girl who was was lazy and wouldn't do any spinning. Her mom was mad and beat her. The queen happen to pass at that moment and asked the mother why she was beating her daughter. The mother claimed she couldn't get her to stop spinning because she was ashamed of her laziness. She claims she can't afford her daughters spinning habit. The queen loves the sound of spinning and request to take the daughter to the castle. The queen took her with her to the castle. There the daughter was given three rooms of the finest flax and told when she was finished she would get the prince as her fiancé. She was terrified because she couldn't do that with all the time in the world, there was just too much flax. For three days she did nothing but weep. The queen noticed and said that she needed to get over her 

Found on  Wikimedia . Snow-White  comes from  Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm , translated by Lucy Crane and illustrated by Walter Crane (1886). Snow White is born, and grows prettier and prettier. The Queen asks the mirror everyday if she is indeed the fairest. One day the response is that Snow White is fairer that the Queen. The Queen asks the Huntsman to take her out to the forest and kill her, and bring back her heart as proof. Snow White convinces the Huntsman to let her go and bring back the a boar heart in the place of hers. Snow white stumbles upon a small cottage and takes the food and drink she needed after a long day in the woods. She lays on one of the beds to sleep. the dwarfs came home to a stranger in their bed, and they thought she was beautiful. They make a deal with her that she can stay if she keeps their house. The mirror gives Snow White away as still being alive. The queen goes out in disguise to try and trick snow white. The queen demonstrated t

Raccoon Dog of Nogeyama Zoo by Toshihiro Gamo. Found on  wikimedia . An old man lived in Tokyo, in a very tall building with very few neighbors who paid attention. One day, on the way home from the market, the old man found a kettle on the side of the road. Now, the kettle was a little dirty, but he could tell that it would be beautiful once it was polished. So he cleaned it and carried it into his kitchen so he could use it. It was a very good kettle, sturdy, and he had been needing one. It was one less thing he would have to do. He set the kettle on the stove and begun to heat it, planning on making himself some tea. The kettle apparently did not agree. It turned into a tanuki running around the room, which fair, it had been set on a hot stove. The animal darted around the pristine room, knocking things over out of there perfect places. The old man was upset that his house was going to be ruined by this mischievous animal. His neighbors didn't come check on him, even th

( illustration by John Tenniel ) The white queen is with Alice. She strokes Alice's hair while laughing. She talks about how the fish needs to be caught and Alice thinks that's easy. Then she says that the fish has to be bought, and Alice thinks that's easy. Then she says to cook the fish, and Alice thinks that's easy. Then she says to put it in a dish, and Alice thinks that's easy. Then she says to bring it, and Alice thinks that's easy. This is a long riddle about a fish. The red queen tells the white queen to think about it and guess. They drink to her heart while she thinks. People drink things in strange ways. Alice gets told to make a speech and she gets up to do it. alice is pushed by the queens, and then she starts to float.the candles grew taller and the the dishes and silverware came together to walk across the table. Alice heard a laugh from the white queen but when she looked it was a leg of mutton. The queen called to her from near the soup, an

( illustration by John Tenniel ) Alice is currently wandering in wonderland when she comes upon two men. These men are small and fat, sitting under a tree under each other's arms. Their shirts had labeled them, on with "Dum" and the other with "Dee" on the front and both with, she assumed,  "Tweedle" on the back. They stood stock still, unnervingly so. She went to look around them to see if they were labeled on the back when Dum spoke to her. He said if she thought they were statures, she should probably pay, because that how those things work. You pay to look at wax figures in wax museums. Dee added in that if she thought they were alive she should talk to them. Alice apologized to them and she heard a song in her head. It was so prominent she almost said it aloud. "Tweedledum and Tweedledee Agreed to have a battle; For Tweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoiled his nice new rattle. Just then flew down a monstrous crow, As black as a t

King Arthur, Charles Ernest Butler (1903). Found of  Wikimedia.   The future of Camelot lied in the hands of Prince Arthur... and his sister Morgan le Fay. Arthur, a knight, had been trained for this, raised to be the king and lead his kingdom. Morgan le Fay on the other hand had learned of the forbidden arts, the magic deeply hidden from view. She had been growing and becoming strong to take her brother out and claim the kingdom. She sat by his side and waits for the opportune moment too strike, to get revenge for the death of her beloved.  She waited and waited. But finally the time for her revenge came. Arthur was just a short horse ride away, in a small abbey near the woods. "Quenevere?" she asked the queen. "I have news for the countryside. May I bid you leave to ride and deliver it?" "Yes, but do be back soon. Your brother will want to see you on his return." "Thank you my lady." She rode to the abbey. Once she was ther

This story is from King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1902). “The Death of King Arthur” by James Archer. Found on Wikimedia .   King Arthur killed Mordred in battle and was wounded by him during the fight. His knight, Sir Bedivere, is tending to him on the field. Arthur asks Bedivere (B) to take his sword over to the water near the battle field and throw it in. He knows he is going to die soon and Excalibur needs to be protected. B goes to do what was asked of him, but hides the sword instead of throwing it, because he thinks that losing the sword and Arthur would be to great a loss and no good would come from sending it away. He comes back and claims he did as he was asked to, but Arthur catches him in his lie by asking what he saw when he drew it in. He replied that he saw the waves and the wind and Arthur knew he was lying. Arthur send him to complete the task again. He fakes it again. And is caught again by the same means

King Arthur, Charles Ernest Butler (1903). Found of Wikimedia.   King Arthur had a sister called Morgan le Fay. She has magic and the skill to use it. She hates her brother for killing her love in battle, but keeps acting like normal to ensure access to him. She got Queen Guenevere to let her go the the countryside with news. She went to the abbey where Arthur was resting after battle. She planned to take Excalibur as he slept. He was clutching it and she couldn't get to it without waking him, so she left with the scabbard. The nuns who let Morgan in were blamed by the king, and he took their fastest horse and set out after her. They end up in a horse chase scene like out of a movie (at least in my mind). He was catching up so she rode into a lake and tossed the scabbard far, to keep it from her brother. It sank quickly under the weight of the metal and jewels. She got out of the water and kept riding until she reached a stone filled valley. There, she turned herself, her men,

( polar bear ) The village was cold, but only in terms of weather. The people there took care of each other. They made sure that everyone had what they needed, especially the old woman close to the shore. When someone went hunting, they made sure she had enough food to get through to the next one. When they killed a bear and found its cub nearby, they gave it to her so she wouldn't be lonely anymore. "Little cub, you are so cold," she said. "That won't do. Here come by the fire, get warm." And she began caring for the cub. "Now, you are too small. Come eat this meat, get bigger and stronger." And the bear grew. One day he began talking back to her. "Thank you for the meat," it said. "I'm big enough and strong enough to go out and see the village. I want to play like the others I see." And so he did. He played and played and the children loved it. Until one day they didn't. "Ow," said a small child, &quo

( polar bear ) An old woman lived along side others, but she lived closer to the shore.They helped take care of her, giving her food and blubber from hunts. They went out and killed a bear, and she took home a piece of meat from the ribs.They wife of the hunter came and asked her if she wanted a bear cub. The went and got it, keeping it in her house. She worked to dethaw the cub, to get it warm again. She nursed it back to health. It grew up and she talked to it, and it became human like in it's mind. It talked to her and took care of her. The bear would play with the children of the community. It grew stronger and stronger, until it kept hurting kids during play. Adults started playing with it out of respect for the old woman. It grew more, and the people took it out hunting. They taught it about human hunting techniques. One day, another group of hunters almost killed the bear, so they made him a collar to mark that he was not to be harmed. It began to stay out longer, unti