This is the thread for everyone to post their work. You should pick a famous Western/English fairy tale or fable and alter it to make it your own. You may want to consider fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen or one of Aesop’s fables. To make the story your own, you may choose to set the story in a place familiar to you or it may involve that you change the plot. You may imagine new characters or you may . replace the characters from the original work with characters from your own life. All of these choices are completely up to you. You should all aim to write at least 300 words but you may write as much as you like.
To post your writing, simply reply to this post. When you do so, please include the title of the fairy tale/fable you are referencing in the title of your post along with the title of your piece. For example “The Tortoise and the Hare: The Little Engine that Could”. Finally, be sure to sign your post with your name and class day/period for example “Nathan Tues 1-2”. If you are writing an ending to a story you may want to quickly provide the main points in the story leading up to the time you start your version.
Once you have posted your version, you are not finished! Please take time to read things that your classmates have written. You are all required to post a THOUGHTFUL response to at least 2 other pieces of writing. A thoughtful response is more than just saying, “I like this, good job!” You should explain why you hold your views. Although you may be critical of others writing, please remember that we are all working on our writing together it takes a lot of courage for anyone to share so be RESPECTFUL. You can post a review by clicking “reply” to post you would like to respond to.
I will post a piece later this week. I look forward to reading what you all have in your imaginations!
-Nathan
Wuda Creative Writing 
The Bat and the Weasels
A bat fell into the ground and was caught by a weasel,and was just going to be killed and eaten when it begged to be let go. The weasel said he couldn’t do that because he was an enemy of all birds on principle. “ Oh, but,” said the bat, “ I’m not a bird at all. I’m a mouse.” “ So you are,” said the weasel, “ now I come to look at you.” And he let it go.
Some time after this, the bat caught a moth and was just going to kill and eat it when it begged to be let go. “ Poor little thing, I never let go an insect by any chance.” “ But I am not an insect,” said the moth, “ I’m a butterfly.” The bat burst into laughter, “ Oh dear,you know what? That’s the trick I had used to escape from the weasel.” Overwhelmed by fear and somehow, relief, the moth asked the bat hopefully, “ But you did survive,didn’t you?” “ Luckily, the weasel is so stupid ; unluckily, I’m not so stupid as the weasel.” The bat finally lost his patience. “I’m not going without my dinner.” The bat then opened his mouth,welcoming his cute guest.
“ Wait,” said the moth, “ Before I’m eaten, I have to show you the poisonous part of my body. Please release me.” Although unwilling, the bat released the moth. “ Be quickly, I’m hungry now,” said the bat. However, hardly had the moth was let go when he flapped his wings in front of the bat desperately. Lots of powder wafted into the bat’s eyes and he kept screaming: “ My eyes! My eyes hurt so much that I can hardly open them! You sly thing! How dare you to cheat me!” However, the moth seemed more poised, “ That’s my poisonous part, my wings;and that’s the trick you had used, right? It seems as if you’re no smarter than the weasel.”
“One more thing, have you ever heard of moths’ flying into the fire? Don’t look down upon little creatures, if they fell into despair, they would burst into astonishing power.”
Like the bat, like the moth, “ nobody” can defeat “ somebody” using his strategies.
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The disscussing about biological features of bats really got me. The fables of our time might should combine both imagination and scientific facts.
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I didn’t really mean to do that but you really say the point ! Haha, next time I will pay more attention to the tale’s logic.
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Both the bat and the moth cheated the predator with their wings. However, the bat hid its wings to avoid being reognized as a bird but the moth used its poisonous wings to hurt the eyes of the bat. In my opinion,the writer wants to tell us that cheating is not always useful. When cheating cannot make any difference,it’s strength that can be the decisive factor between life and death.
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Well, what I really want to express is that we can use our widsom to defeat those stronger than us and that we should judge one thing from different perspectives. For example, in the original version, the bat is a symbol of widsom and bravery, but in my story, I want to expose that it can also be a villain. It all depends on the writer. And finally, thank you for reading my story so carefully!
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” ‘nobody’ can defeat ‘somebody’ ” is thought-provoking! It is the same in society and our real life. Every small creature shoud not be looked down upon.
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The Golden Goose: the Disappearance of the Golden Goose
After the two sons were wounded, the youngest son, Dummerly, went out with little food. He also met the old man, and shared what he had with him. Surprisingly, the food was turned into a delicious meal, and when he chopped down the tree, a golden goose, which was lively and beautiful, came into his sight. He quickly took it in his arm and stroked its feathers over and over again. Before he returned home, Dummerly made a small cage and put the goose into it. He hid the cage in a place where no one but he knew, and spent all his free time searching for businessmen who wanted to buy the goose.
The mother was pleased with Dummerly, and he naturally became the only man to cut wood for his family. As usual, he would meet the old man and share his food with him. As usual, he would be rewarded with a delicious meal. However, the old man never gave him invaluable things like the golden goose. Gradually, the little boy became colder and colder to the old man, and eventually he refused to give him any food. He said, ”since I can’t get enough return from you, I will never give you anything.”
One month later, a Chinese businessman paid a visit to Dummerly, promising him 5000 yuan to buy the golden goose. Hearing what he said, Dummerly’s eyes lit up and they made a deal without any hesitation. After three days, the businessman took thousands of money in exchange for the goose. Dummerly secretly led him to the place, and to his relief, the goose was still there. However, when he opened the cage, the golden goose, which was imprisoned for more than 30 days, turned into a beam of golden light, disappeared into the sky and never returned.
The boy was full of regret, but it was too late.
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The most ironic detail of this rewritten one is the “Chinese bussinessman”, it shows a critical attitude towards reality.
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Different from the original version, this story shows the reverse: if we are greedy and selfish,what will become of us? Dummerly was so clever that he knew what’s best for him: he met the old man regularly, built the cage, found a businessman and planned to sell the golden goose. But it was also what he had done showed clearly that he was a greedy man. So this is what he deserves:lose money; lose hope. I prefer this edition compared to the original version since it is more real . It warns us not to be selfish instead of creating a dream that will never come true .
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The most amazing is a fairy tale that reflects the greed and indifference of human nature, full of irony.
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Snow White
My name is Snow White. My father is a king and my mother has passed away. Recently my father married a princess, my step mother.
It seems that my step mother doesn’t love our family, she refused my intimacy and was indifferent to my father’s daily life.
As the only successor to the throne, I have been receiving training to become a qualified queen. Then I recover the scheme under the mask that my step mother wears – she wants to replace my father, she wants the throne. There are my evidence: she keeps close touch with an officer who is the strongest man in our country and the leader of soldiers. In short, she has the ability to control the military. What’s worse, she asks her aides and staff the same question every day ‘who is my biggest enemy’. I think she cannot wait to eliminate all the obstacles and ascend the throne.
Confronted with the new queen’s audacious ambition, my father and I had to fight for our legal rights and our country’s future.
First, I sent my seven trusted follower to the dark forest in case that my step mother threats my safety. Moreover, my father and I managed to draw the officer in with money and status. Last, we sought help from our neighbouring country who promised to give us a hand when we are in hot water.
Ultimately, my favorite step mother took action. The officer informed me in advance that the queen planned to take my life in the forest and then oust my father by a military coup. What a brilliant ideal!
The officer agreed to lie to the queen and I went straightly to my followers’ house. Shelter was provided to the officer by my father when the queen knew the truth. In this way, we successfully deprived the queen of her military. Everything was entirely predictable. The queen struggled to retrieve the situation by murdering me with insidious means. However, princes of neighboring country arrived and defeated this ambitious queen. My father, our neighbor country and I laughed till the end.
The last problem we must handle was to explain the queen’s sudden death to the people. Fairy tale has been proved to be a good way to transfer their attention. So, the officer becomes a hunter, the queen becomes a witch, her aides and staff become a magical mirror, ‘enemy’ becomes ‘the most beautiful woman’ and my faithful followers become seven dwarfs. There are even poison apples in the story to kill the princess. I hope the reality can be as friendly as a fairy tale one day.
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It tells a story truer than its original version. In this story, Snow-White’s character becomes more complete.And the story become more logical.
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The first-person perspective is much interesting. There’s a big reversal in the plot compared to the classic version and the main character’s psychological acting is fabtastic. i love this new version.
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Phyllis ,Nathan Mon.3-4
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The sequel has innovative ideas, which describe the background of 《Snow white》in another perspective making a real surprise for readers. Besides, Skilled narrative techniques as well as fluent language expression make the post fantastic , and using more Literary devices as well as environmental descriptions can make the story more vivid，as well. Looking forward to your other special and different ideas.
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It’s really impressing! The story provides a reasonable explanation for the existence of the Snow White tale, and the personalities of all characters are more real and complex. Such an interesting story!^~^
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It’s a more realistic version than the original one. And I think Snow-White seems braver，smarter and more active in this version.
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The writer discovered a brand-new perspective from a well-known story. The new version adds more elements of realism to a fairy tale. I like the ending paragraph most. Through the symbolism, we can have a better understanding of what fairy tales try to convey.
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A very ingenious adaptation,this makes us wonder whether our history is written in this way?
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The story really appeals to me because it’s entirely different from the original one. It’s so realistic and it makes see the power of Snow White herself instead of the magic power, and that is what I think we should be very clear of. Another thing that I think is worth to mention is that the writer use the first-person perspective which will make the reader feel immersed in the story.
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This fairy tale connects the world of imagination with the world of reality together.However, maybe the hunter, the witch and the mirror were real. They just did not want us to reveal the magic world. Sometimes the most dangerous place turns out to be the safest. So they wrote the truth down and called it fairy tale which people do not actually believe.Then they created concepts like the throne, the officer and called them “reality”.
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The fox and the Crow
Once upon a time, a crow called Self-consciousness ( to make it concise, we call her Selcon）was sitting on a branch of a tree with a piece of cheese, which belongs to a brand called “Accumulation”. She knew clearly that this cheese was hard to obtain, so she kept her mouth shut, even though she was eager to show off her strengths——brilliant voice. As far as she knew, there was no compliment that had ever entitled to her voice.
At this very moment, a fox came. Typically, animals called him Temptation ( to make it concise, we call him Tem）. Apparently Tem was dying for the cheese. So he said slyly, ‘ What a noble bird I see above me! Her beauty is without equal, the hue of her plumage exquisite. If only her voice is as sweet as her look, she ought without doubt to be the queen of the birds.’ First Selcon was flattered by the comments. How desperate was Selcon to show his voice in order to make himself well-known by the whole forest.
But just when she was ready to open her mouth, she recognized that something was wrong. She asked herself, ‘ Do I really want to sacrifice what I have accumulated with such great efforts for others’ compliments on something that I already have? Am I so desperate to prove myself ?’
‘No. What I need is Accumulation（Cheese），and I should never be proud of what I already have.’ Therefore, Selcon kept silent till Tem went away frustratedly.
Moments later, when Selcon was enjoying her cheese, she suddenly realized something important——what really matters to us in our life is what we obtain , but not we already have. Keep accumulating and moving on, you will embrace more compliments.
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It’s in the last paragraph that I get what the author means by the name “accumulation”. Yeah, as the saying goes,”The best is always yet to come”. What you already have may be forgotten with the passage of time. However, if you keep moving forward, you will constantly get the clap of others.
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This story uses a lot of symbols,which makes the story clear and meaningful.And from this story I can see writer’s thought about life and her hard-working soul.
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This is a philosophical story.Firstly,the author uses the literary device which calls Metaphor,I think.Different names mean a lot to this short but great story.And in the lastparagraph,the author shows us an important life principle which moves me a lot.
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The little match girl: an ending rewritten
The last stretch of match was burning out. Dark-gray smokes were foaming smoothly, but soon disappeared in the roaring Southern wind.
The little girl was almost lost her consciousness. She felt sleep, so sleepy that she even forgotten the freezing snow falling on her lips, nose tip and hands. She was afraid, for she had ever been through things like this before, but she knew it was coming.
“What would it be like in the after world?” She whispered to herself, but before she could picture herself something confronting, she became empty-minded: it was totally blank.
She didn’t know how much time had passed, the first thing she remembered was the singing broke out from silence. It was a chant, which she had heard in the church a long time ago.
Then, she want to stand up to have a look. After all, it was definitely not the former street. Surprisingly, she was up just when she was thinking about it.
Still in astonishment, she had almost paced to the front an old man with whisker on his jaw. It’s a man who looked no different from anyone on the street, but in the little girl’s eyes, he is shining.
“Mister, are you the Christ?” Asked the little girl.
“Why do you think I am the Christ, my dear?” Said the man.
“Course my mummy told me that in the paradise, there is no fear, coolness and despair; I shall be served with bread, joy and harmony by the side of the Christ.” Answered the little girl, with sheds of tears shining in her eyes.
However, the old man was a poor but kind priest in the town. He persuaded the factory owners to donate enough money to run a Christian school. The little girl he found in the street soon became a pupil of him. She was taught to read and write.
As she grew up, she became a journalist to report the unfairness happened to children. Her writing inspired the government to take action to improve the living condition of millions of children.
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The sequel has plenty of description of details as well as actions, which makes the story more vivid. Besides, if you can increase the description of scene and atmosphere, it will let the readers immersive themselves in the story better. Thank you for giving《The little match girl》a happy ending, which makes up my regret of my childhood.
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I like this happy ending! I still remember when I was a child, I felt so sad reading the tragedy. Thanks for the ” poor but kind priest “, little match girl finally had a comforting life. I am also surprised that you gave this girl a job: journalist. That is really educational. But what about her grandma? To be honest, I want the match girl to live with her grandma happily ever after, haha.
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I think you did well in building the connection between a fairy tale and the real world. The new ending written by you has more timely significance : there are indeed a large number of students in the Western part of China who can’t afford the fare of receiving further education. And your story made the world the match gild lived in a better place.
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I like the detailed description in this story. The end is also meaningful. The girl received a gift allowed her not only to stay alive,but also to help the kids like her.
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I have to say that it is really a happy ending. you will not only concentrate your mind on each person, but also extend this phenomenon to the whole society. using many literature text in your article, makes the article more beautiful. but I think, what do you think is the end is not the end. the story can go on for how the girl punished evil and help the kind. at the end, the bad people must be punished and the poor, but people must be helped.
I have some different idea from that of you, I think what you write is really good
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The Little Match Girl:A Happy Ending
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She again rubbed a match on the wall, and the light shone round her; in the brightness stood her old grandmother, clear and shining, yet mild and loving in her appearance. Suddenly, the fire flashed, Grandma smiled and came out from the light miraculously. She stretched her arms out and cuddled her poor granddaughter. Kept patting the little girl’s head, grandmother spoke in a cordial voice,”Oh, my sweetheart,I am guilty of not having guaranteed you a happy life. This is my fault. Let me take a look of your little face ……” The little girl was heartily enjoying the belated love and nearly bursted out crying.
“Oh,” Grandma suddenly said, “You do not even have a pair of shoes in such a cold winter night?”
with her fingertips drawing a circle in the air. Magically,a nice pair of woollen shoes trimmed with crystal appeared, and slowly set to the feet of the little girl.
“Ah, this dress is not warm enough.” Grandma again drew a big circle in the air with her finger.A beautiful dress appeared in this light circle and directly set in the little girl’s body. The little girl was in ecstacy,for she has never felt the love of family for a long time. She thankfully put her head on grandma’s shoulder and whispered: “Thank you Grandma, I missed you so much!” Then, grandmother conjured up a table of delicious food, letting the little girl enjoy herself……
The next morning,the little girl disappeared. We have no idea how this is going. But it was said that she had been taken by her grandma to the paradise，where hunger and coldness never exist.
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The ending is a happy ending, but also a sad one meanwhile. The little match girl felt love and happiness but went to the paradise ultimately. In such social conditions, paradise is truly a better place for the poor girl.
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THE FOX AND GRAPES: Try It instead of Saying It
A Fox, just at the time of the vintage, stole into a vine-yard where the ripe sunny Grapes were trellised up on high in most tempting show. He made many a spring and a jump after the luscious prize, but, failing in all his attempts, he muttered as he retreated：”Well what does it matter! The Grapes are sour!”
Angry and ill-disposed, on his way home he said to himself:”no one can have the grapes if I can’t get them!” So he determined to draw anyone who approach the grapes away by a little trick. After whole night’s struggling thinking, he came up with an idea.
He left home early the next morning and went to the branches of grapes again. After a while , a bird flew on the branches of grapes intending to have a taste of the lovely grapes. “No! You ‘d better not to eat them.” The fox bounced up and shouted. “Why ?They look delicious,aren’t they?” The fox made an awful face and answered:”I just tasted them. You can’t imagine how sour they are! That’s awful !” The bird was scared and flew away instantly . Seeing the bird fly away, the fox signed with a relief and giggled secretly.
Then an elephant walked here slowly ,rolling his nose to pick grapes. “No! No! Oh,dear,please keep away from that sour staff!”The fox yelled and stopped the elephant with the words he told to the bird before. “And please inform your friends and neighborhood of this terrible news.” The fox added. The elephant was touched by him and trusted him.
In the next 5 days, the fox successfully spread the news that the grapes were sour by his perfect performance. Just like what he thought, no one came to taste the grapes anymore.
However , a monkey who heard the news didn’t really believe it. Thus, she came here in order to try the grapes in person . Friends around her puzzled: “ Everyone has acknowledged that the grapes can’t be eaten. Why you are so silly ?” The monkey kept silent but just climbed the branches to pick up the grapes. “They are extremely sweet rather than sour! Fellows , come and try them !” The monkey said excitedly.
From then on ,everyone in the forest woke up from the fox’s lie. The monkey latter told to her friends on that day :” Well , I ‘d like to answer your question now. As you see, just like the saying goes:’Only the wearer knows where the shoes pain.’ You never know what it means to be until you try it in person.”
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BRIAR ROSE
A brave prince kissed Briar Rose, who had already fallen asleep for one hundred years, and the princess woke up. The swear from the thirteenth fairy broke down.
When Briar Rose saw the prince, who was a handsome man, she fell in love with him at first sight. “What a brave and clever man he is!” she thought and blushed,” and what the most important is that he wakes me up and saves my life!”
They got married quickly. And they truly had a pleasure time after the wedding. Briar Rose thought they would be so happy forever at that time.
However, she soon after found that the prince loved her, but he also loved other pretty girls. He loved everything that was beautiful, and she just was one of these things. Briar Rose can’t get all of his love, but this pure but cruel man had already got all of her love.
She cried, she got crazy, and she broke everything she could see into pieces. But the prince just thought she was unreasonable. And her discontented broke out when the prince took a beautiful girl into the palace. The girl was so beautiful that her skin was as white as snow, her cheeks as rosy as blood, and her hair as black as ebony. And people all called her Snow-White.
She slipped out of the palace. Someone found Briar Rose was disappeared. But they didn’t care about her because they had felt tired about this nervous woman. They thought Snow-White was better for the prince. They were all busy with the new wedding which was belongs to the prince and Snow-White.
Briar Rose found a devil and made a deal with him. She exchanged her beauty for scared magic. She came to the palace when the wedding was going on, and she used her powerful magic to make the prince become an ugly frog. People all felt afraid and escaped from the palace.
” You will keep this appearance until a princess loves you and lets you become her companion and playmate!” She swore.
But who would love an ugly frog? Briar Rose left pleasantly.
However, there was something that she couldn’t imagine happened in a remote country.
“Why weepest thou, O King’s daughter? Thy tears would melt even a stone to pity.” An ugly frog said to a pretty princess.
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It’s a really interesting store that skillfully involves three main characters from three extremely famous fairy story. I think the greatest feature of this story is novelty. The story plots have many twists and turns, which are always out of my expectation and surprise me a lot. I enjoy this rewrited story full of distinctive ideas. Besides, the vocabularies used are easy to understand and propriate, guranteeing a smooth reading process. In my perspective of view, bring readers relaxation as well as delight is what the fairy story should pay attention to. We confront many worries and setbacks in our daily busy study, story plays a role of happy pill which relieves us from pressure. This interesting story does a good job! I like it!
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Faithful John
Rewrite after the faithful John had been killed unrighteously.
The sorrow King placed the stone statue in his sleeping-chamber, near his bedside. Every night before he slept, he would sadly stare at the Faithful John and regretted how sinful the mistake he had done. Tears were full of his eyes, which looked bloodshot day and night with sorrow and misery.
After some time had passed, at a serene night, the King sat by the bedside, starring at the stone statue as he always did. The moonlight, as bright and clean as the whitest yarn, peacefully scattered on the statue. Suddenly, along with the moon beam, the former three cows appeared in the air again, who came flying towards the King. The King surprisingly opened his eyes wide, asking what they came for. The first one said, “We know well how sorry you feel for your honest servant.” The second one than followed, ” Now there is only one way to bring your poor servant to alive.” The third one explained, “You must climb the highest mountain in the world, with the purpose of collecting the earliest dewdrop condensing on the rose, which stands at the top of the peak. During your adventure, the wind may break your honorable face, the spine may scratch your fancy clothes, the starvation may excruciate your stomach. Suffering as they are, you are not allowed to complain. When you get the dew, take three drops of blood from your left breast and drop them on the dew.” Finally, the first one ended,” But you have to pay for your manslaughter, if you bring John to alive, you will lose your most precious treasure simultaneously.”
The King had no idea of what meant to him the most precious, as he was too excited to hear the news which can save his faithful servant. Leaving the King no time to reply, the three cows immediately flew away, and the determined King made up his mind to achieve the peak, searching for the clean, first-formed dew in order to restore his adorable John to life.
The King instantly commanded his guard to prepare the most high-speed horse and a little bottle made by gold. During his route, he passed through a dark forest after killing a fierce dragon, he swam across a wild river after defeating a wicked Achelous, he survived through a violent storm after standing a furious wind. Ultimately, he reached the highest mountain foot. Nevertheless, there was rarely a road upwards for climbing. Fortunately, his sword was sharp enough to cut down thistles and thorns blocking his way. After several days fighting against the hostile condition as well as bearing starvation, the figure of rose came into his view. Full of a sense of thrill, the King rushed to the rose, waiting patiently until dawn. At the time when a bunch of sunshine irradiating the rose, a pure dew glittered brilliantly. The King scrupulously gathered it with his golden bottle and held it on the chest.
The King got on his horse, speeding up back home. The stone statue stood there silently, looking like it was waiting for his master’s return. The King arrived at his palace and ran straight to his bedroom. The bottle was carefully held, sending out a feeling of sanctity. According to what three cows had said before, the King fetched a knife and pierced his left breast to draw the three drops of blood on the dew. He then dumped the dew on John’s lips, the miracle happened, John relived. All the people cheered and celebrated. However, just the very next second, everything around the King, the Queen and John disappeared. The King lost all his power and authority, his domain and people, his money and surplus. This meant the King was no longer a KING any more, but a completely a poor civilian whose life should be in difficulties with no any security. The King seemed don’t mention these changes at all, he just satisfied with the reunion, so did his wife and John.
Under this reality, the King learnt to farm, fish, hunt to live on his own as well as support his family. The John, as what he done before, loyally assisted his master and stood by him. Besides, the Queen gradually acquired the knowledge of knit and cookery. Years later, they got two pretty babies, a boy with a rose on his left breast and a girl with a rose on her right breast, both of them were kindhearted. Afterward they lived happily together to the end of their days.
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THE DOG CHASING A WOLF
The original:
A dog was chasing a wolf, and as he ran he thought what a fine fellow he was, and what strong legs he had, and how quickly they covered the ground. “Now, there’s this wolf,” he said to himself. “What a poor creature he is. He’s no match for me, and he knows it and so he runs away.” But the wolf looked round just then and said, “Don’t you imagine I’m running away from you, my friend. It’s your master I’m afraid of.”
The continuation
And as the dog was shocked by what the wolf said, the wolf continued, “I have something worse to tell you, which will beat your vanity heavily and you would experience the feeling of desperation.” The dog was at a loss hearing these scary words and hurriedly look around, then it is some wolves hiding in the bushes caught his eyes. He looked back to the wolf originally chased by him hopelessly, with tears rolling in the eyes. The dog stayed down and begged for mercy, he said,
“Ow, my dear, please forgive my arrogance and offence, as is known to you, I’m merely a servant of my owner, and I will no longer be able to do anything that make you angry.” However, the wolf put his words aside and shouted, “Go to enjoy our feast, he is our enemy who prevented us from eating the sheep.”
Undoubtably, the dog was torn to pieces and was eaten before his owner came with a gun. The old saw only some wolves but his dog, so he asked, “Mr. wolf, my lovely dog chased you, and I wonder where he is now.” The wolf answered with a ill-disposed smile, “Oh, pathetic old man, your dog was eaten by us, and I do think you are as stupid as him, what I am afraid is just the combination of you two, and now you can be the dinner for us.” The old man was almost crazy, and he cried, “Oh, my dear dog, I will revenge for you.” Then he held the gun and shot all the wolves.
Few days later, the old man bought a new dog who is prudent and weak, but surprised to everyone, he never lost any sheep until the death because the dog followed his owner everyday and no wolf was brave enough to try the gun.
Arrogance is always the cause of death or loss, this is what the story told us.
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The sequel has reasonable plot as well as rich philosophy.Comparison of the former dog and the latter dog is really provoking.Sometimes it’s a tragedy not to recognize one’s abilities properly.
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The scene your story depicts is both tragic and worth thinking. In a sense, It is a tragedy for the dogs and the owner.
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Not only did the writer describe a whole and hilosophical story, but had reveal the hidden truth. The rewrited story itself is in an organised composition. It is much similiar to Aesop’s Fables, by telling a simple common tale and announce the argument in the end.
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Both the wolves and the dog were died because of their vanity and their wrong judge. The wolves under estimated the man’s power, assuming that It’s the cooperations between the man and the dog that made them strong. The dog also overestimated itself, not aware of his weakness in front of the strong enemy. Your story makes me think of the people who always make themselves look strong althogh they’re very coward inside.
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THE GOLDEN GOOSE
There was once a man who had three sons. The youngest was called Dummerly, and was on all occasions scorned and ill-treated by the whole family. It happened that the eldest took it into his head one day to go into the forest to cut the wood; and his mother gave him a delicious meat pie and a bottle of wine to take with him, that he might sustain himself at his work. As he went into the forest , a little old man bid him good day, and said, ”Give me a little bit of meat from your plate, and a little wine out of your flask; I am very hungry and thirsty.“ But this clever young man said, ”Give you my meat and wine! No, I thank you; there would not be enough left for me.” and he went on his way. He soon began to chop down a tree; but he had not worked long before he missed his stroke, and cut himself, and was obliged to go home and have the wound bound up. Now, it was the little old man who caused him this mischief.
Next the second son went out to work; and his mother gave him, too, a meat pie and a bottle of wine. And the same little old man encountered him also, and begged him for something to eat and drink. But he, too, thought himself extremely clever, and said, “Whatever you get, I shall be without; so, go your way!” The little man made sure that he should have his reward; and the second stroke that he struck at a tree, hit him on the leg, so that he too was compelled to go home.
Then Dummerly said, “Father, I should like to go and cut fuel too. But his father replied Your brothers have both maimed themselves; you had better stop at home, for you know nothing of the job.” But Dummerly was very urgent; and at last his father said,” Go your way; you will be wiser when you have suffered for your foolishness.” And his mother gave him only some dry bread, and a bottle of sour ale; but when he went into the forest, he met the little old man, who said,” Give me some meat and drink, for I am very hungry and thirsty.” Dummerly said,” I have nothing but dry bread and sour beer; if that will do for you, we will sit down and eat it together.” So, they sat down, and when the lad took out his bread, behold it was turned into a splendid meat pie, and his sour beer became delicious wine! They ate and drank heartily, and when they had finished, the little man said,” As you have a kind heart, and share everything with me I will bring good to you. There stands an old tree; chop it down, and you will find something at the root.” Then he took his leave and went his way.
Dummerly set to work, and cut down the tree; and when it fell, he discovered in a hollow under the roots a goose with plumage of pure gold. He took it up, and went on to an inn, where he proposed sleep for the night. The landlord had three daughters, and when they saw the goose, they were very curious to find out what this wonderful bird could be, and wished very much to pluck one of the feathers out of its tail. At last the eldest said,” I must and will have a feather. And maybe I can keep it myself.” So, she waited till his back was turned, and then caught hold of the goose by the wing; but to her great surprise, there she stuck, for neither hand nor finger could she pull away again. Presently in came the second sister, and thought to have a feather too; but the instant she touched the feather, there she too hung fast. At last came the third, and desired a feather; but the other two cried out,” Keep away! For heaven’s sake, keep away!” However, she did not understand what they meant. “If they are there,” thought she,” I may as well be there too,” so she went up to them. But the moment she touched the feather she stuck fast, and hung to the goose as they did. And so they abode with the goose all night.
The next morning Dummerly was surprised to find the three girls and asked,” Why are you here and stuck to my goose?” They told the truth and begged him to find the way to help them. At the same time, some people passed by and heard their talk. They said,” They should get the punishment for their greedy.” However, Dummerly thought for a while and said,” They had been here for a whole night. The punishment is enough. I will help them.” The golden goose laid a golden egg; and Dummerly paid the accommodation fee by the golden egg and set up.
Dummerly came to the wood and tried his best to find the magician. The old man appeared and asked,” Young man, why are you here?” Dummerly explained the accident and begged the magician let them be free. The old man smiled kindly, saying” You don’t let me down. You’re a truly kindhearted person.” He made the three girls free and said to the golden goose,” Do you learn the kindness?” The golden goose nodded her head. Then it became a beautiful princess.
In the first place, the princess’ attitude towards her people was bad, so the magician turned her into a golden goose and let her waited a truly kind person. Only when she realized her fault, she can be the princess.
The princess had fallen in love with the young man because of his kindness. So, they came to the princess’s country and got married. They lived long and happily.
(ending)
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The most part of your life is just the same as the original 金鹅. To be frank, I think you just mix two stories— one is the Golden Goose, the other is the Beauty and Beast or the Frog Prince.
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Rumpelstiltskin: Desire and Greed
Once upon a time, a maiden was sold to the king and was asked to spin the straw into gold. Everyone in the town said that she was a beautiful, honest and kind woman and was sorry for her. When she was weeping and wondering what to do, a dwarf appeared and was willing to help if the maiden gave something in return. After helping the maiden for three times, the maiden had nothing to spare. Only then did the dwarf made her promise to give him her first-born child if she would become Queen. She agreed.
However, this beautiful and humane queen broke her promise after she had a child with the king. The frightened Queen offered him all the riches of the kingdom if he would leave her the child; but the Dwarf answered, “No; something human is dearer to me than all the wealth of the world.”
Indeed, for the dwarf, something human was the only thing he couldn’t have. As a dwarf, nobody loved him and nearly everyone was mocking him.
However, before becoming a dwarf, he was a farmer with a beloved wife, whom he loved so much and was willing to sacrifice everything for. However, she died of a plague, along with the child in her belly. After that, he felt so lonely and hopeless. He thought it was him that caused their death, for he had no money for medicine and therapy. So, he went to a witch for help. He learnt the magic of turning ordinary things into gold, with the price of becoming a dwarf. From then on, he became rich, with endless use of gold. However, he had no one to share with. This made him felt even more pathetic.
And that’s why he wanted so hard for the queen’s child, to make up for what he hadn’t done.
The Queen began to weep and groan so much that the Dwarf pitied her. She made him remembered his good old days with his wife, and said, “I will leave you three days to consider; if you in that time discover my name you shall keep your child.”
The queen thought so hard but couldn’t figure out his name. As the deadline approached, a messenger came back and said, “As I came to a high mountain near the edge of a forest, I saw a dwarf singing, ‘To-morrow I shall the Queen’s child take; Ah! how famous it is that nobody knows That my name is Rumpelstiltskin.'”
The beautiful, honest and kind queen was thrilled and thought to herself, “I really made a bargain. I got fame, money and my child. How smart I am! The dwarf is no match for me. Aha ha!”
The next day, when the dwarf figured it out that the queen cheated to get his name, he was so angry that he made the whole forest swing. The leaves fell to the ground quickly like swards falling from the sky. The trees were howling as if they were pissed off by the queen, too. Birds flew above the sky and rush down to surround the queen and Rumpelstiltskin. The queen was so frightened that she cried for his forgiveness, “I am so sorry, please spare my life and take my child instead. I don’t want to die!”
This made Rumpelstiltskin even more angry. The queen loved herself more than her child, more than anything in the world. He used his magic to turn the queen into gold, leaving her child alive.
He walked towards the child and held the little baby in his arm. He kissed her on the head and sang her a lullaby. Magically, the baby stopped crying.
From then on, Rumpelstiltskin took good care of the little princess and lived a happy life ever after.
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You manage to cast a shadow on a happy ending. But instead of destroying the fairytale, you give it a brand new meaning. It benefits our deep thinking. The queen did not get Rumpelstiltskin’s name from devil. However, she stepped into the abyss of devil herself.
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The story twists and turns, the author seems to dig out the heart to the reader.The ugliness of appearance and the goodness of heart, the wealth and the price of precious children, all seem so contradictory, but in the end all the kind people are together.
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Sihin（王怡迪），Nathan Weds. 3-4
The Little Mermaid
Not far out at the sea the water is as blue as the bluest sapphire and as clear as the clearest diamond, around which there is a wide stretch of yellow beach.At the beach, a great many of palms were glancing shyly at a couple which were holding each other in their arms tightly, what a harmony landscape! But she was sinking, sinking in the blue, clear sea, the deeper, the colder. More and more water surrounded her, swallowed her, she was glaring at the happy couple from under the sea, maybe she wanted to say something, but water held her back. Actually, the burning sun was shining brightly over the sea, but she can only feel the cold from the bottom of the heart. Gradually, she lost her conscious , then an extremely bright light appeared suddenly…….
3 days later
She knew that her appearance will make a stir. “I think i have disappeared for a while, but you shouldn’t be surprised like this.”She said peacefully, ignoring all classmates’ shocked view, she walked to her seat directly. She noticed a especially burning sight from a certain person, which is full of hatred and fear, she sat down and smiled with satisfaction.
“Ariel, my god, we even think you have…..”some classmates began to surround her and care for her. They both thought she had changed a little, but they can’t tell where was different. “Never mind, finally I’m back, and that’s enough. ”she smiled still, ”and i believe some of you are really welcome to me.” Certainly they didn’t understand what she really meant, but she know that one person will understand.”Hi, Ursula.Long time no see.”
Let’s begin from the start.Eric is the one to whom she gave her whole heart, but Ursula loves him, too. Ariel used to think that Ursula is really kind and simple so when Ursula asked her to help to find Eric’s lost ring from his dead mother in the dark sea, she didn’t hesitate for a moment. Then she hit her and pushed her into the water far from the beach because she knew that tide would rise that night. That’s how she ended her short life.Yeah, she didn’t survive the cold sea actually, but she met the little mermaid from the old fairy tale in the golden foam. It is really a coincidence that they share a same name and a similar story especially when they saw Eric hug Ursula tightly because”she found the ring”.”I will help you.”It’s the most beautiful and soft voice she had ever heard.””It’s such a karma that you meet me here, you have 9 days to kill the woman who put you into death and you can survive, I know it’s a little cruel, but it’s really much better than the choice i had faced with thousands of years ago.”
So there is Ariel, a girl who gained another chance to live.
She start to follow Ursula and Eric everyday, only to find that Eric really loves Ursula ,which made her heartbroken. Ursula avoided to meet her all the time and she didn’t scare Ursula in case she rise her vigilance. Every night she said to herself, shall I kill her, to exchange for my new life, to spoil his love story?” Actually, she didn’t know clearly.
Then the ninth day finally come. She stabbed the knife into Ursula’s body but only hurt her shoulder, next to her, is shocked Eric who was begging for her mercy.”Let her go, please, please.”
Ariel looked at his face in silence, this face brightened her whole life before , but now it push her to roll in the deep.She suddenly laughed loudly, how grievous, the little mermaid had the Prince like her at least, what about her? He didn’t even know her! That second mom’s words came into her heart, “you can never kill others for any purpose.” She gave up finally, she had died in that sea, that’s the truth, to kill Ursula and live continue will not bring her a bright and easy life anymore.She didn’t has any fault, but why must she undertake the sadness and sin to live?
Ariel threw the knife away, telling the truth to Eric loudly. The sun was rising, she felt lighter and lighter. She knew that Eric will not love Ursula anymore and Ursula will spend her rest life to regret for what she had done for Ariel. That’s what she deserved. Ariel felt more relaxed than ever before, she thought she made a right choice and she will certainly get a better life the next time she come to this world.
Along with the bright sunlight, Ariel gradually became countless golden foams and flied to everywhere. People are amazed at the landscape that was so similar to a old fairy tale……
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Hello Angel D. I have to admit that that at the first, I did not understand your novel. however, after reading this several times， I have to say that it’s a very good one~ you have created a totally new one， but it is quite similar to the old one. the differences are that it is more exciting and modern.
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Sleeping beauty and Maleficent
Part 1
On the innermost of the black woods lied the peries’ house.
Peri is a kind of supernatural creature,created as a masterpiece of the nature.They were born with charismatic appearance , powerful magic and a pair of beautiful wings. Along with all these blessed advantages comes a curse,which haunted every peri.They were born to guard the woods and the numerous treasures inside,but not one peri had ever seen another peri from the day he/she was born.Because the new peri could not be born until the last one was dead.However,no one knows how peri’s life passed down from one generation to another.
This was what just occurred to Maleficent,the newest generation.
She knew her mission from her birth,when she struggled to break free from a white shell.
One kick,two kicks,three…
Paw!
Fine,the heavy shell had finally been piles of trash.
It took Maleficent quite a long time to adapt herself to the fresh new environment,but it took her only a few seconds to jump to the conclusion:the last generation might live an extremely poor life.With not even a piece of honey wax stored in the house,thousands of black trees dying,several streams dried up,the forest seemed like Satan’s place. She couldn’t imagine what had happened on this sometime prosperous land.
“I must deal with this dreadful situation!Otherwise I will soon starve to death in this horrible woods.”Maleficent thought as she flew through the east of the woods.
She healed the wounded trees by magic while flying along her way.Sparkling particles slipped down her hands,and the sunset lights were just staying quietly behind her,leaving the shadows of her slender figure as well as her elegant but mighty wings.Simultaneously,the trees,flowers were recovering at an amazing speed.Birds singing,butterflies dancing,and all the animals around started to celebrate the rebirth of the woods.Maleficent smiled,seeing all lives energetic again pleasantly.
All of a sudden,just as the god of fate always tricked,she heard an euphonious sound from a woman.
“What are you doing?”she said,”I’m Helena,what about you?”
I will post part 2-5 if I have enough time.
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Ruby(刘茁) Nathan. Wed.3-4
The water of life
Once upon a time,there was a king who was ill seriously,and his three sons were so sorry that they went out into the palace garden to weep sorrowly.At that time,an old man saw them and asked them the cause of the grief,and then they told him their dear father was so ill that he must die,for nothing could save him.But the old man said:”Oh,my dear princes, I know a way to save your father.That is drinking the water of life which can restore him to health.Though it is very difficult to find,it’s very useful.”
After hearing what the old man said,three princes were eager to set out to find the water of life.Initiallt,the eldest son went away to find the water alone.After he had ridden a long way he met a Dwarf on the road.The dwarf asked him”Whither away so quikly?”However,the prince proudly said”You stupid dandyprat.Why should I tell you that?”and then he rode away.The answer made the dwarf angry so he blocked the prince’s way to find the water.Then the second son set out.He met the same dwarf as well,and the dwarf asked him the same question.And this prince answered him in the same way.Without hesitation,the dwarf also blocked his way.
Now,when the second son didn’t return,the youngest left to go and fetched the water.When he met the dwarf and was asked the same question,he said”I seek the water of life which can save my father’s life,just like a Magic Elixir of Life.”The dwarf replied him”Since you have behaved as you ought ,and not haughtily like your false brothers ,I will give you information and show you where you may obtain the water of life.It flows from a fountain in the court of an enchanted castle ,into which you can find it.”
The youngest son thanked the dwarf a lot and then set out on his journey.On getting into the castle,he met a beautiful girl who wore as a maid.She said”It is a good thing,and it is a bad thing for you to arrive here.I have two options here:a shield,and a sword.With the shield,you can protect yourself from enemies here and after your father died,you can be the king of your country.And if you choose the sword,you can save your two brothers and find the water of life.But you will never be the king and have the power to dominate the whole country. ”
After a few seconds thinking,the prince said:”Please give me the sword,I don’t want to be the king,I just want to save my families.””OK,then .Good Luck.”the girl gave him the sword.Finally,the youngest son save his two brothers and made his father healthy.He didn’t win the power to rule the whole country,but he won the whole world in his life.
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The story is warm. The prince lost the chance to become the king and dominate the country, which seems like a big loss for him. But at the end of the story, he thought he owned the whole world. It caused me to deeply think that where my ” whole world” lies,maybe It’s not the common definition of success.But It’s my definition of happiness that really counts.counts.
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The Spendthrift and The Swallow
A spendthrift, who had wasted all his fortune and had nothing left but the fancy clothes he stood. On a fine day in early spring, a swallow was soaring in the clear sky, happily singing, “Summer is coimg. Summer is coming. There is no need to wear your heavy clothes any longer. Just put them down and embrace the summer!” Dubious as people were about its words, they started to change their warm clothes for the thin ones and the spendthrift was no exception. While others carefully put their warm clothes away in case of the sudden cooling, the spendthrift thought to himself, “How silly these people are! Keeping the spare warm clothes is as stupid as keeing the money in a safe all the time.Since it’s going to be very hot, I’d better sell these useless clothes for some money to support myself.” Therefore, he took his clothes off and started to peddle them at the side of the street. An old man went up and asked him why he was selling his clothes. Impatiently, he replied, “Because the swallow has inform me of the hot weather and these clothes are useless to me now.What i really need is a large amount of money to make me better off.” “But what about the potential weather change ?It’s still the early spring.The sudden cooling can kill you if you don’t get an overcoat. Young man, don’t cut your own leaveway.” he kindly advised. However, the spendthrift was angry about his interuption. He shouted at the old man, “Mind your own business.If you are not intended to buy my clothes, just go away.” shaking his head gently, the old man left with a sigh. After seeing that, no one dare to advise him to stop for his rude manner.
A few days later, the spendthrift finally sold all his clothes and got a large amount of money. Instead of arranging his money well, he spent it all overnight by grabbing a luxurious meal at the best restaurant in the town. At the top of his feelings, he happily thought, “Had it not been for the swallow’s news, i wouldn’t have thought of such a good idea.”
Unfortunately, the swallow suddenly disappeared, with no singing around the town any more. People were quickly aware of the possible weather change, making full preparations at once. They took out their warm clothes again and put them on. However, as for the spendthrift, he had nothing at all. All he could do is complaining about the swallow’s dishonesty over and over again. Though he wished that someone could help him , everyone just walked away as he told the old man. Finally, the spendthrift died in the cold wind with the regret.
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THE GOOSE-GIRL
By Phyllis from Mon.3-4
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At last, as they drew near the end of the journey, this treacherous servant threatened to kill her mistress if she ever told anyone what had happened. But Falada saw it all, and marked it well. Then the waiting-maid got upon Falada, Falada repeated what she had done along the way and the maid was angry and frightened. The real bride was set upon the other horse, and they went on in this way till at last they came to the royal court……
However, the old king happened to be looking out of the window, and saw the princess in the yard below; and as she looked very pretty, much more beautiful than the bride, and too delicate for a waiting-maid. So he went to ask the bride whom it was she had brought with her, that was thus left standing in the court below. The bride was panic and replied, “I brought her with me for the sake of her company on the road, now she can leave. The old king was unpleasant about her decision, then he told the real bride to help in watching the king’s geese
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Early the next morning, as the princess and Curdken went out through the gate, she said sorrowfully—
“Falada, Falada, there thou art hanging!”
and the head answered—
“Bride, bride, there thou are ganging!
Alas! alas! if thy mother knew it,
Sadly, sadly her heart would rue it.”
Curdken was most surprised and he told this to the old king. the old king told him to go out again as usual the next day: and when morning came, he placed himself behind the dark gate, and heard how the princess spoke, and how Falada answered.
The old king went home without being seen; and when the goose-girl came back in the evening, he called her aside, and asked her whether she was the true bride. But she burst into tears, and said, “That I must not tell you or any man, or I shall lose my life.” But the old king begged so hard that she had no peace till she had told him all. After that, the king told her to put on gorgeous clothes and hide in a room beside. The king then called the bride and prince to come over. After the false bride arrived, the king asked her a lot of questions related to her homeland and royal life. The bride was very flustered and could not answer even one question. At that time, the true princess came out and fluently answered all the questions. Then the prince knew that girl was his true wife.
At last, the waiting-maid was sentenced to death. The young king was married to his true wife, and they reigned over the kingdom in peace and happiness all their lives.
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You use imagery successfully! I want to read more of the story because it seems that you only post a piece of a complete story. I think Falada is the name of a loyal royal horse, or can you tell me more about your story please? I really want to read more of your fantastic work.
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《The reborn beauty》
At a dead and silent night, the desolate castle shone out with great brilliancy piercing the gloom of darkness. Dark fog surrounded a sleeping girl with great beauty. Suddenly, she opened her eyes and curled up in pain on the bed. She frowned and held her hands to her chest, staring at the woman in black standing beside the bed.
“Why？”The beauty asked in a trembling voice.
“Give it up. Your prince won’t come forever.” The woman in the dark said impassively.
“No, you are lying. If there is not a prince, how can I wake up？”The beauty asked unbelievable.
“Because I am the one who cursed you.” The woman answered coldly.
“If you are the person who cursed me, why you wake me up?”
“Because I want you to open your eyes and see the cruelty of the world.” The woman said with a trace of sarcasm.
“Your prince has already fallen in love with a girl when he was finding you. He doesn’t have the patience or confidence to save you. Don’t you understand?”
Threw a black cloak to the princess：“put it on, the world has abandoned you, you don’t have to have any fantasy.”
The princess stared at the cloak desperately，with tears rolling down her cheeks. There was a dead silence again.
The princess looked around after a long silence. She remembered that the beautiful and prosperous castle had been ruined by a hundred years. In the cold silence of the castle, cobwebbed and deserted, crows stood still on the walls amid the grass.
Lament a cry, the princess shook her head and said in a low voice which can only heard by herself “No, I can’t. They don’t want to see me like this.”
She raised her head abruptly, threw her cloak at the witch and said stably: “I won’t curse the child of the prince again on the day of the little princess’s full moon again like you!”
“No!!!!!” The witch began to burn, screaming crazily and shrilly. The shrill cry lasted a long time until the witch turned into a mass of ashes.
A wisp of white smoke rose slowly from the ashes, a soul appeared.
“Thank you for killing her. I am so sorry that my slight error in thought has made you hurt so much. I am fortunate to see that you didn’t become a second me. In return, I will send you back to the time you born. A time without me. Wish you can keep your mind and be happy with your family.”
When the princess woke up again, she was a baby again without any memory.
What will happen next, no one knows. That would be a new story.
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The Mercury And The Student
A student from the physics department of WHU was reading the on the side of the East Lake,when his book,flew out of his hands and fell into the water.As he stood by the water’s edge lamenting his loss,Mercury appeared and asked him the reason for his grief;and on learning what had happened,out of pity for his distress he dived into the river and,bringing up a,asked him if that was the one he had lost.The student replied that it was not,and Mercury then dived a second time and,bringing up a,asked if that was his.”No,that’s not mine either,”said the student.Once more Mercury dived into the river,and brought up the missing.The student was overjoyed at recovering his property,and thanked his benefactor warmly;and the latter was so pleased with his honesty that he made him a present of the other two books.Even better,Mercury guided him towards a path that leads to the true purpose of physics-phylosophy.
When the student told the story to his companions,one of these was filled with envy of his good fortune and determined to try his luck for himself.So he went and began to fell a tree at the edge of the river,and presently contrived to let his drop into the water.Mercury appeared as before,and,on learning that his book had fallen in,he dived and brought up a,as he had done on the previous occasion.Without waiting to be asked whether it was his or not the fellow cried,”That’s mine,that’s mine!”and stretched out his hand eagerly for the prize.But Mercury was so disgusted at his dishonesty that he not only declined to give him the book,but also refused to recover for him the one he had let fall into the stream.What’s more,Mercury made him bald to punish him for his greed and dishonesty.
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胡蓉 Nathan.Wed.3-4
A WOLF BOY
Long time ago, there was a beautiful village surrounded by mountains, in which lived a flock of wolves and a boy who was about to reach adulthood. It seemed that the boy was abandoned by a villager, and fostered up by wolves. Though there were always some conflicts between the human beings and wolves, the wolves treat the little boy very well, and consider the boy as a member of them.
One day, a lively and beautiful girl named Nina was washing clothes beside the river, a viper slipping to approach her. At that moment, a vague shadow rushed out, caught the viper and casted it away from Nina. Before the frightened girl understood what happened just now, the shadow got across the river, and ran toward a pack of wolves. It’s the wolf boy who saved Nina’s life.
From that day on, Nina often noticed that someone was spying on her, no matter what she was doing that time, cooking, cleaning, or washing clothes. Nina felt a little scared, when cooking beside the window. Suddenly, she shouted toward the window.
“Who’s there?”
No one answered. However, a tiny head exposed from the trunk. Nina recognized it was the wolf boy who saved her several days ago, and felt a little bit happy.
“My name is Nina. What’s your name?” Nina shouted again.
The wolf boy didn’t know how to speak at all, he just watched Nina for a while, and ran back to the mountains. Though, Nina didn’t understand why he flee, she still felt unspeakable happy.
The obstruction between them became smaller and smaller day by day, they gradually built an intimate relation similar to love. However, Nina’s father is about to marry his only daughter to a fat and old merchant, so that he can receive a lot of money. Panic and sad as Nina was, she told the wolf boy, hoped he could help her get out of the difficult situation.While the wolf boy did nothing but hiding in mountains.
The wedding approaching, desperate Nina did nothing but dressed as the most beautiful bride, she decided to jump into the river where she firstly met the wolf boy, so that her father can get his money and she needn’t live with the merchant. Surprisingly, the wolf boy led a flock of wolves rushing into the village, destroying the wedding and taking the bride back to the mountains.
Finally, the wolf boy and Nina lived a happy life.
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The Silly Alienling——A Creative Version of The Ugly Duckling
Jet, Nathan Mon 1-2
I
It is a cold Christmas eve, and here it is as silent as all the other December 25th, because most Chinese adults are still rather opposed celebrating this external festival. The excitement of the astonishing astronomical phenomenon has just decreased, that one night approximately a year ago, polar light stretching to the equator shone the sky into a Van Gogh’s painting.
However, in a clinic, the atmosphere is a little nervous. After the two-month delay of the due date, the mother-to-be is suffering pain greater than ever before. With large beads of sweat on her pale face, she feels excited to give birth to her first child, as well as worrying about any unexpected result. ‘Hold on, keep breathing.’ ‘It really hurts! Ouch——‘
With a sense of relief, she lies still. But then with a little ringing in the ears, she feels confused that the baby isn’t crying. She looks at the nurse and see a panic face.
The nurse says in a wake voice.’ Dear Jesus, look at this.’
II
Bowen is five years old now, he is always told by his parents that they will love him forever, no matter what happens.
After his birth, as his parents often tell him, they were frightened by his gray wrinkled skin, long ears as well as a dreadfully slow heartbeat. But after a long period of examine and intensive care, it was found that his body is functioning rather well. However, when Bowen was three, his parents was concerned that he still couldn’t speak. Again, this family entered the circle of looking for treatments. They were persuaded into trying almost every treatment, which was all in vain. Yet finally, after concerted effort, Bowen was able to talk last night—— less than a year before going to the elementary school. The parents cried with joy for the whole night，kissing on their kid’s cheeks.
Bowen is deeply convinced that his parents love him, but sometimes he feels a little bit depressed, as occasionally he can sense some disappointment on his parents’ face. He is quite exhausted as well, coping with all the intelligence-exploiting courses that his parents signed up for him.
Bowen, which was named with a hope of him being erudite, now seems such an irony.
III
Years have passed and today is Bowen’s eighteenth birthday. Instead of being excited, he is sitting in the last row of classroom, staring at the slogan on the front wall with a blank face—— ‘With one point higher score, you can defeat a thousand more’. He is definitely supposed to make every effort to prepare for the vital examination, but obviously, he is totally distracted now, just like he has always been.
Bowen never do well in school. He always has trouble understanding or writing in any language, so his grade is awfully low. It is hard for him to figure out the teacher’s words on class and therefore, his mind always wanders.
The first trouble that confronted Bowen was sneering comments from his schoolmates, about his distinctive looking and dullness. For the reason that he was so tall but skinny, with a long neck and large eyes, they called him ‘weirdo’ and ‘alien’, feeling entertained to see him embarrassed. At first, the teachers would protect him from such injustice, but later as they found Bowen was dumb indeed and more importantly, seemed not hardworking at all, they stopped paying any empathy. He was set in the last raw owing to his abnormal height, and he was bullied by the naughtiest students whose seats were always in the back of the classroom as well. Every single school day seemed like an endless century for him to suffer.
However, Bowen’s parents insisted on sending him to a normal school, as they think he was as smart as any other kids.
Actually, they are right——Bowen seems to have a great talent in math and physics. He can give the answer to almost any question in a second. However, this doesn’t mean that he can do well in these two subjects, because the intermediate steps he writes, such as equations and logics, hardly make sense. This is also the reason why he could not take part in Olympic Contest of mathematics or physics.
The only thing Bowen loves is astronomy——actually, the starry sky itself. Since his childhood, he has been obsessed with the cosmos. He often watched the sky for the whole night and sometimes drew spiral shaped spots on papers and walls, though no one knows that they are galaxies. Bowen’s parents noticed their child’s hobby, they bought him a little telescope and kept subscribing the astronomical magazines for him, although they were a little unpleased that their son only looks at the pictures instead of any articles.
However, Bowen has lost this only light in life as well. After entering the senior high school, his parents locked all the magazines and telescope in a wardrobe, saying:” You should be fully devoted into the preparation of college entrance examination.” They told him that only by entering a barely not bad university can he learn science and achieve his dream.
Bowen was reluctant to agree, but he had to admit that he truly wanted to study in the major of astronomy, which is usually held by only top universities. Last week he attended a public lecture given by a famous professor of the department of astronomy. After the presentation, he went to the professor and said hesitantly that he was really eager to enter such a college. After asking Bowen’s grade, the professor said in a comforting tone with a bitter smile. “You should make great effort and there is still a long way to go. Maybe you can join the astronomy camp and seize a chance, or even if you cannot do so well in Gaokao, you may still enter the school later for postgraduate education.”
The school bell suddenly rings, pulling Bowen’s mind back in reality. Another upsetting day ends, and as usual, he did little schoolwork. He was just told by the teacher that he had failed to apply for the camp because of his weirdly low overall grades.
Bowen has no idea what kind of future is waiting for him.
IV
Of course, we know that our pityful Bowen couldn’t do better in Gaokao than any other tests. His best choice was the major of applied mathematics in an ordinary local college, where most students idle away their times on video games and hanging out, while Bowen was always alone and kept sleeping days and nights in the dorm.
After graduation, failed to be applied for postgraduate education, he got a position in a small company as an accountant. With his gift in calculation, he can always finish his part well and fast, but with poor communication skills, his career is not smooth at all. His collages often let him do the part of theirs and occupy his achievements; he knows nothing about pleasing the boss so he never gets promotion.
Time flies like an arrow. Today is Bowen’s 29th birthday. A year ago, his mother died of cancer, which was five years after his father’s death in a car accident. With no family and friend, Bowen is so lonely, just as how lonely the planet Earth seems to be in the universe.
The day also should have been, as we can infer from what have been given above, the 29th silent Chinese Christmas in Bowen’s life. But something unusual happens. Bowen is on the roof of the apartment when the astonishing polar light happens again. He suddenly feels a torrent in his brain, just like being scanned. Feeling great pain, he kneels down and though his closed eyes, he sees some gray-man just like him, only taller and with an even longer neck. He finds himself looking out of a screen and they are handling some high-tech facilities. After some seconds of illusion, Bowen finds himself still sitting on the roof, but with large beads of sweat on face and some of his hair falling off to the ground.
The internet is instantly filled with this piece of breaking news of polar light. Experts, who have researched the similar phenomenon for 30 years, are all expressing their opinions and debating against each other.
Though very confused as well, what Bowen has always been sure about is that those so-called theories are all wrong. If this happened in his childhood, he thinks to himself, he would certainly be able to find out every piece of the truth. However, his such accurate instinct about the cosmos has declined greatly over the years.
After turning off the computer, he lies on bed but cannot fall asleep. It suddenly strikes him that he might be an alien！Only with that can he explain why he is so alike with those creatures in his illusion, while those human beings around him is so different. But after a while, Bowen gives up such an idea, because such strange words have brought enough trouble to him, even parents would not believe in what he said if they were alive. Finally, he decides to forget all about this and falls asleep right before the dawn.
V
When the polar light shone, no one on the Planet Earth cared about our nameless Bowen. At the same time however, millions of kilometers above in the night sky, some creatures were staring into his brain.
They are space travelers and in fact, their civilization doesn’t own any planet. When they voyage past every star system, making use of Gravitational slingshot effect, they will have to activate the energy of its star, to create a strong magnetic field and as a result, arouse polar light in every nearby planet. In this way, they can avoid being seen or detected by other civilizations and guarantee their safety.
30 years ago, as they were passing the solar system for the first time, a tank of special substance in the embryo laboratory leaked out, which can alter other intelligent creatures into genius as these aliens. Weeks later, after realizing what trouble they had made, this interstellar fleet escaped as fast as it could. Yet decades had passed and to their surprise, no alert was received by them. Therefore, they decided to travel back and check what had happened indeed.
The result of inspection was much to their relief. In the space ship’s log, the captain writes: “Just as we have speculated, the substance changed a human embryo into something like us. Although not good at language of human beings, this genius once knew almost every secret of the cosmos, which were far from being discovered by human beings. He should have been able to boost their development of space technology greatly. At that time, we also guessed that he would reveal our existence, which would probably result in the mortal conflict between us and the Earth Civilization.”
“But fortunately, the alienling was nurtured in a special kind of culture. There is excessive pressure on children and the unreasonable way of education, where every child is forced to take in the same knowledge. As a consequence, his brain has suffered unrecoverable damage and by now, he is no longer a potential threat. “
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PS: This is a story about Chinese unreasonable education as well as the way they define genius, the injustice in one’s career, where many people need and eager to get promoted in corrupt ways.
This story also intends to show another possibility of the relationship between the inborn talent and the influence from the environment. In the Anderson’s version, the little duckling finally changed into a graceful swan after all those sufferings, just because it is born to be noble. On the contrary, Bowen, the alienling, is destroyed by everything around him, including his loving parents.
I have to admit that the article stretches too long and the middle part is a little dull. I am sorry for that, but I just want to make sure that everything is logical. But I am confident that the final chapter is the highlight.
Bowen isn’t based on anyone in reality, though I do adopt some authentic things around me and my schoolmates. Actually, Bowen is everyone of us, since few children in China can escape such tragedy.
I got some of the inspiration from Zheng Yuanjie, a famous fairy tale writer whose works are often about the situation of Chinese children. Though some of his ideas and solutions are radical, I think he really sees where the problems lie.
Thanks a million for reading all of this : )
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very amazing, and it is a really good story adapted, I read it all
you do very well to criticize the education problem in China. although the child is so intelligent, he can’t get a higher grade in the exam, so he was looked down upon. and his parents seems not to love him if he can’t get high grades in the test .the whole story is really a tragedy. and the after the child grow up into an adult, what he face is not good.. he coworkers even copy what he had done these reflect a very important problem in Chinese society, kind people are hard to find
some literature method are really breathtaking. comparing the solitude of the child to the solitude of the earth, these really make some people think. I can list many examples from your article
but they are is some shortcomings, I think you should change the settings, you can let the hero speak the human language, but still be thought a stupid guy. these can reflect the problem in Chinese education even better
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Thank you for your patience of reading this. I am really pleased that you get the points exactly.
As for your suggestion, I would like to explain that, the weakness of the main character is aimed to make the story reasonable. Chinese actually quite repect smart guys, though with a rather unreasonable and not diverse standard. And this is actually where the problems lie. Sometimes they are too strict on “overall development”, which however, actually has an opposite effect. That’s because overall development should be guided natually instead of forcing in any way.
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The little snow white
Once upon a time, an extraordinary princess was born after her mother had sincerely made a wish. So beautiful was she that whenever she went out, the weather became clearer. Her skin was as white as snow, her cheeks as rosy as blood, and her hair as black as ebony. She was called Snow-White.
Unfortunately, her mother died at very young age, and the king soon married another wife, who was pretty as well. The new queen was kind-hearted, but the little Snow-White was mournful and rebellious. She can’t accept her step-mother from the bottom of her heart. Therefore, one day, she secretly ran out of the castle.
The endless dark and howling wind scared the poor little girl badly. She finally burst into crying when she found herself lost in a strange forest. On the other side, the new queen anxiously asked the magic mirror where the princess went, but got no answer because of the bad weather.
Seven little dwarfs that lived among the mountains saved the little girl. They took her to their house. As the Snow-White was exceedingly hungry and tired, she picked a piece off each loaf, and drank a little wine out of each glass. After that, she laid herself down a bed that suitable for her, and soon fell asleep without a word.
The next morning, when the sun said hello to the ground, the little princess woke up. She felt guilty, because she rudely disturbed the seven little dwarfs’ lives yesterday. But to her astonishment, they warmly welcomed her and provided her a feast to her stomach. She was deeply touched by their tolerate and began to reflect on her own life. She refused her stepmother’s love just because she came into her life when she was sad. Feeling regretful, she hurriedly ran back to the castle.
Not surprisingly, the princess and the queen got along very well. And under the guidance of the queen, the Snow-White became a qualified princess with wonderful face and polite manner. Finally, she fell in love with a handsome prince when she grew up and they reigned happily over that land, many, many years.
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The Little Mermaid(Rewrite the ending) : Mermaid’s Tears
Feeling sad about the seemingly busy day, the little mermaid was sitting by the sea when she saw her sisters rising out of the flood. They told the little mermaid, “ We get the only method to help you at the cost of our beautiful long hair from the switch. Use the knife, and plunge it into the heart of the prince before the sun rises, or you will die. Our grandmother moans so for you that her white hair is falling off as ours fall with no struggle under the switch’s scissors. ” Hearing this, the little mermaid kept silent despite great sorrow. Nevertheless, no one noticed that the prince stood behind a huge stone, and then left to the tent where he should be.
When the little mermaid walked heavily into the tent, she found the newly wedded couple had been asleep. She approached the prince and took out the knife, hesitated whether to kill him or not. Actually, her silence just now, her twinkling heart and her relieved smile all showed her unwillingness to kill an innocent man who would live happily evermore. She had hardly put down her knife when the prince suddenly grabbed the knife and plunged it into the heart of the little mermaid. Astonishment climbed up her cheek, but she still stared at him mildly, “ Why? ” The prince answered with certainty and ruthlessness, “Your identity of being not a man makes me feel uncomfortable. What’s worse, you try to kill me, don’t you? You deserve to die! ” The little mermaid didn’t attempt to explain anything, but her tears poured down her face, unstoppable. So delicate and pure were the tears that everything seemed clear to us except the prince who froze in his stance.
The sun rises from sea level as usual, whose warm rays fall on the cold foam of the little mermaid. Beyond the sea, the water remains blue as before, clear as before, but the daughter of the sea has lost her way home, forever.
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Nathan Tues 3-4
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Only one person’s love is always without an ending.Sometimes,girls are more easily influenced or hurt by love.But actually,love is not the only pursuit of life.Giving up your own life for a person who didn’t understand you totally is certainly stupid.Hope everyone can learn to love yourself.After all,fairy story is just a story ,and sweet ending is always a beautiful but fragile wish.
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Show the beauty of another tragedy through reasonable imagination and rigorous thinking
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The little snow white
Once upon a time, an extraordinary princess was born after her mother had sincerely made a wish. So beautiful was she that whenever she went out, the weather became clearer. Her skin was as white as snow, her cheeks as rosy as blood, and her hair as black as ebony. She was called Snow-White.
Unfortunately, her mother died at very young age, and the king soon married another wife, who was pretty as well. The new queen was kind-hearted, but the little Snow-White was mournful and rebellious. She can’t accept her step-mother from the bottom of her heart. Therefore, one day, she secretly ran out of the castle.
The endless dark and howling wind scared the poor little girl badly. She finally burst into crying when she found herself lost in a strange forest. On the other side, the new queen anxiously asked the magic mirror where the princess went, but got no answer because of the bad weather.
Seven little dwarfs that lived among the mountains saved the little girl. They took her to their house. As the Snow-White was exceedingly hungry and tired, she picked a piece off each loaf, and drank a little wine out of each glass. After that, she laid herself down a bed that suitable for her, and soon fell asleep without a word.
The next morning, when the sun said hello to the ground, the little princess woke up. She felt guilty, because she rudely disturbed the seven little dwarfs’ lives yesterday. But to her astonishment, they warmly welcomed her and provided her a feast to her stomach. She was deeply touched by their tolerate and began to reflect on her own life. She refused her stepmother’s love just because she came into her life when she was sad. Feeling regretful, she hurriedly ran back to the castle.
Not surprisingly, the princess and the queen got along very well. And under the guidance of the queen, the Snow-White became a qualified princess with wonderful face and polite manner. Finally, she fell in love with a handsome prince when she grew up and they reigned happily over that land, many, many years.
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I love this new version of Snow White! in the traditional version Snow White was so stupid that she did nothing but to be poisoned by the wicked step-mother; to be saved again and again by the seven little dwarfs; to be saved by chance by the prince. She was a real vase. However in your story, I see a Snow White who can use her own brain to think and to reflect on current situation.
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The description of the princess is moving,such as “Her skin was as white as snow, her cheeks as rosy as blood, and her hair as black as ebony. ” .By using simile,the author makes theimage of the princess more vivid.Also,this version make the princess to be “a rational and wise girl”,just like a “revenge”to the step mother who appeared in the original version.
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The story shows another possibility. which is warm and cute. It makes me believe that step-mother could be kind and give the same love to her step-daughter.
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The adaptation of BRIAR ROSE: Fifty years of waiting
The princess was cursed by the fairy and would be killed by a spindle on her fifteenth birthday. The king was so worried that he ordered all the spindles in the kingdom to be destroyed, but this did not seem to prevent the tragedy…
As the princess grew older and became wiser and more beautiful, no one around her told her the evil curse. Everyone could not bear to see this lovely life disappear, including Hans, a palace guard, who loves the princess deeply and tries every means to avoid this tragedy. He eventually found the 12th fairy, who lightened the punishment and turned death into a 50-year slumber. He gave up all his possessions and prayed to the fairy again: when the princess fell asleep, the whole kingdom would fall asleep, except for him. Because the hedge will surround the palace, outsiders can not enter to wake the princess. He would like to spent 50 years alone in the deadly silent and palace, only to awaken the princess, only to guard the pure love.
Tragedy struck when the princess’s fifteenth birthday arrived. The princess and whole kingdom fell asleep. Even the cook, who was at that moment pulling the kitchen-boy by the hair to give him a box on the ear for something he had done amiss, let him go, and both fell asleep; and so everything stood still, and slept soundly. Only Hans alone faced the palace that was deadly quiet. He did not have to worry about food and water as he began a life of absolute solitude in front of the palace grain reserve. But he was not idle. Every day he cleaned the room where the princess lay in order not to let a speck of dust fall. He also works out regularly, trying to slow down his aging; He was alone watching the sunrise and sunset, alone watching the vines grow, alone listening to the absolute silence.
Fifty years have passed, and the holy day eventually has come. The world wakes up from the deadly silence and Hans is 70 years old with white hair. He dressed up and went to the room of the princess which he cleaned every day. Then he bent down and kissed the princess awake. When the princess woke up and saw the old face, she was very surprised, but she still recognized Hans. The princess listened to Hans’ story and was deeply touched. But how can a 15-year-old girl fall in love with a 70-year-old man?
Fortunately, these 50 years of waiting moved the god, who turned Hans back into a handsome young man of 20. Finally, Hans and the princess lived happily ever after.
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The author made me feel the power of ordinary people, not princes, guards can also, not young, 70 years old can also.Before it seemed that all people’s love is equal to pay, and this article let me see the great power of tilted love.
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The Little Match Girl
lt was dreadfully cold, it was snowing fast, and almost dark; the evening—-the last evening of the old year was drawing in. But, cold and dark as it was, a poor little girl, with bare head and feet, was still wandering about the streets.
When she left her home she had slippers on, but they were much too large for her indeed, properly, they belonged to her mother, and had dropped off her feet whilst she was running very fast across the road, to get out of the way of two carriages. One of the slippers was not to be found, the other had been snatched up by a little boy, who ran off with it thinking it might serve him as a doll’s cradle.
So the little girl now walked on, her bare feet quite red and blue with the cold. She carried a small bundle of matches in her hand, and a good many more in her tattered apron. No one had bought any of them the live long day； no one had given her a single penny.
Trembling with cold and hunger crept she on, the picture of sorrow: poor little child; The snow-flakes fell on her long, fair hair, which curled in such pretty ringlets over her shoulders; but she thought not of her own beauty, or of the cold.
Lights were glimmering through every window, and the savor of roast goose reached her from several houses；it was New Year’s eve, and it was of this that she thought.
In a corner formed by two houses, one of which projected beyond the other. She sat down, drawing her little feet close under her, but in vain, she could not warm them.
She dared not go home, she had sold no matches, earned not a single penny, and perhaps her father would beat her; besides her home was almost as cold as the street. It was an attic, and although the larger of the many chinks in the roof were stopped up with straw and rags.
the wind and snow often penetrated through. Her hands were nearly dead with cold; one little match from her bundle would warm them. Perhaps, if she dared light it, she drew one out, and struck it against the wall, bravo!
Suddenly, the sound of rushing familiar footsteps made her blood run cold. She was afraid that if it was her father, who would see her lighting the match, she would be beaten to the death. So she had to extinguish the warm match with desperate tears rolling down her frostbite cheek. To her relief, it wasn’t her cruel father, it was her loving and caring mother, who was forced away by her father a year ago. Her mother cried instantly she saw her poor daughter and hugged her tightly. She bent down to put on prepared warm clothes and shoes for her daughter and said with tears“it was mother’s fault to leave you alone, now I have found a job and can make money .I won’t let you suffer again.” Holding her mother’s hand , the match girl walked down the dark street in the freezing wind and snowflakes as big as goose feather ,but she never felt cold and frightened any more because her mother was just like the lighting matches, warm and bright.
Following her mother, she went into a small but cozy house, which was rent by her mother , heavy with the odor of roasted duck and curried chicken. She was so starved that immediately she goes to the house , she rush to gobble at table. Her mother looked at her lovingly and smiled. While her eating, she couldn’t help thinking of her father, who must be hungry and cold , too. Though he treated her and her mother badly, it was her father after all . So she decided to request her mother to forgive her father and give a hand to him. Her mother was kind just like her, so she agreed . The next morning, the match girl and her mother brought enough delicious food and woolen blanket to her father. What shocked them was that her father looked pale and badly ill, coughing painfully. The match girl covered the blanket for him and fed him some food. Her father was deeply moved and felt extremely sorry for what he did to his daughter and wife before. He has made up his mind to change his fomer behavior and serve as a good father and husband, just as what matches served as in the dark and coldness.
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The Snow Queen—A Tale in seven stories
Shortened original version:
A very wicked hobgoblin was one of the worst. In fact, he was a real demon. He had invented a mirror with his peculiarity, that every good and pretty thing reflected in it shrank away to almost nothing. On the other hand, every bad and good for nothing thing stood out and looked its worst. The devil propagandized the mirror everywhere, and the robber became a hero, the witch a beauty, the ugly toad a king, the good a criminal. The world was distorted by the devil.
The devil was very proud and wanted to take the mirror to turn god into a clown and an angel into a monster. When he was about to fly to heaven, the mirror began to laugh. The devil could not control it.
In this way, the pieces of the mirror flew into people’s eyes, everything the person saw was not pleasing to the eye. Some pieces also got into people’s heart and his heart immediately into ice, became no feelings, cold. Some pieces were even made into glasses, which people put on the bright things became dark.
In one of these towns lived a little boy called Kay and a little girl called Gerda. They were not brother and sister, but they were just as fond of each other as if they had been. One day, when the winter was over, Kay went to look for Gerda, and while they were looking at the picture book together, a bell sounded outside, and Kay put his head out of the window. The broken mirror, flying with the wind, fell into his eyes, and penetrated into his heart. Therefore, Kay became cold and seldom played with Gerda.
On a snowing winter, Kay went to skiing with his sled when he met a person who drove a big sledge got up, coat and cap smothered in snow. It was a tall and upright lady all shining white, the Snow Queen herself. She took him into the sledge by her, wrapped him in her furs and kissed him on the forehead. Ugh! It was colder than ice and it went to his very heart. He now forgot all about little Gerda, Grandmother, and all the others at home. They flew away over woods and lakes, over oceans and islands.
But how was little Gerda getting on all this long time since Kay left her? Where could he be? Nobody knew, nobody could say anything about him. At last the spring came and the sunshine. Little Gerda decided to find her friend Kay alone. She went into a garden of the woman learned in magic; she met a prince and a princess; she was saved by a little robber girl; she chatted with a Lapp woman and a Finn woman in their homes. And finally, she approached the Snow Queen’s palace.
The palace walls were made of drifted snow, and the windows and doors of the biting winds. The Snow Queen sat in the very middle of “The Mirror of Reason”, which she claimed was the best and only one in the world. Little Kay was blue with cold, nay, almost black but he didn’t know it, for the Snow Queen had kissed away the icy shiverings. He went about dragging some sharp, flat pieces of ice, trying to make something called” Eternity” out of them to get freedom.
New continuation:
Little Gerda knew from a kind polar bear that when the Snow Queen was in low spirits, the winter came and everything became icy and exceedingly cold. In fact, the Snow Queen’s heart was completely ice because of an accident. She collected one little child every year, whose heart was kind and warm, to relieve her own pain and coldness. However, the children would become as cold as snow and ice after that. Little Gerda saw other kids in different rooms in the big palace. Being so warm-hearted, the kind Gerda approached Kay and cried sadly for quite a long time. Her warm tears melt Kay’s heart ice and other kids’. Kay recognized little Gerda and hugged tightly. They laid down happily and guess what? They formed a pattern of “Eternity”. Having seen such moving scene, the Snow Queen’s icy heart was also getting warmer and warmer.
Surprisingly, warm spring came and all the fragrant flowers and lovely birds. Kay and Gerda went home happily, smiling and chatting.
In fact, it is impossible for a single one to form the so-called pattern of” Eternity” and get freedom. Only with another kind one who really cares about you, it is achievable.
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A New Ending for The Golden Goose
…and as soon as she saw the seven all hanging together, and running about, treading on each other’s heels, she could not help bursting into a long and loud laugh.
Then Dummerly claimed her for his bride; However, the King went mad. He thought:” I’m the King of the country, but how dare this nasty little boy who dares to merry my precious daughter! My daughter should have married a muscular, tall, good-looking prince(and ideally fabulously wealthy ), who can bring fortune to my country. But this little boy! He is not a prince,——and worse, it seems that he came from a remote place where savage inhabit, with little boys who did not bathe for weeks and deals sealed by spitting into palms! Oh I cannot just swallow this lump in my throat! I can make an extensive list setting down the cons of marriage! I must do something to stop this absurd marriage!
So the next day the king told Dummerly:” You cannot merry my daughter unless you line a shawl in a day’s time, and this shawl must be gleamy but glossy, soft but strong, solid-colored but colorful; only then will you have a chance to merry my daughter.” Dummerly was so shocked that he didn’t even know what he could do to win back the princess.
At this moment the golden goose said:” Don’t worry my boy, I have fluffy feather on my stomach to make this shawl soft; I have sturdy feather on my back to make this shawl strong; I have golden feather on my wings to make the shawl gleamy but glossy, and at the same time it is solid-colored: golden!
Dummerly said:” My good goose! I don’t know how to thank you enough! But there’s still one problem: how can the golden shawl be colorful?” The goose laughed:” just you wait!”
When the princess in that special shawl rested in the embrace of sunlight, the color went dramatically dazzling. The princess liked the shawl so much that she hugged Dummerly as tight as she could. People in that country all wished the new couple well, and they lived happily ever after.
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The parallelism in the request of the king and the answer from the goose is making me satisfied. It’s absolutely good. The description of the mean king and the words from the king is ‘bad’ but certainly fascinating. I can say that it is filled with the spirit of a king. The ending is charming ,too.
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That’s a wonderful new ending which impressed me a lot because of the description of the king. Vary literacy methods are used surprisingly. Unlike some other stories using methods oddly, the methods are served for the story itself. Such a nice story that I may not forget for a long time.
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The Emperor’s New Clothes:Is It Wrong To Tell The Truth
“I’m a good boy ,I am! I didn’t do wrong!”The general grabbed me ,hit me ,and pinned me to the ground without mercy like a big cat torturing the poor mouse before feasting .But What seized me was that my dear dad knelt down and begged again and again ,totally different from the past majestic father.A bit further looking ,the emperor leaved with an embarrassed look,numb masses cheering to see him go.Suddenly,I seemed to realize something the hand my dad pulled my clothes tried to convey .Perhaps I was lucky enough , I escaped unharmed after making my apology against my will.
From then on ,The emperor didn’t wear that stupid new clothes again,and no one pay attention to what had happened to the swindlers.The farce in the street was just a simple scene in this country’s grand drama,but it really influenced me. When I was growing up, hypocritical , useless policies and rituals turned to be singularly disgusting to me.
Day in and day out ,meeting with my father’s long-cherished dream ,I was nurtured as a outstanding architect,chief for the royal family.On a calm day ,old emperor died peacefully.The task of building the mausoleum fell to me.The minister and the crowd begin to sing with a resounding voice,
“Oh yeah,must to be gold floor tiles and diamond glass.
Oh yeah, must to the strongest palace will never fall
Oh yeah,must to be the most gorgeous palace superior to heaven.”
But meanwhile,I murmured,
“Oh no,impossible to get such gold and diamond,
Oh no,impossible to keep a house in business for a thousand years
Oh no,impossible to be on a par with heaven….”
But that time I was confident that people wouldn’t disobey me no matter how the mausoleum was.In fact,it was nothing.It seems to be more efficient to calm people down, to keep up appearances, and to follow procedures than to do actual work.Finally, I introduced my “elaborately constructed mausoleum ” shamelessly, “It’s an unprecedented underground palace!”While everyone was admiring how brilliant my design was, a little boy shouted,
“But there’s nothing here！”
What a bad boy ,he did do wrong!
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The story’s meaning is advancing the original vision. The description is funny but in some respects it shows real and sometimes sadly fact. We may become the people that we used to hate completely. It’s dramatic but true.
What’s more,I love the songs you made even though they are a little strange. hhhh. It makes me recall the drama Shakespeare wrote.
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Ironic as it may seem, the talented author used her fantastic view to describe a future story showing that tragedies will remain to be a new tragedy. By using various literary methods, the writer successfully tells every reader a lesson that the truth never goes away.
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Ironic as it may seem, the talented author used her fantastic view to describe a future story showing that tragedies will remain to be a new tragedy. By using various literary methods, the writer successfully tells every reader a lesson that the truth never goes away.
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The original story implies the fear of the power. Under the circumstances, the little boy became a symbol of purity and innocence. As he growing, the boy would lose himself and learn to shut up. It is a tragedy which happens in the real life. What a sad thing !
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Little Red Cap
After being mortally wounded by the hunter , the wolf was lying on the ground , trembling and bleeding .
“Thank you very much ! ” , said Red-Cap .
“Oh my god . If it were not for you , we would both be eaten by the wolf . Thanks a lot ! ” said Red-Cap’s grandmother .
“It was just a piece of cake for me . However , what will be the payback ? ” said the complacent hunter .
Red-Cap’s grandmother paused for a while , for the hunter’s direct demand for returns . But she soon answered “Of Course , we will offer you all these delicious meat and wine ，and you are always welcome to come here to have a meal . ”
“What ? I saved your lives ! I don’t want those food , I want gold ! I can save you , but I can kill you as well ! ”
Red-Cap and her grandmother didn’t have gold , so the hunter was irritated and shouted angrily as if he wanted to eat them alive “ You must give me gold ! ” The hunter finally was exposed to his original appearance——He was a robber indeed .
They were too frightened to run away . At the point of that the robber was going to kill Red-Cap and her grandmother , the wolf suddenly sprang up and bit off the robber’s neck . Badly hurt and exhausted , the wolf again collapsed on the ground .
“I had known that the robber was intended to blackmail you when I was wandering in the forest . But I was also aware of that you would trust him instead of me for he was mankind as you while I was a vicious wolf . So I had no choice but to swallow you to protect you . ”
Seriously injured , the wolf paused to catch his breath . After taking a break , the wolf struggled to continue.
“When I was a little wolf , I was trapped in a hunting net and hurt my leg . It was Red-Cap who saved me . That experience left a scar on my leg . From then on , everytime I looked at the scar , I reminded myself that I had the duty to protect Red-Cap . I did be a savage wolf that killed and ate many animals , but you were the last person that I wanted to hurt . ”
Red-Cap was reduced to tears by fear , shock and regret . “Don’t cry for me , my little girl . I was supposed to die many years ago . But do be careful afterwards because I can no longer protect you when you are on the way .”
The wolf touched Red-Cap’s face tenderly and closed his eyes . The scar on his leg was covered with blood .
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Ironic as it may seem, the talented author used her fantastic view to describe a future story showing that tragedies will remain to be a new tragedy. By using various literary methods, the writer successfully tells every reader a lesson that the truth never goes away.
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The Emperor’s New Clothes：
After one minute calm, the crowd started to shout and scream in order to find whether the king wears a ridiculous clothes or not. No matter what everyone at the scene views, Whether something can only be seen by clever people raises a dispute.That no one would like to point out the fact that the emperor wears nothing implies that everyone feel themselves more foolish than the emperor disregarding that the most clever people is not always the ruler of a country. The small event finally arouses a wide range of discussion about autocracy which may erode not only all walks of life but also the emperor himself who has no dare to show his nescience.
Years later, the old emperor will finish his duty of being the king but no one in the country from young to old will forget the huge theory progress which made by the ignorant boy.
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LITTLE SNOW WHITE
Snow White lay for a long, long time, and still only looked as though she were asleep; for she was even now as white as snow, and as red as blood, and as black as ebony. At last a prince came and called at the dwarfs' house; and he saw Snow-White and read what
was written in golden letters. Then he offered the dwarfs money,and earnestly prayed them to let him take her away, but they said, We will not part with her for all the gold in the world. “At last, however, they had pity on him, and gave him the coffin; but the moment he lifted it up to carry it home with him, the piece of apple fell from between her lips, and Snow-White awoke, and exclaimed Where am I! “And the prince answered, “Thou art safe
with me. Then he told her all that had happened, and said,”I love you better than all the world; come with me to my father's palace, and you shall be my wife. “Snow-White consented, and went home with the prince; and everything was prepared with great pomp and splendor for their wedding.
When the queen received the wedding card,she was aware that snow white has survived again.And the wind began to roar outside and the rain fell down for days,which almost ruined the kindom.The sun came out,the rainbow smiled at the edge of the sky,the queen open her eyes.She recalled her childhood when she was told god kissed her face.Even so,she was never cared and was regared as the tool for politics.The good appearance is her bliss and she felt she have to protect it to prove that she is strong.
The bad news came and the kingdom was flooded,the uproar started.The king was sick in bed and she has to take care of everything.She was helpless,the fear came crept again,the powerlessness once she felt in her childhood happened.
But there came the letter of the snow white,providing help to get the people out of the hell.She said,she and the prince would spare no effort to help the kingdom get out of trouble.
Few tears dropped on the letter,the queen realized there exists kindness and she was cared.After the catastrophe,the kingdom was in peace again,and as well as for the queen.She now realize beauty doesn’t matter.It is kindness that could last and melt the ice of heart.
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Cat and mouse in partnership: Dog and cat in partnership
Long long ago, dogs and cats lived together in the forest. They collected fruits and shared with each other every day. They never hurt other animals. In one extremely cold winter, the wind was roaring, the ground was freezing and the fruit bush was dying. They could find fruits in nowhere. They were starving.
One day they found a rat nest under a tree. A rat came out and said, “Leave our home, you strangers! We haven’t got food either.” One cat could not bear any more, it gave the rat a scratch at a lightning speed and swallowed it in one gulp. It seemed that the cat was born to do this. Other cats rushed to the rat nest. The other rats were screaming. Dogs were too kind to eat them. They could feel the rats’ pain. Unlike cats, they left.
Through eating barks and roots of trees, dogs all lived suffered lives. While cats were addicted to the rat meat. They captured several rat nests and enjoyed delicious food that they had never tasted before. In that winter, few dogs survived. But cats even expanded their families. The rat meat made them rude and aggressive.
In the next year, a man came to the forest to find an animal which was tolerant and compatible to accompany him. He found cats first, but cats showed no interest in the coarse bread that the man gave. They snarled to him. Then he turned to dogs. Friendly dogs are satisfied with the food. So, dogs came to the man’s house and settled down comfortably.
What happened to cats later? Their families grew bigger and bigger and needed more and more food. They quickly caught all rats in the forest. Shortly afterwards, the second extremely cold winter came.
Until now, dogs are praised for their empathy. They can be friends of humans. While cats can only be “experts” to catch rats.
【”The rewards to the kind and the punishment for the guilty should take effects as soon as possible.”
That’s the cleverness of us.
When awarding a kind person, the god usually assures that his life cannot be worse. Then he will get more fulfillment in even ordinary things.
When punishing a guilty person, the god usually gives him a long period of peaceful and joyful life and then make him suddenly lose everything. He will feel tremendous pain in the sudden loss.
And that’s the genius of the god.】
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I would rather believe that this is a true story.Because only in this way can we, like Immanuel Kant, revere not only the bright stars above us, but also the lofty moral principles in our hearts.
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Yes, and that is the original duty of fairy tales.
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MY VERSION OF “THE WATER OF LIFE” FROM GRIMMS
When the king sent the huntsman to take the youngest prince’s life, they exchanged coat in the wood, and the youngest prince sneak into the kingdom in the huntsman’s coat. He asked the guards to inform the king that his huntsman had finished his task and come back successfully. So, the king invited him in delightfully. Yet when he saw his young son, he was shocked and frightened, and couldn’t help guessing what happened to his huntsman. But actually, the young prince explained that he did nothing to harm the kind huntsman, and that all he wanted was just a chance to reveal the truth. However, the old king still won’t believe his words, and declare that he would insist in his judgement of truth or lie.
So, the young prince had to runaway from the palace again. To hide for his father’s hunt, he had no other choices but to came in front of the castle of the princess. But it hadn’t been one year since they reached their agreement. So, the princess misunderstood him as well, for she thought our prince was someone just eager to inherit her kingdom. Therefore, our prince had to leave again. He continued wondering in the forest until he met the dwarf who helped him once before. He was so despaired that he could only beg the dwarf to help him again. Yet the dwarf said:” I have warned you to be more careful but you didn’t listen. You are much too kind and soft to rule a kingdom. I won’t help you anymore.”
So our young prince finally died of starvation in the wood.
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The Rowing Story of Shrimp
The shrimp is taking part in the undersea sports meeting, because it’s thin and weak, and physical strength is also not well, it doesn’t join in any projects.
When it promenades leisurely and carefree on its way home, a tall and strong man walks towards it, with brochures of rowing in his hands. He shows a kind smile as he think, actually, a smile displays his strong desire “Please accede to my request and join in our rowing boat!” The shrimp is so overwhelmed that it stands still and listens a more than 10 minutes speech completely which tries best to entice the shrimp to enter the rowing team.
The shrimp wants to turn his down in a euphemistic way “ I am too thin to row a boat. If I have joined in your team, I would drag you as a burden” and wants to go home as quickly as it can. However, the strong man doesn’t seem its explanation as a matter. Meanwhile, he shows the shrimp his sun-kissed and sturdy arms and says “ You see, I’m also thin, so don’t worry about this and come to join us!” The shrimp is in a dilemma extremely with no breath-space.
As a result, the shrimp fails to refuse the man’s request and fill out its name and number, because the man said it just a statistics which means nothing. The shrimp believed what he said and realized how stupid it is later.
Two days later, shrimp received a message which asks it to take part in an interview. The shrimp was so confused but attended the interview punctually in view of politeness and manners. As soon as the shrimp enters the training room of rowing, it feels that even the air is full of strength and mightiness, which don’t belong to the shrimp at present or in the future.
The first test project is weightlifting. As soon as the weight is so heavy that the shrimp want to give up, all the strong men encircle the shrimp，say“Oh, this is so light that you can do it! Just try it again!” Hearing their hortative but a little minatory encouragement, the shrimp takes a deep and deep breath, clenches its fists tightly and use its all strength, finally ,the shrimp succeeds. And then, with no time to take a break, more weight is added to the shrimp, with several encouragement “ You can do it. How light it is!”
At last, the shrimp joins in this rowing team confusedly. Wish it can enjoying itself in this team.
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The ugly duckling
The ugly duckling was treated worse and worse. Just because he is ugly, other ducklings isolated him, the hens pecked him, and the girl who fed them kicked him aside. He feel so sad and helpless, but he was still for a chance that his own kind will accept him as who he was. That chance came sooner.
In this group, there was also a very beautiful duckling. He was medium in size with bright and soft feathers. Although he was arrogant and not friendly ,he was popular with other ducks. Of course he was also one of those bad guys who bullied the ugly duckling.
Then one day, when the ugly duckling cried alone again in a dark corner, a storm was coming to the farm. When he raised his head, he happened to see the straw pile was blown over by the storm. However , nobody has noticed this situation but him. He ran back without hesitation. “A storm is coming! A storm is coming!” He shouted. All ducks were in a panic, they rushed to their home as quickly as possible.
Just as the ugly duckling had to go back, he suddenly found that the beautiful duck was playing in the distant pond and knew nothing about the dangers that were coming. If he ignored this duck who treated him bad, he can certainly return safely. But if he chose to remind the beautiful duck, he would be at a risk. After only a moment, he made his choice. He changed his way to be a reminder. Finally, both of them survived narrowly.
What a kind and noble heart! All ducks were moved by what happened. Ugly as his appearance was, he had the most beautiful character and morals. We can’t judge a book by its cover. Understanding this, ducks live together happily ever after.
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A real pure heart will not be affected by adversity ,for love and forgiveness are in it forever.
(I wonder if the duckling will be beautiful one day in your story.)
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A real pure heart will not be affected by adversity,for love and forgiveness are in it forever.
But in your story ,you didn’t write if the duckling will be beautiful.
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The Mermaid —-A Possible Vision After She Received THE Knife
The little mermaid drew aside the purple curtain from the tent and looked at the beautiful bride asleep with her head on the prince’s breast; she bent over him and kissed his fair brow, looked at the sky where the dawn was spreading fast; looked at the sky where the dawn was spreading fast; looked at the sharp knife, and again fixed her eyes on the prince who, in his dream called his bride by name. However hard, she plunged it into the prince’s heart. Warmblood droplets splinted on her face, and liked tears, rolled down her cheek, into her mouth. Feeling nauseated because of its taste, her hatred of herself had never been so strong. For herself, she saved a person who should have been killed and for herself killed the same person she saved, which was the same behavior as a naughty little child played with his toys.
For this contributor, she didn’t touch the blood anymore and jumped into the sea with her pretty little white legs seen as all her evil. Swimming with her fragile legs, quickly she was exhausted. Thanks to her sisters, she was laid on the white sand beach at last. She couldn’t live with her sisters anymore. She, now, was a betrayer of her household and the kingdom, an outcast of the ocean and an offender of the god. Being a criminal of human society, she had to escape from her palace, her sea, her mountain and of course, her immortal spirit. From now, she was obliged to become mature. Cast aside all her illusions, expiation, like a hot iron, branded our poor mermaid without mercy. As we knew the price of the pork through the brand, she knew how many cents she worth without her brand.
To atone for her delinquency, she decided to do something fruitful, such as weaving. The little mermaid was nimble enough that she could weave good cloth in just two weeks. After that, she worked day and night to weave. Her clear blue eyes gradually became unclear; her fair face gradually became wrinkled and wax yellow; her pretty legs became swollen because of the sedentary lifestyle. But our poor Mermaid didn’t care about whether she looked ugly or not. All she longed for is to brush away her sins to become a true mermaid standing by the open windows and looking up through the dark blue water, the pale pink light chiseled in her dark dull pupil.
The pale pink light chiseled her non-existing future, just as the blank bustle weaving work chiseled her non-existing expiation. Day after day, clothes after clothes, she earned neither money nor mercy, merely a stronger sense of self-denial and self-pity emotion. Gradually, she even forgot what she intended through endless working, just as she forgot how she felt on that ship of fate, raising that small sharp sword with the pinkish fountain shined in the brilliance of the sun which had gotten up with a pleasant mood, looking down at the absurd world and sighed. Ten years later she sighed as well, which was the first time she sighed for herself – the worst hardship she was suffering, the most disgustful job she was busy with. Why? Why was herself meant to be so miserable? She started to feel unfair. That was funny. She felt unfair even if she thought she was a criminal. The conception of “criminal” was converted smoothly from the real criminal to the so-called guilty mood because of the forgetfulness. Perhaps forgetting is good medicine, perhaps not. With the weight of the pure desperation that couldn’t be borne without the forgotten cause, the jackstraw named mermaid, crushed by time in a peaceful winter night.
Tired of all this, for restful death she cried.
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The Emperor ‘s New Clothes
A possible ending.
……The emperor is walking through the street, with a wide smile. It’s not strange because it is without doubt one of the most successful show. When the emperor devote himself in the big happiness and pride, a little boy shout that“But he has nothing on.”The voice is not too loud but enough to arouse a group of people within the emperor.
“What are you talking about,my charming kid?”The emperor says with a strange smile.
The father quick cover the kid’s mouth and says”Oh,my king,my son has nothing to say,he just want me to buy him a toy?Oh my god,it’s just not respectful.”
“I don’t want to listen to you,man.I just want to let the little boy tell his true words.”The king roughly interrupt the father just like a lion pressing on a rabbit.
“Now you can talk,my honey.”The king stare at the weak and hopeless “rat”.
“Ah….”The boy,without talking again,start to crying.The father,without satisfying the boy,just kneeling with a pale face.
“That is what makes me disappointed.”The king,the lion-like man,the most distinguished man in the kingdom,suddenly turn to the crowds and shouting out.
“Are you my people,uh?Are you truly respectful to me,uh?No,you aren’t.You are just fools.Self-actualizing,fooling and evil.The most ridiculous thing is that you even don’t know you are evil.You look at your respectable king going through the crowds without any clothes on and never want to point it out for me.Do you think you are more brilliant than the boy.No!The boy is the most brilliant and honest one of you.You are totally fools.”
The king finish the words and in a flash he seem to become more aged.
“I am limited from a young age.I was born with a crown.But I want to go through it.I want to be just a common man.But…Maybe it’s fate.No people will stick to the truth while risking his life.You are just entertaining me,but never respecting me.Nether do the two cheater.The are escaping,but can not stay away with my punishment.”But the people can not hear of the words.because the king has come back to the palace.
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My version of “The Real Princess” by Hans Christian Anderson ;Nathan Mon3-4
Just as the story goes,the prince finally found the real princess,and the pea was kept in the Museum as a memorabilia.
The prince thought his wife is so delicate that he didn’t let her do any housework. But to his surprise, the princess is experienced at cooking, cleaning and taking care of others,and she is so independent.However,such a virtuous wife doesn’t make him satisfied.As Andersen mentioned above,what he really want is a princess–noble,beautiful,delicate,who can impress others a lot when there is a dinner party,not a maid:who can rely on him and admire him fullheartfully;who is always gentle and can’t say boo to a goose.
What’s more,the princess has a very mysterious time schedule.She always went out secretly in the day and didn’t come back until midnight.
Nevertheless,day after day,the prince got use to it ,and gradually he fell in love with her.One day,a men came to visit their castle,he said he came here to take the princess away.
“My name is Charles Xavier ,it’s time for your wife,Abigail to leave.”It was not until then that he realized that the pirncess is a mutant.”No wonder she can feel the pea through twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds.Such a delicate skin that it’s impossible for normal people to have.
Abigail,who has super power,great sensitivity,stand out to take the responsibility to change the prince.For a long time,the prince’s standard for spouse slection have bad a bad influence on women across the country.They learned to be spoiled,to be depend on men,to think themselves as an attachment to men.
The prince felt very regretful and he tried to make her stay.Abigail refused confirmedly,said”there are more responsibility that on my shoulder,daring,I have to fight with Apocalypse.You should change yourself,then you deserves better.”
See? Prince and Princess are not always together.There are still faint glimmers of feelings left in the castle that was once known as love.
“Some of us get dipped in flat,some in satin,some in gloss”,But the prince met the real princess in the end .
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Jiao Jiaquan(焦家权） Nathan Monday 1~2
My version of “ LITTLE RED CAP”
Many years ago,there lived a dear little girl who was beloved by everyone who knew her because of her kindness and innocence. As she always wore a little red silk cap that her grandmother presented her , everyone called her Little Red-Cap. One day, her mother asked her to take a nice piece of meat and a bottle of wine to her dear grandmother who lived far away in cottage in the wood. So Little Red-Cap went into the dark forest without defensiveness, carrying a basket with those presents in it…
Also, there lived a wolf in the wood who was very lonely because no one was willing to be his friend due to his frightening appearance. But he believed that our kind-hearted Little Red-Cap might be his friend,so he went to ask the witch for help. Obviously the witch was amused by his stupid thought ,so she sincerely helped this poor creature.
“OK, I’ll help transform you into a little boy using magic…but…”
“But?”
“You have to promise me two things: first, don not let others know you are a wolf; second, every night you’ll become the wolf and become a boy again the next day.”
“OK.” Loneliness made him agree to her request without hesitation…
While walking on the road, Little Red-Cap found a little boy she didn’t know. “Are you new here?” “Yes,my name is…Jack. Where are you going,Little Red-Cap ?” “To my grandmother’s. She lives in the forest.” “Oh, It’s so dangerous walking alone. Maybe…I can go with you and protect you.” “Thank you! You are really a good boy. Would you like to be my friend ?” “Of course!!” The wolf was so excited.
After their arrival, the wolf played with Little Red-Cap happily and forgot the time unfortunately. When he recalled the promise, It was already night. “No!” He suddenly became a wolf. The girl and her grandmother were both frightened and screamed out “Help!Help! There is a wolf!” Hearing this, a huntsman passing by came to rescue them and drove this wolf away. Sadly, this poor wolf went away and burst into tears but no one knew his pain. Finally, this wolf hid himself in the wood and never showed up again…
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What a sad story! We always regard a monkey as a kind of ugly creature even if it could be the most lovely monkey in its group. No matter how kind she is, she could just be kind to humanities.
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King’s new suit new edition
Once there upon a time ,there was a stupid mother and a stupid father who had a stupid son named Tom and a clever son named Jim. The stupid son Tom is very poor at studying and he never passed his exam. This semester, unfortunately, he failed the final exam again and he only got 59 points on final exam .Scared and anxious, Tom didn’t know what to say about his grades. Suddenly he came up with a mind. After arriving home, he said to his mother and father:”hi, mommy and daddy, look! I passed my exam, but my teacher said only smart people can see my passing exam, if you are stupid, you can only see the 59 points on the paper“stupid mother and stupid father got confused, they looked at each other and remained in silence for a moment, then the stupid mother broke the silence first, she said to the father:”hey daddy, you see our son had passed the exam,didn”t him?”The stupid father didn’t know what to reply first, but he thought if he didn’t reply quickly, it would show that he was stupid. So the stupid father said:”oh, congratulations!my dear Tom, I’m so proud of you that you passed exam. you are making progress on your study” The stupid son Tom was really happy that he cheated his mother and father. But what a coincidence that his clever brother Jim saw the paper and said :”what’s the problem with your eyes? Did you see that my brother only got 59 points on this paper?He didn’t pass the exam at all.!” The stupid Tom was at a shock, but only after few seconds, stupid mother ,stupid father,and stupid Tom laughed at the clever Jim ,The stupid son Tom said:” how stupid you are!you are so stupid a man, so you can only see 59 points on my paper. “Clever Jim didn’t know why he get so much insults when pointing out the truth, he cried sadly, cried sadly…… Not knowing how long had it passed ,the clever Jim woke up, “wow, it’s only a dream, but a terrible dream.” He said to himself. At that moment, a noise came from out of his house. “The king is coming!The king is coming, he wear his new suit !he wear his new suit!”Clever Jim got out of his house but were quickly at a shock.The king wore nothing!Everyone said the kingwore very beautiful clothes, only the clever ones can see. As soon as the clever Jim wanted to point out the truth he thought of his dream”. Wow, I won’t do that again”. so he said,”The king, are wearing a very good suit, very beautiful!” he thought that he was very clever, but as you all know that the clever Jim became the stupid Jim
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I’m sorry that I forgot some details
I am from nathan Mon 1-2
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Wow, the plot is so interesting! The intelligence, actually, is scripted as a kind of ability. To accept and transform the environmental stimulations into a dictionary that instruct you about how to react to the similar event is a reference of the essentiality. Slowing down his pace, for harmoniously fitting he accommodate, which can’t be displayed as a rediculous being I consider.
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This is really humorous, whose inspiration, I think, partly comes from a sarcastic comic which is used as a composition task in a colledge enterance exam. The story teaches us to be honest, which is the vital and the most charming quality of us future scientists.
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MERCURY AND THE MAN BITTEN BY AN ANT
Wed.3-4 MaXinyu马新宇
A man once saw a ship go down with all its crew, and commented severely on the injustice of the gods.
“You care nothing for a man’s character,” said he, “but let the good and the bad go to their deaths together.”
“But if you know the sinking of the ship was not because of the fierce storm and waves I can make, but the holes on the ship itself?”asked the God.
“You didn’t leave the good chances to survive,actually.”said the man.
“But if you know there were actually enough rescue boats on the ship?”asked the God.
“If it was really as you say ,why didn’t the good survive in the end?”the man asked again.
“That was because in face of the disaster,all people were the same.The so-called good believed they were good ,so the chances should belong to them.The bad did also not want to die,so they exerted their all strengh and use any sinister method to grab the chance to get on the boat.Just in the fight,some folded rescue boats were accidentally dropped into the sea.Some people were unfortunately packed out of the ship.What’s worse,the precious time to escape was wasted.Therefore, it was not surprising that all the crew in the ship died.In fact,the injustice was from themselves.Until now,do you still think that it was my injustice that gave rise to the deaths?”the God said in a slow tune.
Just as they were talking,there was an ant heap close by where the man was standing, and, he was bitten in the foot by an ant. Turning in a temper to the ant heap he stamped upon it and crushed hundreds of unoffending ants.
Seeing this,Mercury appeared infront of him, saying as he did so, “You guy, where’s your nice sense of justice now?When your real interests are theatened,whether who you are,will you care others are good or bad?”
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This story is rich in philosophy and humanity thinking.Through the conversation between the man and God,we can get the point that nobody has the right to criticize other people in the name of moral.The questions in the end are really sobering and illuminating.
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There was once upon a time a young fellow who enlisted for a soldier, and became so brave and courageous that he was always in the front ranks when it rained blue beans.1 As long as the war lasted all went well, but when peace was concluded he received his discharge, and the captain told him he might go where he liked.
The poor soldier had nothing, he even sold his sword and armor, he was starving; He found out a rope to hang himself. He mounted it on his shoulder and set out on a tramp. By and by he came to a great heath with nothing on it but a circle of trees, he chose one and sat down, sorrowfully considering his fate. “I have no money,” thought he; “If only I have enough money to live, I would definitely not to die like this.”
All at once he heard a rustling, Death was coming, it was quite strange that Death seemed didn’t want to take him away right now, it said: “I know quite well what you need,” said this being; “gold as much as you can spend; but first here is a bearskin, you must wear it for seven years, during the time you mustn’t take off it for even once, then you will find endless money in the pocket, you can use the money to do whatever you want, but if you take off it, you will die as it was your own skin. When the time is up, you must take off it and you will never find any money in the pocket.”The soldier accept the offer without hesitation because of starvation.
The Soldier now put on the coat, and dipped his hands into the pockets, to assure himself of the reality of the transaction. Then he hung the bearskin around himself, and went about the world chuckling at his good luck, and buying whatever suited his fancy which money could purchase.
First he came to a restaurant to find something to eat, the boss was almost frighten to death after seeing the soldier, but when he took out huge amounts of money, the boss was so happy that he even didn’t care about whether the soldier was a human or not. He gave the soldier the most delicious food with the best plates.
Then the soldier thought there were still so many poor people just like him, he decided to help them with his endless money. Those poor people, when they first meet the soldier, they were extremely scared, after knowing the story of his bearskin, they all felt so grateful for his generosity. After about seven months, in one night, when the generous soldier was about to fall asleep, he heard weird noise and he opened one eye to see what happened, then he saw a terrible scene, one of those poor people was cutting the bearskin with sharp scissors, “ It is mine, ha-ha, I will be rich! Forever!” , the poor people murmured. The generous soldier yelled out, “What are you doing!!!” The poor people answered, with a big smile, “ I was trying to mend the holes on your body, you see there are so many.” After that night, those poor people found the generous soldier disappeared, actually he had run away as fast as he could in that night.
He went back to his hometown and he swore that he would never tell anybody the secret of the bearskin no matter what happened.
He met his first love in his hometown. What a blessed coincidence! The pure girl turned deathly pale after she saw the soldier’s terrible look. The soldier explained in a hurry, he told the girl what had happened to him, then he asked her to marry him for promising her that he would turned to normal after six years and now he had endless money for her. The pure girl nodded her beautiful head and they got married.
Time flies, during these six years, the sweet couple lived a sweet life. The soldier still wore his bearskin, the pure girl turned into pure lady. They lived in a splendid house, ate refined food, wore decent clothes, raised an adorable child. Thanks to the bearskin, or they would never own these.
However, only seven days before the soldier took off the bearskin, he died. It was the pure lady and her lover. They peeled the bearskin off secretly when her husband was sleeping like a real bear and they succeeded. “The damn ugly freak died, finally! Darling, it is only seven days left, let’s do on our own will! Then we can stay together forever.” The pure lady said so. How happy they were! They slept together with the bearskin on themselves even the soldier’s body was still next to them. The bearskin became bigger suddenly and suffocated the pure lady and her lover no matter how they struggle. The next morning, it turns into three cold bodies on the warm bed stiffly.
Death came, said, “ I got three souls instead of one with a worn-out bearskin, what a bargain!”
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The name of the story is BEARSKIN
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Briar rose told me
I was walking along the stream, following a group of people. I gradually felt bored since the journey across the forest got more and more tiring. Moreover, the scene just repeated itself, and so did people’s conversation.
Suddenly something like a bell rang in another direction. I stopped and listened and it rang again. “Listen! What is that?” I asked. But no one replied. Perhaps people walking in front of me were just engaged in an interesting topic and had no time to respond. I felt amazed but hesitated whether to find it out since the other road looked full of mysteries.
I stopped to take another road, in another word, I finally decided to follow the bell instead of that attractive topic. There were more trees standing like guards along the road, casting large shadows on the ground. However, as I kept going further, they were replaced by bushes. Everything screamed that this was a desolate place. I began to feel disappointed and scared. The minute I gave up and turned around, I caught a sight of a wooden house. Curiosity pushed me to the house.
I knocked at the door and heard a happy voice,” Come in please!” Then a lady opened the door for me. She looked healthy and in a good spirit. I can’t really tell her age from her appearance. She looked at me for a while and smiled,” Please sit down, my curious little girl.”
“But curious is not always a good thing.” I avoided eye contact with her and turned to see the house inside. It was undeniably much larger viewed from inside than from outside, and is well decorated with roses, which made it look somewhat like a castle in ancient times.
“Well, I guess that you may want to listen to a story.” She smiled,” Once upon a time, there was a princess who was blessed with almost all the good qualities but cursed to die when she was wounded by a spindle.
“The king and queen were terribly worried. To protect their daughter, the king collected and destroyed all the spindles in the kingdom and the queen told the little girl never to be curious about anything sharp. They forbade her from touching unknown objects and rarely left her alone to play by herself.
“The princess grew safely. However, curious fled and indifference stayed. She seldom felt real happiness because of the boring life. Interested in nothing, she became isolated and finally went to a castle with bushes blocking the way towards it. Not until then were the royal family aware of the shocking fact that the real curse was the lack of curiosity instead of death itself.
“Everything was colorless. One day, the princess was looking outside the window at those wild bushes, murmuring,’ Such a boring world! ‘All of a sudden, a fair appeared——she was exactly the twelfth one who was invited to the feast but hadn’t given a gift to the little baby. She now smiled at the princess and said,’ I will make everything stay still until someone who gives delight to you comes. But well, it may take 100 years.
“The princess replied,’ Oh yes, I’m willing to wait.’ No sooner had she finished the sentence than everything fell silent and still. Since then the bushes grew even wilder and forests was formed outside them. The castle could hardly be seen. The story of a beautiful princess sleeping inside because of a curse spread around but nobody dared to explore the mysterious forests. 100 years passing by, there came a curious and brave prince. He thought to himself,’ I am eager to find out what happened inside the castle so I must go and have a look.’
“He picked a red rose and went straight to the castle. It didn’t take him much time to find the sleeping beauty amid other quiet people. As soon as he kissed her, she woke up but stared panickily at the rose in his hand——roses have sharp thorns. The prince smiled and picked up her hand, guiding her to touch soft roseleaves. Suddenly a feeling of happiness, mixed with surprise and warmth struck her. A ray of sunshine brightened her face, after a century she finally smiled. Her smile was even more beautiful than the rose.
“The prince and Briar Rose got married. They lived happily together since then and never forgot to tell their children——Never ever to lose curiosity about colorful life. Do not shut yourself in due to the fear of getting hurt. Always remember to enjoy and appreciate nature and the wonderful world.
“Briar Rose told me about it, and now I tell the secret of life to you.” The lady finished her story, winking at me. I looked at her with my mouth open,” So, so you are…” She smiled and nodded her head.
I didn’t know how I went outside the house. The first time I turned around, I saw her standing in front of a grand castle, waving at me. The second time I turned around, I saw nothing but the trees. I got puzzled but suddenly felt something in my pocket. I took it out——it was a bell on it curving two words: stay curious.
“Alice, where have you been!” Those interesting people returned and found me,” follow us and do not run around!” “But you should pay some attention to natural beauty instead of just talking!” “ Natural beauty? It is dangerous here!” I wanted to say something more but gave up. I smiled and followed them, ringing the bell all along the road.
Several years later, I followed my curiosity and led by a rabbit to the wonderland.
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What a novel adaptation!The writer changed the core thought of Sleeping Beauty,making it more applicable for modern society and gain more depth than the original version.The story also integrated Sleeping Beauty into Alice in Wonderland,and let the new story of Sleeping Beauty enlighten Alice.That’s really innovative.
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Impressive! The old story is given a brand new spirit, especially when the diamond-like curiousity links the fate of Briar Rose and the adventure of Alice. The most fortunate thing is being able to keep the great enthusiam to explore undiscovered realms. Wish us a enchanting path in forest, with a castle always waiting ahead for us!
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Snow white
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But this queen died; and the king soon married another wife, who was very ambitious and good at playing power, but so proud that she could not bear to think that any one could surpass her. Soon the king died, and the queen wanted to take power and rule the whole kingdom on her own. There is no need to say that the biggest obstacle is her step-daughter, Snow-White. How the queen hoped that Snow White were just a dumb kid who was easy to control! But Snow-White grew more and more clever; and when she was seven years old, she was as intelligent as Einstein and smarter than the queen herself. Then the glass one day answered queen, when she went to consult it as usual—
“Thou, Queen, may’st wise and smart be, But Snow-White is more intelligent far than thee?”
When the queen heard this she turned pale with rage and anger; and calling to the hunter said, “Take Snow-White away into the wide wood and kill her, that I may never see her more.” Then the hunter led the little girl away; but his heart melted when she begged him to spare her life, and he said, “I will not hurt thee, thou clever child.” So he left her there alone; and though he thought it most likely that the wild beasts would tear her to pieces, he felt as if a great weight were taken off his heart when he had made up his mind not to kill her, but leave her to her fate.
However, Snow White pulled the hunter’s hand and said:” Don’t leave me alone. I’ll die in the woods. Can you teach me how to survive? I am a princess and I have never learned how to fight and hunt. But now everything has changed, the queen wants me die and take my throne. I hope that you can help me and we can took the throne back. I’ll be the queen and you will be my hand.” The hunter thought Snow-White was the rightful queen and she was wise enough to rule the kingdom well, so he agreed to help her.
Day by day, the hunter trained Snow-White very hard and she learned surprisingly fast. They found the seven lamps and called up all the fairies in the woods to form an army. They also formed an alliance with a neighboring country. Snow-White married the prince of that neighboring country. This political marriage made their union much stronger.
Finally, they started a war with the evil queen and triumphed. Snow-white took the throne back and executed the usurper. She made good use of her intelligence and governance ability, and ruled the kingdom very well. People worked and lived in peace.
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Huangminjie （黄敏洁）2019301050196
Overview of the original story:
A young prince, imprisoned in the form of a beast, can be freed only by true love. Only condition is if he can learn to love someone and earn their love in return, the curse will be lifted. Belle，a young bookworm，stumbles upon the castle and is taken prisoner by the Beast while rescuing her fatherAfter a period of time together and contact，Belle and the Beast fall in love with each other,which turns the Beast back to the young prince.
Adaptation:
（This adaptation is chosen because many Western fairy tales I have read describe that the heroine falls in love with a prince who is not a human being, but few princes fall in love with a princess who is not a human being. In my opinion, in today’s social perspective of equality between men and women, both men and women should accept the same test. Ha ha ha.）
Although he was very reluctant, the beast still thought that bell should not belong to his desolate castle, and he should let her go back to the colorful normal world outside, so he urged bell to go home. Belben was homesick. Though he was worried that the beast’s injury was not completely recovered, he decided to go home to see his father under the comfort and persuasion of the beast.
On the day of departure, the beast stood on the castle’s high platform and watched Bell’s carriage go away. His heart was aching. The surrounding scenery seemed to lose its color. The forest was dejected. The green faded and the gray shrouded the earth. The grass sighed silently and gradually withered. The earth was lonely. The rose wept quietly and the petals fell one by one, slowly losing their vitality But the beast did not regret it. He told himself in his heart: This is the best way to love her.
Bell came home, but she didn’t feel as well as she thought. She began to miss wild animals, every night she read her story, every dance she danced with her, every song she taught her to play. She worried that she would not eat well, sleep well, and change medicine for the wound She finally realized that she had fallen in love with the beast so completely that she could not stand the short separation and hoped to be with it forever.
“I really fell in love with it. It turns out that love is like this. I want to get back to it as soon as possible! ” She exclaimed.
Before the words were finished, she felt the sky was spinning, and in a twinkling she had come to a garden full of roses. However, the rose here is not beautiful and charming, but rather with a kind of evil spirit. The purple petals look more like the purple elves. In the middle of the purple rose was a witch with a magic wand in her hand, and she was staring at Bell.
“You’re the strangest woman I’ve ever seen in the world. When I turned him into a beast, I firmly believed that no woman would fall in love with an abominable beast with gross behavior. As a result, you broke the curse I imposed and made it human!” She said with a grudge on her face.
Before bell could respond, the witch was furious again
“No, in order to prove whether you really love each other or not, I will turn you into a swallow who can’t speak. If he can recognize you falling in love with you, it’s really my loss. I will really give you two freedom.”
As soon as the voice came to an end, the Witch and everything in front of her disappeared. Bell found that he had become light and floated in the air. Underneath was the castle of the beast. She went to the lake to see her reflection in the water, and found that the witch’s words had come true, and she really became a swallow! In fact, she was really puzzled and helpless at that moment. She also felt that the beast could not recognize herself. After all, the difference in appearance was too big, and she could not speak, but she soon recovered her mind. After all, she is such a smart girl. When she flew to the castle, she saw the handsome prince who had appeared countless times in her dream. He was sitting next to the rose with only one petal left, but he didn’t fall. His expression was so lonely and sad, because he finally changed back to human shape, but the world could not find the lovely and beautiful bell. His expression was so confused and unknown Why the last rose petal of Bai didn’t wither, why he recovered his human form, why bell disappeared suddenly
Bell saw the prince’s helplessness and loneliness, and completely forgot that she had become a swallow’s sadness and helplessness. She just wanted to get close to him, so she flew to his shoulder, wiped the tears on his cheek with her wings, and made a creaky voice to comfort him. She was greedy for his warm embrace, and even rubbed against his chest.
The prince felt the unspeakable and strange familiarity. He never thought that swallows could be so cute. He felt so much better under the comfort of swallows. “Maybe something else happened suddenly. Since I changed back to human shape, it means that the spell was lifted, she really loves me. She will come back if she loves me. All she needs to do is wait for her to come back ” The prince was talking to himself, but the swallow was moved to tears.
In the following days, the swallow and the prince are together. They welcome the early morning sunshine, watch the scenery outside the window, watch Bell’s favorite books in the castle, listen to Bell’s favorite songs and eat Bell’s favorite things The prince felt that the swallow and Baer were very similar, with their looks, personalities and hobbies. Apart from their figure and swallow, he was prepared to wait quietly until Baer came back. He did not care about the passage of time. He did not care about the transformation of the world outside the castle. He lived in his own world, and there was no Baer in the world, only the swallow.
So after a month, the prince dreamed at night that the swallow had become a beautiful bell in front of his eyes. He thought it was because he thought too much of bell that he thought the swallow was bell. But when the prince got up that day, he saw that the swallow was watching the last rose and cried silently. A strange thought appeared in his mind: “since he will be turned into a beast, why can bell not be turned into a swallow? They all like reading books, like roses, and never give up to me…”
When this idea appeared, he seemed to feel that the swallow in front of him was gradually transforming into an adult shape. He didn’t know whether it was his own illusion or not, but he could be sure of his own judgment. He didn’t want to worry about the illusion or anything. He believed that the swallow was bell. He was excited, trembling and approaching the swallow and kissing her lips. Then the miracle happened again. The swallow really turned into the beautiful bell. The rose behind him began to grow from the last petal.
The spring was bright and bell smiled brilliantly.
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⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Fabulous! This is a romantic story with a happy ending. The author has a good command of literary devices，and the language is really beautiful！
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ONLY strength can beat strength.That is true.HHHHHHH
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I see that the front part of your article is the same as the original, so you can use more theatrical and amusing ways to describe how intelligent the Snow-White is to make your story like a brand new work. And the “Einstein” is funny. Why not use more description like this?
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The Race Between The Tortoise And the Rabbit
A long time ago, the animal kingdom was in good order, and the relationship between the small animals was very good, and they got along very well. Among them, little tortoise and little rabbit were inseparable brothers. They went to school together in the morning facing the sun, and played together under the beautiful starry sky at night, all the year round.
Until one day, a beautiful sika deer came to the kingdom. It’s said that she comes from the Far East and has a very introverted personality, but she is friendly to others and always has a smile on her face, which makes the little animals in the whole kingdom fall in love with her.
Once, the sika deer met the little tortoise and the little rabbit who went to school together and smiled at them kindly. The little tortoise was ecstatic and showed off to the little rabbit: “see? She just smiled at me. ” The little rabbit laughed after listening: “you are so cute, my dear friend, she was smiling at me.” Then they began to argue. For the first time, the two good friends parted unhappily. Even after a few days, they would make up again, but they could not be as close as before. From then on, the rising sun is no longer full of hope and the starry sky is no longer beautiful.
Finally one day, the little rabbit said to the little tortoise, “we should not go on like this, we should compete fairly, only the winner can accept the sika deer’s smile.”. The little turtle nodded and said to his friend, “you decide what to compare.” Small rabbit has a plan in mind, smile: “See who is the faster one,and in order to show fairness, you decide the end.”. The little tortoise touched his head and said with a smile, “well, it depends on who gets home first.” Little rabbit is so happy. He knows his friend too well,and he believes that victory must belong to him. “Let’s get ready.” Said the little rabbit haughtily as he unbuttoned his coat. “How nice!” the Little Turtle was still shaking his head with a simple and honest smile.
In order to show fairness, they specially asked Uncle goat to be the referee and told him the rules. Uncle goat also laughed, laughing and shouting: “prepare – 3 – 2 – 1 run!” The little rabbit ran like an arrow, as if running to the girl. The little tortoise looked at the little rabbit flying out, shook his head with a mysterious smile.And he immediately shrank into the tortoise shell, and shouted: “I’m home,ha ha ~.” Little rabbit: “…”
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Fairy tale at the beginning, joke in the end. It is an adaptation of your style.
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The real princess
There was a prince long long ago, who wanted to marry a real princess.However,he went everywhere he could reach, there was no princess who fitted his standard.There were princesses who were good at sewing, who were lovely like sheep, who were beultiful and clever.But no one could make his heart beating fast.He was upset and dissapointted, back to his home.He knew long long before long long ago, there was a prince like him too, but that lucky prince had found the one he loved, named pea princess.
It was a rainy night like any storm night.Wind was howling and rain was pouring.Such a horrible night made everyone too afraid to sleep.In the silent home of the prince, there was suddenly a knocking at the door.The king opened the door, here came a girl who said herself a princess.She was wet from the top to the bottom of her body, like a poor helpless swan.Though she looked so beautiful and noble, but the couple couldn’t believe she was a princess.The queen said,”Since she asks us to give her a sheltter, I have a way to check if she is a real princess.”
They prepared 20 mattresses and 20 feather beds for the princess.But, what a pity, there was no pea under the mattresses.Seeing the comfotable bed they prepared for her, the princess was glad and appreciated.The next day when the princess woke up, the couple asked her how she felt during the sleep.
“Oh terribly badly!” said the princess.
“But there was no pea under the mattresses.”the queen said.
“On the contrary, it is too soft, it is far differrent from my bed!”The princess added,”I always recognize my bed, without which I can’t sleep well!”
“She is so sensitive that she is supposed to be a real princess.”The queen praised.
“But I can’t believe there is a princess who sleep on a hard bed!”said the king.
“Never mind.”The queen shook her head.”My son need one who can rely on him rather than a real princess.”
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ONLY strength can beat strength.That is true.HHHHHHH
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A tale of the fawn
Adapted from The little brother and sister
My dear mother died. My stepmother beat me and my brother every day, so Brother decided to wander forth into the wide world with me.
The next morning, Brother was so thirsty that he insisted on drinking it though I told him that whoever drank of the brook would become a fawn. It must be done by the wicked stepmother! But I would never forsake the fawn because he was my dear brother! So we travelled deeper and deeper into the forest and eventually, we decided to dwell in the wilderness.
One day, the King had a great hunt in the forest. Brother required to go to the hunt in the morning and returned at evening. But on the third day, he returned, wounded and washing off the blood. I was so afraid and wept very much but I still couldn’t prevent him leaving the next morning.
‘Let me in, dear Sister.’ I thought my fawn came back! However, a man who had a golden crown upon his head entered and asked me to be his wife. In order to look for shelter, I agreed. Meanwhile, I required the King to allow the Fawn remain with me.
Then I became the Queen and the Fawn was taken good care of. One day, when the King was out hunting, a chambermaid came into my room and laid me in the bath. I was weak and couldn’t stop her making up an immense fire in the stove and running off. Soon I was suffocated.
I realized it was my stepmother. And her jealous daughter replaced me. However, when I managed to appear in my husband’s dream, he recognized me. After punishing the wicked witch and her daughter, the Fawn was disenchanted. Then we lived happily together to the end of our days.
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