Fabulous Fairy Tales... With a Little Twist
June 2003
         Our final writing project of the year involved the re-telling of a well-loved fairy tale... with a little twist. My class listened to The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The Stinky Cheeseman, The Princess and the Pea-ano, Dinorella, Cinderella Penguin, Sleeping Ugly, and many others. Children chose a fairy tale they loved, changed a story element or point of view, and added their own unique voices and subtle sense of humor. 
         Our final copies were published in actual book form. Each student created a picture book to take home. Choosing the fairy tales to be published on this page was a difficult process. It was so hard to choose just a few. My students clearly understood an author's purpose, and manipulated language and sentence structure in tremendously humorous ways.
         It has been my privilege to teach your children this year. I wish them every continued success!
Sarah                                                                                                                               May 15, 2003

Snoring Beauty

         Once in a land of wonderful fairytales there was a princess named Alyssa. She was married to a handsome prince named John. They were very, very happy. The couple is one of those rich people who do everything by themselves.
         The next day the prince went out to buy food and he bumped into a witch. She wasn't really one of those wand-waving people, just very, very nasty. The witch broke the princes' leg. He was hurt for way longer than 6 weeks... He didn't like the pain at all.
         When he recovered from his pain he went on a picnic with Alyssa and found a shiny, dark, coal-black pebble. He wished that he could have a better night's sleep.
         That night the only thing John heard was snoring from Alyssa. Then when John got annoyed he woke Alyssa up.
         He realized that the pebble did his wish, but did his wish backwards. So when he used the pebble, he said the opposite of what he wanted. John and Alyssa lived happily every after. And, John got all of his wishes!
Tim                                                                                                                   May 14, 2003

The Giant And The Beanstalk

         One time in a beautiful land there was a huge Giant that liked to plant things. "Stop the story!" yelled the 70's Dude. "Hey man, can you like help me find my peace shirt?" asked the 70's Dude. "NO!" said Tim the narrator. So anyway, The End. Just kidding! No, really let's get on with the story. One day his mother gave him money to get a car (trust me, that must have been a lot of money). But ...
         He spent it on a very, very, very expensive bean! After he bought the bean, he went home and planted it in his garden and went to sleep. The next morning he woke up and went to get the daily newspaper and ...
         "HOLY MACCARONI!" said Tim the narrator. There was a HUGE beanstalk! Nobody was awake in the town except him. So he decided to climb it. While the Giant was climbing, his mom was worried. When he reached the top there was a castle about the size of him. The Giant said, "I thought castles were bigger than this." He heard a little tiny voice. "GO AWAY!" said a little tiny man named Jack. The Giant spotted Jack running into the castle. When the Giant knocked on the door, it fell over. "Sorry, I will do anything if you don't sue me!" said the Giant. "Fine, you will have to be my door, FOREVER!" said Jack. "You got yourself a deal," said the Giant. Meanwhile his mom is still worried. Now it's really the end.

Brandon                                                                                                                          May 14, 2003

Rapper-Ella

         Once there was a rapper named Rapper-Ella. She lived in a sewer with all the mice. The mice hated Rapper-Ella because she would eat the mice! Each day nothing really special happened to Rapper-Ella, but one day she was invited to a rap off. That made the mice happy. When Rapper-Ella went to the rap off she dressed up in dirty but wearable clothes and she went to the rap off.
         It took Rapper-Ella 20 years to walk to the rap off. Rapper-Ella was 5000 years old! When she got to the rap off the battle was for old people now. The owner asked Rapper-Ella, "What year was it yesterday?" Rapper-Ella said, "1234." "NO, IT WAS 3005," said the owner. "You must leave now."  Rapper-Ella punched the owner in the head, kicked him in the shins, and stole all of his money. When she went back to the sewer her head and her legs fell off!
          When a car went by it ran over her body parts. Rapper-Ella would say, "Ouch, That Hurt a lot." The mice would say, "Ha, Ha." Rapper-Ella was sad. Then the mice turned into Rap-mice and threw Rapper-Ella out of the sewer. Rapper-Ella became a bum, with no head and no legs. She would ask for MONEY! Lots of money! She needed money for clothes, shoes, and a new face, so she could talk and eat. "So can I have MONEY? I need to have MONEY, money, money, money, money, money!" Rapper-Ella said money so long that they had to hire a new narrator. Finally Rapper-Ella got a Brazilian penny.
THE    END
Dylan C.                                                                                                                        May 14, 2003

Futurella And The Yo Yo Dogs

         Once, in the year 5000, there lived Futurella in a beautiful castle hovering in the soft blue air with a hovercraft. She lived with her dogs Yo Yo and Rap. They all liked listening to rap music you see. Futurella was the princess of a place called Rap Music Isle. Her butler John did nothing but walk up the blue walls and John would fall down. He did this for a long time. It drove Futurella crazy. So she got a new butler named Bill. He liked rap music too. He was helpful and honest.
         Futurella's dogs ran away. She was sad so she made posters that said: Whoever finds my dogs I will marry and name the rap prince. One day someone named Cool D. Bo found the little dogs but the dogs ran away. That day he went to the castle and asked Futurella why they ran away and she said that the dogs like me and are used to me.
         They went to where he saw the dogs and investigated to find the dogs. They couldn't find them so they kept looking. They found Yo's beautiful green collar. They thought they knew where he was. They went up Hip Hop Alley and they found Rap's cute green collar. Futurella knew exactly where they were. There were at their old owner's house. He was a grumpy old man, but kind.
         It was a very long way. They had to go up Musical Street, down Tune Place, and up Jazz Mount. Then they were there. They asked the owner if they could have the dogs back. He said no! They were begging and begging but he kept saying no. It made them cry blue tears. But right then the old man said if you go up Single Tune Mount and get me a tune feather I'll give you your dogs back. So they went up the mount and it started to rain tunes. It made them go to sleep.
         The next morning they continued to get going up the mount. A wild group of singing birds flew by. One of the birds dropped a tune feather. Futurella's butler Bill caught it and they slid down and gave it to the owner. The old man put it in his rare box and told Futurella he'll deliver it to her in her castle with a surprise. The next morning he went to her palace and gave her the dogs and a package.
         Inside there were fun toys and healthy food and rap music. Futurella and her dogs liked the toys, food, and rap music. They lived peacefully but not happily ever after ...
      

Dylan H.                                                                                                                                  May 14, 2003

The One Hungry Wolf

         Once in the future there lived a real little boy named Stan Ben Book. Stan lived in a very small house on a solid metal hill. The town was called Small Ill, probably because the town was small. The boy got home and opened a comic book. The title was The One Hungry Wolf.
         The story started. Once there was a little wolf and Billy Baxter was his name. There were three pigs down the hill. One lived in a house that was made of wood. The second Pig had a house made of bricks. The third pig lived in a steel house.
          So when the wolf was making soft blueberry muffins, a very little girl went to his door. The wolf heard a very loud knock on the door. It was Little Red Riding Hood. She was wondering if she could have some soft blueberry muffins for her grandma. So the wolf gave her half of the soft blueberry muffins. Then she left with a small bow. The wolf ate the rest of the soft blueberry muffins. He wanted more muffins or the ingredients to make the muffins.
         So he went down the hill and asked the first fat pig, "Could I have some muffin mix?" The first fat little pig said no, not by the hair of my beardy beard beard. So the wolf got mad and he huffed and he puffed and he burped the house down because he had the muffins before. He said I knew I should not have had that second helping. The fat pig was just lying there so he ate it.
         He went to the second house and said, "Can I have some muffin mix?" The little pig said not by the hair of my beardy beard beard. So the wolf got mad and he huffed and he puffed and he burped the house down because he had the pig. He said I knew I should not have had that fat pig. The fat pig was just lying there so he ate it.
         He went to the third pig's house and he said, "Could I have some muffin mix?" The pig said not by the hair of my beardy beard beard. So the wolf got mad and he huffed and he puffed and he burped the house down because he had that other pig.  He said I knew I should not have had that pig. The pig was just lying there so he just ate it.
         The police were behind the bush and saw the whole thing. They brought him down to the police station. He went to the humongous court and lost. The wolf was convicted and had to pay 5 million dollars and spend five years in jail.
         They thought it was true that the wolf would happen to eat every pig in town. It was just a theory that the newspaper was right. The wolf is still in jail howling very loudly.   

Jacqueline                                                                                                                    May 15, 2003

Goldie Locks And The 3 Little Bunnies

         Once there were three little bunnies named Larry, Harry, and Garry. Now Larry, Harry, and Garry were the nicest bunnies you would ever meet in your life. The boys were very down to earth and had the best sense of humor. They were very funny.
         But anyway, one day there was no food in the cabinets or the refrigerator. So the boys Larry and Harry found Garry in the cabinet snoring with a bag of potato chips on his stomach. "Hey what are you doing?" said Larry. "What are you doing?" said Harry. "I am a taking a nap," said Garry. "Yeah, sure," said Larry.
         That afternoon all the boys went to the supermarket and the last thing Larry and Harry said was, "Garry did you lock the door?" "Yep," said Garry and the boys went off. When the boys left Harry said, "Did you lock the door?" "Yes I did, I did," said Garry. "All rightie then," said Harry. Something happened while the three boys were out. When they came back nothing was in the house, no furniture or anything. It was horrible. What could the boys do? So Harry and Larry were mad at Garry, very mad. And Harry said, "I told you that I thought Garry didn't lock the door."
         Harry called the police. It was their good old friend Officer Mike. He was about two years older than the boys because he skipped seventh grade because he was so smart. I don't know what happened to him now. The boys think he acts like a 5 year old. Officer Mike came in and said, "A little robbery here ... AAAAAA?" "Yep," said Harry. "Because somebody didn't lock the door." "Hey, it isn't my fault that I didn't lock the door. I forgot." The Officer stayed for 3 hours and couldn't find anything and said, "The whole crew will come back tomorrow. Hopefully we will find some clues."
         The next day the whole crew came back and found 2 clues. The first one they found was a handkerchief, a red one, and a bitten apple with false teeth on the side. "How gross!" said Larry. "Disgusting!" said Harry. "Sorry," said Garry.  " That's OK. We will find the criminal. I promise."
         The next day the boys thought about who always has a hankie and false teeth. The boys thought maybe Miss McGregor's daughter Goldie Locks got into the house. Even though she looked like a sweet little girl, she wasn't really. The boys went upstairs, retraced the steps the policeman took, and saw something little and like a doll. Harry stepped on the doll and it ended up to be Miss McGregor's daughter Goldie Locks for sure.
         "Did you steal all our things?" Then Garry said, "Tell us! We have to know." She said yes, I did steal all your things. Goldie Locks went to jail for 10 years. The next day the three boys got the furniture back. The day after the house was in shape.  And Garry learned his lesson to always lock the door!!!!!!!
 

Alyssa                                                                                                                              May 14, 2003

Scrumplestiltskin
(A Rumpelstiltskin Pig Story)

I can see into the future you see
                             What Year Do you want to look up                                          
Let's see in 4003
Here is the story
So listen with glory

I am Scrumplestiltskin
Fraid' I am the angry lil' guy
Who hates the daughter pig of that miller guy
I hate, hate, hate her for guessing my name
Just so she could keep her silly lil' baby pig

I could of stolen that baby pig
It that darn old gal hadn't stopped me
I can't believe you guys have only heard her side of the story
And of course you have NOT HEARD mine

                                         Here is how I had a whole lot of very, very dumb luck                                                     
Her lil' old pig father so mighty, yet so poor
Bragged to the King my daughter can spin silk into gold
Yep that sure is right
NOT, NOT, NOT


I can and she definitely CANNOT
She gave me all of this for three little rooms of silk
                            To spin into gold                                        
Her weird little purse, a necklace, and.. I prompted Since there was three rooms so she had to give me
Three little things
I have nothing else
What ever so slowly
When she married the prince I said

You must, Must, must promise me your
Very first baby
Okay she said very, very slowly

When her baby pig was one month old
                                      I said                                                   
If you cannot tell me my name by the end of today
I will take your big baby away
Well!!!!!!
What a surprise she sent a servant to follow
Me home so I just had to scream

No one can guess
My name
Because it is
Scumplestiltskin
And if they
Do
Which I doubt
They will
Get a big fat baby pig
FOR
LUNCH

HA!

HA!

HA!

The servant scattered away and told
The Queen Pig to get together a list
Of names and to be sure
To have
Scrumplstiltskin
On it

What!!!!!! She screamed
What kind of a name is
SCUMPLESTILTSKIN


I don't know but that is
What the little guy said
Well go ahead write the list
The Queen said
Here it is said the
Servant an hour later

Then the Queen pig read off
Bob, Bill, etc., etc., etc,
Then she yelled
Scumplestiltskin
And all of a sudden
I appeared
And I screamed
How Do You Know
How Do You Know
How Do You Know


Then I died on the set
And the Royal Pig Family lived happily ever
After
While I lived unhappily ever after
Phooey, Phooey, Phooey, Foohey, Foohey, Foohey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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