Fabulous Fairy Tales... With a Little Twist
June 2002
         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, and many others. We chose a fairy tale we loved, changed a story element or point of view, and added our own unique voice and subtle sense of humor. 
         Choosing the fairy tales to be published on this page was an agonizing process. It was so difficult to choose just a few. I was in awe of what all of my students created. They 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 next year!
Rachel                                                                                           May 9, 2002

Rachelella

          Once upon a time, about a month and two days ago, there was a very, very, very pretty princess who lived in a gigantic castle. She lived with two very, very, mean step-sisters and a very, very, mean step-mother and they always made Rachelella work and they didn't even pay her. Can you believe it!!?!! One day the handsomest prince in all of the land invited all the people in the land to come to his ball.           
      Of course if you were girl, you would want to go to the ball. Right? So they went to the ball and they left poor Rachelella home alone to do the dishes, wash the clothes, and make the beds. Of course, all mean step-sisters and step-mothers would not give their sister a bed. Instead they gave Rachelella a cold shelf in the cellar to sleep on with no pillow or blanket. And sure enough she slept there every day of her life and now she is 25 and compared to her puppy Brownie, that's old!!!
      About a half an hour after the step-sisters and step-mother left, a Fairy Sandwich Father came and said, "Does Snow White live here?" And Rachelella said no you're in the wrong fairy tale. This is Rachelella. Try looking on page two hundred fifty seven. Maybe you'll find Snow White there.
      About a half an hour after Fairy Sandwich Father left another fairy came named Fairy Cinnamon Roll. She asked if Rachelella lived here and if she did live here if she was available. Rachelella saw Fairy Cinnamon Roll and she fainted because she thought she saw a ghost.
      When Rachelella woke up she fainted again because she thought she saw the same ghost again. That went on for hours and hours. The seventy-seventh time when Rachelella woke up Fairy Cinnamon Roll wasn't there. Rachelella's step-sisters and step-mother were there and they just made Rachelella finish working and do the dishes.

The End
 

Joseph                                                                                          May 9, 2002

The Gingerbread Man That Got Half Eaten

          Once upon a time a little old woman baked a gingerbread cookie but the gingerbread cookie was really the gingerbread man. The gingerbread man ran away. The little old women tried to catch the gingerbread man. The little old woman could not catch the gingerbread man. The gingerbread man ran outside and the old man tried to catch the gingerbread man too. The old man could not catch the gingerbread man either.
          The gingerbread man came to a cow. The gingerbread man said the little old woman could not catch me, the old man could not catch me, then you can't catch me. The cow said oh really? Yep you can't catch me. Do you know what the cow did? The cow bit off one of the gingerbread's legs.
      The gingerbread man ran and came to a goose. The goose had its babies with her. The goose tried to catch the one-legged gingerbread man. The gingerbread man got away but the he noticed that the goose bit off one of his arms. The gingerbread man saw a lake. He knew that cookies couldn't swim.
          Then he saw a red-tailed fox. The red-tailed fox saw the gingerbread man. The red-tailed fox offered the gingerbread man a ride across the lake. The gingerbread man took the honor.
          The gingerbread man climbed on the back of the red-tailed fox. The fox bit off the other arm. The gingerbread man was very, very mad. The red-tailed fox was only a baby fox so instead of the fox eating him the gingerbread man ate the fox. Isn't that silly or what!!!!!!!


Allyson                                                                                         May 9, 2002

Moldilocks and the Three Pears

          Once upon a time, a while ago, there was a girl named Moldilocks and she was a very mysterious girl. One night she wandered off from who knows what. She was running in the woods and she did not have a flashlight. When she was running, she stumbled on a root and all of a sudden she heard something talking. She zoomed to the nearest house. Now probably everyone knows that nobody was home, but there was. The person that was in the house was old and hairy. When Moldilocks knocked on the door, the door just creaked open.
          Molidlocks went inside. She saw nobody was home. She said, "OK." Ha ha, fooled you! Well anyway inside she saw three pears. She picked them up and the pears started talking to her. Moldilocks was so afraid she didn't know what to do. Moldilocks tried to find a phone. She did but it wasn't working. She smacked her head really hard and said, "Duh we don't have electricity yet." Moldilocks stood there and screamed. The pears tried to cover their ears but they don't have any ears! One of the pears yelled over the screaming, " STOP IT!" She screamed louder and louder and louder and louder, then thank goodness, she stopped. Moldilocks said, "Who are you?" She was shaking. The pears said altogether, "We're the three pears. Da da du du dum!" Moldilocks said, "OK?!"
          Moldilocks was good friends with the three pears. She was thinking about eating one a day, but she didn't. She always sat in her chair and talked to them. One day she was thinking about going home, so she did and she took the pears with her.  
The End!!
Josh                                                                                                 May 9, 2002

Rumple Steel Skin

          There was a demon that had steel skin and could jump high in the air. He loved kids but his brother Rumple Hard Head didn't. His brother made him do work. It was easy for him since he could jump high. One night in September there was news about a Halloween party on October 1st. It also said the winner of the dance contest would win the demon's hand in marriage. His brother Hard Head said I should go because the most ugly demon was there.
      "What about me?" said Rumple Steel Skin. "You're not going because you're not ugly," his brother said.  His brother went to the party. He had ladyfingers. His brother Steel Skin caught a fairy. The fairy said you have one wish. He wished to be ugly. Poof  poof! He went to the party and he won the dance contest. He dated for a while and got married.      
The end.              

Kristin                                                                                           May 9, 2002

The Three Little Chipmunks and The Big Bad Weasel

          Once upon a long time ago... wait a minute that's the wrong story. Now who changed the script I wrote? Who changed it? Whoever did it is in curious trouble! He, He, He said the Big Bad Weasel. Now let's start this story. Once upon a time there were three chipmunks that loved to play down by the abandoned barn. They were having a huge problem because a weasel was trying to eat them.
          So, they decided that they should build themselves houses. The first chipmunk built a house out of tall grass. But, it keep collapsing on her so, she decided that she would move in with her other sister who was building her house of pebbles. That seemed to be nice and sturdy. The other chipmunk, their brother, was building his house out of little pieces of bricks.
          One day while the chipmunks were playing catch the berry, the Big Bad Weasel came and tried to eat the chipmunks. First, he went after the brother of the two sisters. But, as it turns out the Big Bad Weasel gets to have the chipmunk. Hey, said the narrator I didn't write that " He, He, He!" said the weasel. Well, actually the chipmunk didn't get eaten, thank goodness. The Big Bad Weasel also tried to get the two girl chipmunks, but he didn't succeed. So, there you have it. That's the story of The Three Little Chipmunks and the Big Bad Weasel.
THE END
Jeana                                                                                           May 9, 2002

Goldilocks and the Three Ugly Pigs

      Once upon ago there lived a girl named Goldilocks. She ran from a fire. It was 100,000 miles away. Goldilocks was not smart at all! Goldilocks saw this cute house. So Goldilocks went in the house that belonged to the ugly pigs. She didn't know that it was the pig's house. She was lucky the pigs went to find ugly rocks, like them.
      Goldilocks was very hungry. She saw some mud on the table. She thought it was porridge. She tried the first one. It was too hot. The second one was too cold. The third one was not hot or cold. So the porridge was just right. She did not know it wasn't porridge. She ate the mud.
      Then she wanted to watch TV. She needed to sit in the mud chair. But the first chair was too muddy. The second one was just a little muddy. So the last one was dirty with chips on the chair. Then she got sleepy. She did watch TV and then she went upstairs. She found a soft bed. The first one was too squeezy. The second one was too hard.  The third one was just great.
     Then the door slammed. It was the three little ugly pigs. She knew that it was the three little ugly pigs because she heard a noise. So she jumped out the window, and the three little ugly pigs lived happily ever after. But I don't know about Goldilocks...
The End
Victoria                                                                                         May 9, 2002

The Rotten Salad Man

          There once was a little old lady and a little old man. They were very lonely. So one day, the little old lady made a man out of rotten salad. When the kitchen timer rang, the little old lady opened the oven door and the rotten salad man came to life!
          The little old lady said, " What's that stinky smell? " Then the little old lady fainted. The little old man came into the room to see what was all the ruckus. Then he said, " Where's my salad?" Then he fainted too. The rotten salad man said, "Run, run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the rotten salad man!"
          Then the rotten salad man ran to a cow. The cow said, "What's that disgusting smell?" Then the cow fainted. The rotten salad man said, " Run, run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the rotten salad man!" The rotten salad man ran and ran until he met some school kids. They were playing a tag game. When the rotten salad man came close the kids fainted immediately! The rotten salad man was sad. He said to himself, "No one wants to come near me because I'm so stinky. I'll jump in the river." He did.
The End?

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