Fabulous Fairy Tales... With a Little Twist June 2004 |
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! |
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Audrey May 12, 2004 The True Story Of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs There once was a beautiful princess named Snow White. She lived in a beautiful castle with a beautiful house and a beautiful stepmother, the queen, me. If you think I am evil, think again. I was just trying to help my little pumpkin, Snow White. I loved her very much. I gave her a big beautiful room. The only part of me that is evil (not really) is that I hate dwarfs. Those little bodies with their big ears. Yuck! One day dear Snow White wanted to go blueberry picking. So I told her she could go. I asked my henchman, Hue, to watch over her. I gave her trail mix, a sweater to keep her warm, and a compass so she wouldn't get lost, and off they went. While she was picking the blueberries my henchman scared her off, ate her trail mix, took her compass, and dragged her sweater in the mud. My poor pumpkin was lost. Hue came in the castle and started cackling. "What is so funny," I asked. "Say good-bye to your pumpkin," he said. So I took his heart and he died. Snow White was in the dark, cold woods when she ran into a little cottage. No one was in the cottage so she decided to go in. "What a mess," she said. "I'd better clean this up." The poor girl was dusting and sweeping when she heard whistling and humming. She was very frightened so she ran upstairs and hid. The little dwarfs stopped right in their tracks when they got to the door. They've never seen anything so neat. So they went upstairs to see if their bedroom was neat also. Instead they saw Snow White! Uh, Oh! Snow White woke up just in time. "Oh I'm sorry but I'm lost and I ran into your little house," Snow White said. "You can stay but you have to keep the house clean," said the mean dwarfs. (Not all dwarfs are cute and chubby.) So Snow White dusted and swept cleaned and washed everything. She was getting very tired. The next day the dwarfs had to go out. "Don't open the door to anyone or else," said the dwarfs. "OK," said Snow White. Then off the dwarfs went without even saying goodbye or thanking her. Poor Snow White was by herself alone. So she decided to make some pie. Did I tell you she makes the best pies in the whole entire galaxy? Yum! "Mirror mirror on the wall, where is the fairest of them all," I said. The mirror said that Snow White was in a little cottage in the woods. Then I was full of joy. I took an apple, and off I went to the little cottage, to get my little poor Snow White. Bang! Bang! "Who's there?" asked Snow White. I told her it was I. But then the dwarfs came back so I fed them the apple and they all fell asleep. Did I mention I HATE dwarfs? Snow White was so happy we went home and we lived happily ever after. The End (P.S. That is the real story. Everyone wanted to spice it up when it got passed around because they thought it was boring.) |
Nicholas May 12, 2004 Crumpledstiltskin Hello I'm Crumpledstiltskin. You know the story of Rumpelstiltskin don't you? He's my cousin! Well as you know the poor girl has to make straw to gold blah, blah, blah, blah, blah right? That's the truth all right. But the same thing happened to me of course. The Story: I was walking past the straw room whistling as usual. Then I heard a noise. It sounded like a screech. I grabbed a broom and charged in like a one-man S.W.A.T. team. I saw only a pile of rags. But when I got closer I saw a girl telling me about her crisis. She wanted to be the prince's wife. But, the king was making her make straw to gold. I told her, "Back in my day I was the straw to gold winner 1,000,000 years in a row so I know how to do this. But, it'll cost you something. Those dirty rotten scoundrels gave me a mug! Ohhh I wanted those shoes so bad. They looked size 12, my size. So I said and I quote " I won the straw to gold contest one million times. Where were you?" unquote. So she got mad and said, "I'll give you ANYTHING for the straw to turn to gold." So I told her, "Guess my name AND give me your shoes." She said, "OK" and I turned all the straw to gold. She gave me her shoes. Now what about my name? She said, "Very short, well-dressed, smart, straw to gold winner 1,000,000 times in a row, aha you are... "NOOOOO!" I said what is it? She said quietly, "Crumpledstiltskin?!" I said, "yyyy eeee sssss." I started melting and melting... |
Emily May 12, 2004 Rumplstilskin? Once upon a time there was a very old king who believed in making everyone eat nothing but Brussels sprouts. One day the king died (of old age) and there was a new king who hated the Brussels sprouts. One day an old, poor farmer came up to the king and said, "My daughter can spin Brussels sprouts into make-up." The king thought that was an excellent thing so he took the man's daughter and told her, "Spin all the Brussels sprouts in this room into make-up! If you do I'll give you a very pretty necklace." He slammed the door. The girl wept. Then all of a sudden a little man appeared. He asked the girl, "Why are you crying?" She answered, "I'm crying because because I have to spin all the Brussels sprouts into make-up." The little man replied, "That's easy, watch." So he spun all the Brussels sprouts into make-up. He told the girl she owed him a pretty necklace. The next day the king saw all the make-up. He gave the girl an all diamond necklace, and he put her in a bigger room filled with a lot more Brussels sprouts. The girl wept. That night the little man appeared again. He made more Brussels sprouts into make-up. This time the girl owed him a front-row seat ticket to the new movie Freaky Friday. (He wanted always what the king would give the girl) but she agreed. The king put the girl in an even bigger room (the biggest). He said this was the last room. If she spun all the Brussels sprouts into make-up he would give her a wonderful earring set! So he put her in the room, she wept, and the little man appeared. The usual he spun all the Brussels sprouts into make-up. He said, "When you get a chance to go to your room that laptop is what you owe me." The girl only had one laptop that her mother had given her before she died. The girl never agreed, but the man went right to work (not knowing she didn't agree.) The king was so satisfied when he saw the room full of make-up that he gave the girl the earring set and told her that she could go home. The little man appeared that night. He said he had come for the laptop. The girl said, "But I never agreed to give it to you." The man told her he'd tell the king that he did all the work instead. "No, no," said the girl. The man replied, "You have three days to guess my name. If you get it right you can keep your laptop, if not I get it." The first day the girl guessed names like Rob, Bob, Joe, and Mo. And the second day she guessed names like Raphael, Leonardo, Dona Tello and even the weirdest names for a boy like Michelle, and Lillie. That night the girl went on the Internet, and read the story of Rumplstilskin. Now she knew the little man's name! The third day the girl asked the man if his name was Kyle, Jack, Chris, and then she said, "Is it Rumplstilskin?" The little man said no! The girl asked, "Then what IS your name?" The man replied "Max. Max Factor. Now I get the laptop!" The girl cried and wept, but the man still got the laptop. |
Kirsten May 12, 2004 The Three Weird Frogs And The Angry Wolf! Once upon a time there was an angry wolf named Wolf. Wolf needed some sunflower seeds so he could plant flowers. So the wolf went to his neighbor's house. His neighbor's house was made out of straw and a green frog lived in it. Wolf knocked on the door and said do you have any sunflower seeds? The frog said go home. When the frog said that steam was coming out of the wolf's nose. So the wolf snuffed, huffed, and blew the house down. The green frog died. The wolf didn't care though. Then the wolf went to his other neighbor's house. That house was made out of chalk and an enormous frog lived in it. The wolf knocked on the door and asked the frog do you have any sunflower seeds? The enormous frog said go home before I call the police. When the enoroumos frog said that steam and fire were coming out of wolf's mouth. The wolf snuffed, huffed, and blew the house down. The frog that was in it died. Wolf said I don't care. After the wolf blew the house down, he went to his other neighbor's house. That house was made out of pumpkins. A purple frog lived in that house too. Wolf got really mad and knocked on the door and said DO YOU HAVE ANY SUNFLOWER SEEDS? The purple frog said go home before I shove a pie in your face. When the frog said that wolf had almost screamed. When Wolf was about to scream he decided to snuff, huff, and blow the house down. After wolf did that he looked and saw the purple frog stuck in the ground. You know the wolf... He didn't care. After the wolf said that he heard police cars. When wolf turned his head he saw a lot of police and police cars. The wolf said UH, OH! The wolf got arrested and put in police jail forever. THE END |
Tyler May 12, 2004 The Three Little Dogs Once upon a time there were three little dogs. They each had their own houses. They were all happy dogs except for the fact they had to live next to the big bad evil wolf. They were all so afraid of the wolf that they even wanted to build houses that he couldn't get in to. That's how afraid they were. The first little dog made his house out of sticks and leaves. He wasn't the smartest. The second little dog made his house out of logs. He wasn't the smartest either. The third little dog made his house out of steel and brick. He was the smartest dog in the family. They all were always shaking because they thought the wolf would go to one of their houses. Then one day, the first dog who made his house out of sticks and leaves was visited by the wolf. The wolf said little dog, little dog, let me in. But the dog did not let him get in. Then the wolf rammed into the door and knocked it down. The dog went to his brother's house. The wolf went to that house and said, little dogs, little dogs, let me in. But they didn't. Then he rammed into the door and knocked it down too. The little dogs went to their biggest and smartest brother's house. The wolf went there too and said for the last time, little dogs, little dogs, let me in and they didn't. So he rammed into the door and nothing happened. The wolf kept trying and trying but nothing ever happened. The three little dogs were happy that they never saw the wolf again. But then one day they gave the wolf a nickname, and that name was Big Bad Baby Wolf. The wolf was always shaking like the dogs did and the wolf never wanted to show his face again. |
Victoria May 12, 2004 FairyElla Once upon a time there was a pretty little fairy named FairyElla. She lived with her father in a land far away. When FairyElla's fairymother died, her father married a normal wife. FairyElla's dad dressed himself as a plumber, so his wife would not notice he is a fairy. As for FairyElla, she dressed up like a junk girl. When her daddy was not home the stepmother told her to clean her clothes, do the laundry, and fetch her some diet Pepsi. But one day when FairyElla tried to escape from the house, the nasty stepmother pushed her out of the window. When she fell from the window she landed right on a handsome man who was a fairy dressed like a knight and his steed. When the handsome fairy prince saw FairyElla, he asked her to marry him. FairyElla said yes, and the king-to-be held a ball to celebrate their marriage. The prince invited everybody, all except FairyElla's stepmother. So everybody came and danced all night long. But when FairyElla bumped into the table of punch both the prince and FairyElla fell to the floor and their wings showed. Everyone gasped, then they laughed. Everyone confessed that they were fairies too. Then FairyElla and the prince got married. As for the stepmother, she entered a bowling contest and won last place. P.S. And they lived happily after, with a little girl. |
