Have you ever wondered how stars came to join the Moon to create the amazing night sky?
No, this is not a fairy tale silly. What you are about to read is a story based on true fact.
The story begins a long time ago, in an age when people did all their work and play by day.
Unbelievably, everyone (except for naughty little children) prepared for bed as soon as the
Sun disappeared below the horizon. During this time in a land far, far away, lived a little girl
named Polly. She was the perfect daughter every mother wished to have. She made her bed
every morning, never spoke with her mouth full and always dotted her “i’s” and crossed her
“t’s”. Polly wore a beautiful necklace given to her by her slightly eccentric grandmother who
claimed to “know things”. When she asked her mother what Granny knew, her mother would
say she knew “a load of hogwash”. Polly did not like the necklace much, but wore it because
it was the polite thing to do with a gift. It was beaded with thousands of sparkling diamonds,
yet strangely, did not weight a thing.
On one fine, sunny morning, Polly’s teacher gave out a strange assignment at school.
“I would like everyone to draw a picture of the Moon and hand it in on Wedesday,” whispered
Ms. V (for she was recovering from a throat inflammation). “Please ask for your parents’
permissions to stay out after sun down.”
Most of the class snickered. No one actually listened to those stupid adult rules! Who had
never snuck out at night? But Polly had not because she was a good girl who made her bed
every morning, never spoke with her mouth full and always dotted her “i’s” and crossed her
“t’s”. Which was why she had never seen the Moon. That night...
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...dden transformation was also visible physically. She had
acquired a new glow (it is uncertain whether from her new personality or the reflection of the
sparkling diamonds) and emmited a beauty not even the Sun could deny.
“Why thank you dear Polly!” smiled the Moon, pleased but not overly smug.
“How do you know my name?”
“You’ve written it on your sketch pad,” replied the Moon with a grin. “I just didn’t notice it
before.”
From that day on, the Sun and the Moon lived in peace and harmony with occasional
picnics and road trips to neighbouring galaxies after the earth people had gone to bed. Now
everyone, children AND adults went out at night to enjoy the beautiful, glittering sky.
That is how stars joined the Moon. There were no dragons, witches or princesses locked up
in towers so, technically, this is a true and factual story.
Mrs. Duboes. From all of these, she learns to look at the individuality of the others!
Although this story is told in the third person, the reader’s eyes are strictly controlled by the meddling, ever-involved grandmother. She is never given a name; she is just a generic grandmother; she could belong to anyone. O’Connor portrays her as simply annoying, a thorn in her son’s side. As the little girl June Star rudely puts it, “She has to go everywhere we go. She wouldn’t stay at home to be queen for a day” (117-118). As June Star demonstrates, the family treats the grandmother with great reproach. Even as she is driving them all crazy with her constant comments and old-fashioned attitude, the reader is made to feel sorry for her. It is this constant stream of confliction that keeps the story boiling, and eventually overflows into the shocking conclusion. Of course the grandmother meant no harm, but who can help but to blame her? O’Connor puts her readers into a fit of rage as “the horrible thought” comes to the grandmother, “that the house she had remembered so vividly was not in Georgia but in Tennessee” (125).
The grandmother is a humorous character because during the trip, "[She] took cat naps and woke up every few minutes with her own snoring." Later, she recalled an old plantation she once visited. She then over exaggerates the plantation story and say 's "There was a secret panel in this house" ( O 'Connor 714) knowingly she wasn 't telling the truth. And of course, the grandchildren whined desperately and the family drove off to see the house with a secret
in the advanced placement class for its universal message, not for its profanity, but they gave parents the right to decide whether or not their
A fairytale is a fictional fantasy fable that passes through generations of children as source of interest to them. Though used for the intent of entertainment, fairytales often indirectly advocate a moral or message to readers (whom are usually children), in hopes that they will grow up to apply these ethics and lead a righteous life. This criteria, however, often originates from the occurrence of a magical transformation; it is this paranormality that introduces the characters of the story to a side of life far from what they have grown to know and learn to adapt to the dramatic amend in their life. This is evident in the characters in world-renowned tales such as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast.
Fairy tales are good. Santa Claus and Snow White are good. On the other hand, many stories we consider to be of cultural value are not good. If we treat them like fairy tales – fine! If we try to find a hidden message or a deeper sense – a waste of time!
While researching fairy tales I came across an article titled “Fairy Tales and Fables”. As I
about it day after day and letting to fester, she makes it outward. At the
tells the tale of the sun and the moon and how these two heavenly bodies
"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten," Says Neil Gainman, author of the book Coraline. Fairy tales date back thousands of years. Fairy tales started out as oral traditions and later were written on paper and made into story books. Fairy tales open up and take children's imaginations to a place where they can learn how to deal with real problems while being enchanted.
Bottigheimer Ruth B. Fairytales Folk Narrative Research and History “Social History” JSTOR 14, 3 (1989). 343-357, Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
Actually, this isn’t even a fairytale, I just thought the once upon a time part made for a good beginning. This is more of a realistic- fiction, but call it what you want.
Fairy tales have been a part of our lives for as long we can remember and they have long lasting repercussions. These stories go as far back as the early 1600's when the stories of sleeping beauty began to surface ("Sleeping Beauty") As always the dominate theme in these tall tales is love. Nothing could make a story more interesting than a love affair between a knight and a fair maiden. Through the centuries, the art of telling stories has captivated listeners and readers as they developed and grew. The more you heard the more intrigued you became and by the end the story tell would have you sitting on the edge of your seat ready to jump up and scream at the exciting finale to come. Whether these legends ever actually happened or not doesn't even matter if it entertains you. Telling stories is a purely recreational act but it might have heavier consequences on our relationships in life that we never expected.
Normally, when one was a child, our parents would tell us fairy tales as bed time stories, or to simply entertain us. This is a worldwide tradition in which every parent tells their child the stories they were told when they were little, or new stories. There are infinite stories to be told as well as infinite stories that have already been written or told. The stories told by our parents have influenced us and still influence us in our beliefs and values today. Throughout our childhood, we have been told many stories that teach us to be brave and courageous, respect others, love ourselves and others, to obey orders, and even to help and
Many fairy tales are filled with things such as knights and princesses. They are written to make children feel safe and happy. Little known to many people fairy tales take on a deeper and darker meaning. Many fairy tales are just watered-down versions of tragic things that have happened in history. Many fairy tales have scary origins. Some may talk about rape, cannibalism, incest, and torture. Some may think that children cannot handle the truth of these events. Therefore they write fairy tales to numb the pain that may have had to deal