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Week 27: Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ’em all over everything

Jul 19, 2020 12:10

A FAIRY STORY“. . . and the Giant’s ring fell to earth, where it can still be found today if you know where to look. Sweet dreams,” said the storyteller. Just as Amy fell asleep, he touched her forehead and whispered a spell in her ear, then left her bedroom ( Read more... )

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flipflop_diva July 23 2020, 20:34:57 UTC

I would totally pay money for a fairy storyteller to come to our house so Ellie would sleep through the night and not wake us up at 2am every morning! That sounds like an amazing deal!

This was a super cute story. It's good to know where our storybook characters come from and where they go. Though I do feel bad for the sleeping ones :(

rayaso July 23 2020, 23:17:01 UTC

Thank you! I remember the sleepless nights when our children were little, and I also remember reading them stories, which are some of my fondest memories.

halfshellvenus July 23 2020, 22:15:05 UTC

Oh, I loved this!

The bridge troll, the horrifying idea of "The Girl Without Hands" as a bedtime story, Baba Yaga's cameos, The Three Princesses of Whiteland (I had no idea that was a real story), cleaning costumes with sand (that explains the itch)...

“Where’s your Disney smile?”
Hahahaha! It sounds like a lot of pressure, doesn't it? Plus, people wanting to touch his wings all the time... yick!

I liked the detail about forgetting to shave absolutely ALL the exposed areas, and the shoes that (of course) didn't fit. And the reappearance of the dangerously beguiling sledgehammer. Though I'm not sure Kzll deserved that job! ;)

And of course, the snarky footnote. :D

ETA: Hold on. "The Girl Without Hands" is an actual Brothers Grimm story? Yikes!!

rayaso July 23 2020, 23:24:19 UTC

I'm so glad you enjoyed this. I had a lot of fun writing it, as you know. I feel like the sledge hammer should have its own story. Kzll didn't deserve that job -- it was punishment for listening to the sledge hammer. He still got to do trollish things, like putting sand in costumes. But he had a happy ending. I wanted a truly bad bedtime story, so I googled something like "darkest fairy tales" and "The Girl Without Hands" popped up. It had the perfect title and it really is a disturbing story.