Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Fairytales

All this hype about Shrek 3 and the fairytale characters that appear in it got me thinking about the fairytales i used to love to read when I was small. What I used to love about these stories were the princesses. Some of them are given below:











Sleeping Beauty

This is my all time favourite fairytale. It's so romantic and has so many different scenes in it.
Eg.
  • * The christening and the gifts bestowed upon the baby Aurora by the fairies
    * The time spent away from the castle
  • * The pricking of the finger on the spindle
  • * Enter the prince and the fight to get to Sleeping Beauty
  • * The Kiss (ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!) and the awakening.

Snow White

Loved the 7 dwarfs.
1. Doc
2. Happy
3. Sleepy
4. Bashful
5. Dopey
6. Sneezy
7. Grumpy (My favourite!)


Cinderella
Not one of my favourites (too much housework involved!!!) ;)
















The Little Mermaid

This one is tooooooooooooo sad for me. I don't like it much because the prince chooses another girl over Ariel. Plus it has a lot of pain in it if I recall correctly (doesn't her feet hurt after she turns into a human?)














Aladdin
Beauty & the Beast




As usual, my thoughts are greatly influenced by various articles of Shrek 3. Click here to find out which article made me write this post. ;)
Let me know which characters and stories are your favourites!

1 comment:

Prabath said...

There was a short story in the Grade 8 or 9 Sinhala book called 'Lama Mahalla' - it's a story by Anton Chekhov translated into Sinahalese - better you read it :) - just kidding :)