What is a Fairy Tale?

What is a Fairy Tale? — page 1 — WHAT IS A FAIRY TALE What Is a Fairy Tale lairy tales are stories written for children They tell the story of a person having a difficult time but they almost always have a happy ending Fairy tales are full of wonderful characters from evil witches and unicorns to fairies and elves Storytellers based characters and settings for their fairy tales on places and people from their own culture D Fairy tales often have magical settings and

What is a Fairy Tale? — page 2 — WHAT IS A FAIRY TALE EAG Fairy tales were first told aloud They were passed down from one generation to another As the stories were told over time they changed Eventually fairy tales were written down Since then the stories have been rewritten many times Generation means people born at around the same time Most fairy tales were first told rather than written down so their original authors are

What is a Fairy Tale? — page 3 — WHAT IS A FAIRY TALE Why Are Fairy Tales Told very culture has its own fairy tales that people tell to their children and pass down the generations Fairy tales are told to entertain children and also to teach them the importance of characteristics such as love kindness and courage STORYTELLERS Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish storyteller He wrote many great fairy tales including The Princess and the Pea and The Little Match Girl The Little Match Girl is a story about a girl's dreams and hopes 6

What is a Fairy Tale? — page 4 — WHY ARE FAIRY TALES TOLD Many of the fairy tales we know today were collected and written down by two German brothers named Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm They are better known as the Brothers Grimm The brothers wanted people everywhere to be able to read their stories Fairy tales in their collection include Rapunzel The Frog Prince Snow White and Hansel and Gretel The Brothers Grimm

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