One in a Million

Did you know, there's actually a fairy tale that doesn't have a happy ending? I was sure surprised when I finished a story called The Godfather Death. Turns out the guy dies in the end, unmarried, and feeling cheated. He really shouldn't have felt cheated though because he DID disobey Death TWICE. I was half expecting him to trick Death and marry the princess like all the other fair tales, but it was not meant to be...and it was awesome! I'm noticing a lot of repeat stories in the book too, like Thumbling and the The Travels of Thumbling,which was basically the same tale (they even had the same name!) My favorite tale so far is the Golden Bird because I actually remembered all of it from when my music teacher told us the story in fourth grade (she was the best story teller ever!) I had actually heard of quite a few of these fairy tales though under different names i.e. The Little Elves and The White Snake. I'm not even halfway through the book yet...oh well this interesting, though they never seem to run out of beautiful princesses, weird kings, ugly step-mothers and their daughters, and a brave nobody who somehow becomes a king in the end. That's fairy tales for you ;)