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J A M E S O N has a deep fascination for fairy tales. What would you find more difficult: a knitting nettles or staying silent? The last shirt was incomplete, causing one prince to have a permanent wing. Knitting eleven shirts out of nettles would be no easy feat. Once pricked, a person’s hands sting, itch, swell, and can even bear nasty rash. They are covered with tiny hairs that break off when touched, needling into skin. To see a story telling us that making sacrifices for our loved ones is important and worthy is rather gratifying. It’s rare to see a fairy tale with a moral about how we act towards others, unless it’s cautioning us to be wary. It challenges one to think about how far she would go to save the people she loves. All of those are important lessons to learn, but this story has a unique moral. Most fairy tales hold one about being a good and kind person or being careful in the woods or of strangers. The eleven brothers were princes, and each went to school with a star on his breast, and a sword by his side. What truly differentiates this story is the moral. The wild swans - Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Reading time for children: 43 min Far away in the land to which the swallows fly when it is winter, dwelt a king who had eleven sons, and on daughter, named Eliza. She can speak again, the king apologizes and proposes again, and everyone lives happily ever after. The six swans Once on a time a king was hunting in a great wood, and he pursued a wild animal so eagerly that none of his people could follow him. Elisa, who has never stopped knitting, hurriedly throws the shirts over the birds and breaks the curse. As she is being prepared to burn at the stake, her brothers arrive in bird form. She is put on trial and because she can’t speak to defend herself, she is found guilty of witchcraft. The king wants to marry her, but the Archbishop is convinced she is a witch.

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The wild swans fairy tale