Once Upon a Time

Do we still read or tell folk tales to our youngsters? They are important, you know. They are entertaining and they teach a lesson. I read them to my son and grandchildren. These were lap stories, a good time for the warmth of one to one togetherness. I read them to my kindergarteners too but since I couldn’t hold twenty-five little ones on my lap, they came to the story rug, sat cross-legged on said rug, and listened while I read. Remember, “Once Upon a Time” tales?

Just for fun, I’ve listed a few of those old favorites and given hints about each one. See if you can match the description to the correct story. (Possible answers are given below.)

Spinning straw into gold

Fabrication strangely elongates a certain facial feature

Inquisitive adolescent demolishes small chair and consumes food intended for a certain forest family

Damsel wearing colorful cape mistakes a savage animal for a family member

Distraught and overworked mother suggests it is time her three offspring find their own comfortable pads

Tired of asking her lazy friends to help, she decides if anything gets done, she must do it herself.

No longer wanted, these homeless animals band together and scare a gang of robbers into the middle of next week

These three adventuresome brothers dare to cross a bridge despite an ugly adversary and prove that courage wins

Answers: (not in the order of the hints) Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstilskin, The Bremen Town Musicians, The Little Red Hen, The Three Bears,  The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Three Little Pigs, Pinnochio