Perrault’s Fairy Tales I read:-The Master Cat or Puss In Boots
-The Fairies
-Little Red Riding Hood
-Cinderella
Book Summary: The Fairies
Author: Charles Perrault
Publishing: New York, Dover Publication
Genre: Fairy Tales
Reading Level: Varies
Summary: This fairy tale was about two daughters, one being really ugly, looking like her mother, and one being really pretty, looking like her father. The mother did not like the pretty daughter and so she made her work and clean. One day the pretty daughter went to get some water and what appeared to be an old woman came up to the daughter and asked her for a drink. The daughter was very polite and gave her drink, then the old woman (who was actually a fairy) granted upon her a gift that whenever she spoke, precious stones and flowers would come from her mouth. When the mother saw what was happening when the daughter spoke, she wanted the same thing for her ugly, ill-mannered daughter, so she inquired the pretty daughter what she did to get this gift. The ugly daughter then went to the well and a beautiful lady (actually a fairy) asked her for a drink. The ugly daughter denied her a drink because she was expecting a poor old woman. The fairy then granted upon the ugly daughter a curse of having snakes and toads drop from her mouth when she spoke. The mother found out what happened and she drove the pretty daughter out of the house. The pretty daughter found a handsome prince and lived happily ever after while the ugly daughter was never able to find anyone who would take her in, so she lay down in the forest and died.
My Reaction to the Book: I quite enjoyed this story because it was just kind of a change up of the normal fairy tales. I liked that the beautiful daughter was kind and got what she deserved and at the same time the ugly daughter was mean and got what she deserved too. It also has a good moral of always speaking good, kind words.
Potential Problems: There would probably be a problem with the mother not loving her pretty daughter. Also at the end when the ugly daughter dies.
Recommendations: I think I would recommend this fairy tale to anyone because it was a good story and it just had a good moral too it.
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