Story Lab week 15: Six Word Stories/ Microfiction

     

Henry Mills, The New Author

Henry Mills sat in his room thinking over how he had just become the Author, keeper, and teller of all stories. He couldn't believe it. Of course, he came from a fairy-tale family, but he never thought he would have any magical abilities or anything. He trembled a bit as he felt the weight of the responsibility. He then wondered how he could use his newfound power for good. He thought and then was reminded of all the reformed fairy tale villains. Henry smiled softly to himself. He picked up his magic quill and ink and got to work writing.  

 

Henry's story book. (Source: Fandom Wiki )

  Once Upon a Time: Beginning and Ending

It begins and ends with hope. 

A/N: So this is my last post of the semester! I've been wanting to do a microfiction and six-word story post since I did the story lab option for it and I thought it would be a good way to wrap everything up. Also, since I am a fan of Once Upon a Time and twisted tales, I thought I would base it off of that. I don't know if I am technically allowed to do this, but I am hoping it's allowed. If you haven't seen the show you should totally go watch it! I really liked doing this activity because it made me really think about what I wanted to write. It really made me dig deep and think about it. I've always been one to use a lot of words, so this post has helped me see I can be more concise about my writing and still come across with lots of meaning. 

 

Reading Notes Week 15 Grimm (Librivox): Part B

 Grimm Notes

Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses illustration. (Source: Fandom Wiki )

The Queen Bee

-2 princes went out into the world to seek fortunes

-had a brother who was "a little insignificant dwarf"

-he tried to find his brothers but they laughed at him

-the older brothers though he wasnt capable because they werent 

-came across an ant hill the elder bros wanted to knock down but the younger wouldnt let them 

-"Let the poor things enjoy themselves," repetitive 

-came across ducks the elders wanted to kill but younger said no

-came across a bee hive with honey and dwarf stopped brothers from huritng the bees

-came to enchanted marble castle

-eldest brother first challenge with pearls

-turned to stone b/c he failed

-next brother failed too

-dwarf was last to try

-dwarf sat on a rock and cried because the job was so hard. 

-King of ants (who he had rescued) heard and helped him find them

-the second challenge was to gte a key from a lake

-the ducks helped

-the last to choose the best princess

-queen bee helped to pick the right one

-enchantment was broken

The 12 Huntsmen

-kings son had a bride he loved

-king sent for him because he was dying

-told his bride he would return and gave her a ring

-made a promise to his father to marry a different princess

-she cried and her father asked her what she wanted

-she wanted 12 other girls just like her

-she had costumes made for all

-went to court of the prince and asked to be hsi hunstmen and he said yes

-kings pet lion told him the truth

-king put hunstmen to the test

-truth revealed and lion believed again

Jorinda and Jorindel 

-old castle in a gloomy wood

-old fairy

-fairy had the power to shape shift into animals except at night she was always an old woman again

-any men that came near her castle were sent away, women she turned into birds and kept

-beautiful purple flower with a pearl in it 

-the flower disenchanted everything and turned Jorinda inot a maiden again

-"They lived happily ever after"

The Fox and The Horse

-a farmers horse too old for work

-horse was "very melancholy"

-farmer said he had to have the strength of a lion

-fox said he would help him

-fox helped him catch a lion and bring him to the farmer

-farmer ket him stay

The 12 Dancing Princesses

-king had 12 daughters who all shared one room with 12 beds

-even though they were locked up, their shoes were always worn through the next day as if they had been dancing all night

-king put it to a challenge to find out  how

-if a man could figure it out in three days and three nights he could marry one of the girls he chose and become king, but if not was put tot death

-an old soldier

-old dame warned not to drink wine and gave him an old cloak

-youngest knew something was wrong but eldest made fun of her for it 

-went through a trap door in the floor

-12 princes in 12 little boats

-soldier married the eldest

The Turnip

-2 soldiers who were brothers, one poor, and one rich

-poor soldier became a gardener

-grew a huge turnip and thought to give it to the king

-kign rewarded him and made him richer than his brother

-the brother got jealous and was determined to become rich too and got the king a gift of gold and horses

-hired villians to kill his brother

-got tied up in a sack and tricked a student to let him down

The Willow-Wren and The Bear

-Willow-wren- "King of Birds"

-talking animals

-bear saw nest of willow-wrens and thougth the children disreputable

-king and queen said they would punish the bear with a bloody war

-fox leading floor legged animals'-willow-wrens all flying insects and animals

-Willow-wrens won but children said the bear had to come and apologize to them

Bibliography and Sources

sources come from the Grimms' Fairy Tale sbook published by the Project Gutenburg
website- Project Gutenburg

Reading Notes Week 15 Grimm (Librivox): Part A

 Grimm Reading Notes 

Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959). (Source: Tumblr )

The Frog Prince

-young princess in bonnet and clogs (German?)

-golden ball was her favorite plaything 

-lost the ball in the spring when playing with it 

-a frog offers to help in exchange for the princess' love and letting him live with her and eat from her plate and sleep in her bed

-princess thought to trick the frog 

-when the frog got the ball for her she ran home and did not stay to listen to the frog 

-"Open the door, my princess dear, Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade."

-after three nights the frog turned into a prince 

-princess married the prince and they lived happily ever after

Rapunzel

-a man and a woman prayed to God for a child 

-had a window that looked into the enchantress' garden  

-the woman craved the rampion (rapunzel) in the garden 

-she started to look sick because she craved it so much

-her husband went to get it not caring about the consequences

-the wife then wanted 3 times more 

-the enchantress showed mercy as long as they gave her the baby

-Ell- measurement of cloth, usually as long as a persons arm

-Rapunzel locked into a tower at age 12 

-prince climbed up her hair and talked to her like a friend 

-enchantress cut off her braids and abandoned her in the desert

-prince jumped out the window and lived, but was blinded by thorns and wandered around the forest

-found Rapunzel with the twins she had given birth too and when she cried over him, two of her tears healed his eyes

The Straw, The Coal, and The Bean

-a poor old woman was cooking a dish of beans 

- a bean fell out near a piece of straw and coal

-all three reflected on what would have happened to them and decided to stick together 

-when they left they came to a small brook

-the straw offered to lean across it and make a bridge

-the coal went across first, but got scared in the middle and stopped

-the straw burned and broke into two pieces and fell into the brook and so did the coal where it died

-the bean laughed so much it burst, a tailor saw and took pity and sewed her back together and used black thread

-since then every bean has had a black seam 

The Mouse, The Bird, and The Sausage 

-starts with "Once upon a time"

-all three set up house together

-"When people are too well off, they always begin to long for something new."

-bird refused to do his part

-dog ate the sausage 

-mouse burned up in the pot

-bird drowneed in water

- a lesson to learn 

The Musicians 

-an old donkey ran away from his owner so that he wouldnt be killed and wants to be a musician 

-saw a dog and asked the dog to join him and he did 

-they cam across a cat and aksed her to come with

-found a rooster and invited him to come along with them 

-saw a house far off while travelling and went there to try to find shelter and food 

-scared robbers out of house with "music"

Clever Elsie 

-parents wanted to get her married to a man named Hans

-Hans said if she wasnt really smart he didnt want her for a wife

-cried over if she married Hans, had a child, and he had to draw beer that the pick axe may fall on him and kill him

-Hans found her clever and took her as his wife

Briar Rose 

-sleeping beauty story

-"Once upon a time"

-king and queen were grieved that they had no children 

-Queen helped a litttle fish from dying and the fish granted her wosh for a daughter

-had a party to celebrate the child

-but when inviting the thirteen fairies, they only had 12 plates, so left one out

-13th fairy cursed the girl to pirck her finger on a spindle when she was 15 and die

-the 12th fairy softened the curse by saying she wouldnt die but just fall into a 100 year sleep

-king had all the spinning wheels burned in the kingdom 

-on her 15th birthday, was left alone in the castle and found an old woman at a spinning wheel spinning

-was curious about the spinning wheel and pricked her finger on it 

-everyone and everything went inot a deep sleep with the princess

-thick thorns grew around the palace and killed any princes who tried to get through it to the castle 

-another prince heard about it from an old man who warned him but went anyway

-because 100 years were up, prince did not see the thorns but flowering shrubs and walked through them easily

-found Briar Rose and kissed her 

-she woke up along with the rest of the palace

-they lived happily ever after

Bibligraphy and Sources

sources come from the Grimms' Fairy Tale sbook published by the Project Gutenburg 

website- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2591