"The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in."
W.H. Auden LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother Once she gave her a little riding hood of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called 'Little Red Riding Hood.' One day her mother said to her: 'Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine; take them to your grandmother The grandmother lived out in the wood, half a league from the village, and just as Little Red Riding Ho...
"If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future."
ABBA - I have a dream THE LITTLE MERMAID (Part One) Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep [and] in the deepest spot of all, stands the castle of the Sea King. Outside the castle there was a beautiful garden, in which grew bright red and dark blue flowers, and blossoms like flames of fire; the fruit glittered like gold, and the leaves and stems waved to and fro continually. Each of the young princesses had a little plot of grou...
