Special Thanks to my Personal Faery Friend for the Button Art:Ye Olde Faery ShoppeThis week's selection for Fairy Tale Fridays was The Snowman by Hans Christian Andersen. It's a reasonably short tale, indicative of the season, and may even experience a few similarities to the well-known classic, Frosty the Snowman. However, instead of the sweet tale that ends with a happy ending, Andersen's tale turns a bit depressing and leaves the reader (at least this one!a bit sad. As with many of Andersen's tales, I had high hopes for this story because it starts out so beautifully written. Here's a quick excerpt for a quick example . . ."The snowman had two triangular pieces of tile for eyes, and a children's rake for a mouth, which meant that he had teeth. His birth had been greeted by the boys with shouts of joy, to the sound of sleigh bells and the great of whips."Unfortunately, not hanker afterward this, we are introduced to an annoying dog that is always telling the snowman to leave, that he will leave before to long, just as the snowman did last class and the class before. He puts a damper on the snowman's positive attitude. In fact, it was the dog that then brought the range to the snowman's attention. Once this happened, the snowman became fascinated and did not even notice when he began to melt, grow smaller, and yet lost his head! Personally, I will cleave to the Frosty version . . . the one that we will see again at the following snowfall, but in the meantime . . .So he said "Let's run and get some fun Now before I run away."What did you consider of The Snowman this week? Were you a fan or would you rather pass?UPCOMING TALES:
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