RJ #5 FARY TALES

Dear Mrs. Zrihen,

I just finished reading some fairytales from the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale book. I read stories such as The red shoes and The tinderbox. I read common stories and uncommon stories. Some of the stories were sad and some happy. Two strategies I used before reading were: plan which stories I would read. And if they were uncommon fairy tales I would try to think about what it was by the name. Two I used while reading were write down the name of each story I read. And summarize each story. Two I used after each story where: to compare them to modern twists and decide if I liked it.

I read a lot of stories but my favorite has to be the steadfast tin soldier. I liked this one most because, it was very sad and I had never heard of that story before. It was about 25 tin soldiers that were made out of the same metal spoon. The creator had very little bit of the spoon left so the last soldier (the 25) was made without his left leg. At midnight every night the owner would put all of his toys away and that is when the the toys went to play, the soldier say a ballerina on one foot so he assumed that she only had one foot too. But when he went to talk to her the jack-in-a box sprung open and said “you must leave soldier, or else” but the soldier didn't leave (but he didn't speak to the ballerina) “very well” said the troll. Then the soldier ended up in stream a stream then got swallowed by a fish. Then the next morning the maid of the boy got a fish from the market and when she cut it the soldier was in it! So she put him back where he saw the troll harassing the ballerina so he got his sword and tried to fight him but the troll but the troll threw him in the fire place. His face was burning then the troll threw the ballerina in there too. So they both burned. Then later that day the maid came to the fire place and saw that the soldier and ballerina burned. All that was left of the ballerina was a sequence from her dress and the soldier had melted into a heart.

I compared these stories to the modern day twists and the biggest one was the little mermaid. In the Disney movie Ariel and the prince got married and she became a permanent human. But in the story the prince ended up marrying the women he thought saved him (but it was the mermaid) and do to true love the mermaid killed herself (stabbed herself) while in human form. So I thought that was interesting.

In general, I would rate these stories 8/10, because they taught lessons, inspired and where about love. I recommend this to kids who don't mind seeing creepy drawings from the 1800s .

sincerely, Shianne Salazar