TY  - CHAP
AB  - The pretty girl with raven hair sings as she works and dreams of wonderful days ahead. The girl's dream is deferred by the wickedly jealous stepmother who sends a trusted guard to commit murder. The man, overwhelmed by the girl's inherent goodness is unable to complete his deed, and warns her to run away and never return. She travels deep into the woods and is helped by friendly forest creatures with big eyes. They take her to a small cottage and she falls asleep, to be awakened by several small men who find it in their hearts to allow her to remain. The miniature men leave for work the next day, warning the girl of the stepmother and her trickery. The nasty woman disguises herself and easily convinces the girl to take a bite of the religiously symbolic apple, after which the girl is induced into a coma. The small men return, chase after the horrible stepmother and cause her to fall to her death, after which they do not bury the beauty-girl, but instead leave her ensconced in a glass tomb for all to see. The gallant prince finally arrives and kisses her, true love breaking the apple's spell and allowing the girl to ride away on the horse with the true hero, leaving behind the woodland creatures and small men forever. Sunlight beaming, girl beaming, small men and creatures beaming. All is right with the world.
VL  - 11
SN  - 978-0-76231-256-6, 978-1-84950-376-1/1537-4661
DO  - 10.1016/S1537-4661(05)11008-3
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1537-4661(05)11008-3
AU  - Castro Ingrid E.
ED  - David A. Kinney
ED  - Katherine Brown Rosier
PY  - 2005
Y1  - 2005/01/01
TI  - Children's Agency and Cinema's New Fairy Tale
T2  - Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
T3  - Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 215
EP  - 237
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -