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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 9:35 am
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/elementary/?page=Quiz178&Quizid=178
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 9:43 am
Wealth, happiness, and high rank are yours! You know how to trick the monster, steal the gold, and win the crown. What are you doing here? Go seek your fortune! You got 7/10 correct.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 9:52 am
10/10 correct
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:17 am
10/6 Not so hot.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:27 am
8/10 The two questions I got wrong...I've never heard of those parts of the story.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:28 am
6/10 
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:39 am
only 6 out of 10 and that was pure luck as i haven't read or seen most of these. and, from the gruesome answers i'm glad i haven't.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:46 am
2 out of 10, opps I guess I need to go back and re-read some of these fairy tales.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:49 am
10/10
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:52 am
Read me a bedtime story, Darrell...lol.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:53 am
3 out of 10. Editorial comment: Some of those stories are pretty gruesome!
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:55 am
Yes...the Grimms Brothers were indeed quite grim. 
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 10:59 am
only 3 out of 10. I'm not good @ this.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 11:02 am
Rupert, I got one of the old Grimms fairytale books when I was a kid, and read them all the time.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 11:04 am
9/10. Missed the one about Rapunzel. Yup, Jimmer, the Brothers Grimm are very gruesome. Right after Caleb was born mom brought over a bunch of books like Mother Goose, Disney, Seasame Street, and one that had a bunch of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Darren and I read it cracking up that she had picked out this book for our baby!
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 11:04 am
I got 4/10.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 11:09 am
8/10
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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 12:26 pm
You got 8/10 correct.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 12:31 pm
Wicked stepmothers will eat you if you're not careful! Can you tell the difference between good fairies and bad? Can you tell which beasts are really princes in disguise? Sigh. You need to read up or you're doomed. You got 3/10 correct.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 12:41 pm
7/10. now i'm waiting for the wealth that is supposed to be mine! oh, that's probably a fairytale, too!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 1:03 pm
You know how to trick the monster, steal the gold, and win the crown. What are you doing here? Go seek your fortune! You got 7/10 correct.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 1:10 pm
I've always loved and been fascinated by fairy tales and folklore and myths. I think it's one of the elemental aspects of being human - telling stories. And for me, I think Andersen's original stories were even more devastating and frightening than the Brothers Grimm. My mom had a slim two-volume collection of his and once I innocently picked up one of the books. I ended up huddled on the couch, completely distraught. I only made it through The Red Shoes, The Little Mermaid and a few others before I put the book away and refused to ever touch it again! I didn't even read his version of one of my favorite fairy tales, The Ugly Duckling, because I was terrified of what he might do to the poor baby swan. He had a thing for sadism and suffering but disguised it as devout morality. The more familiar, sanitized versions of his stories often bear little resemblance to the originals. Another knock I have against Andersen is he seemed to get off on writing really depressing Christmas stories. Nothing like reading a story about a poor child dying and other such tragedies to really brighten one's holidays.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 1:51 pm
9/10. I loved fairy tales of all kinds and read them voraciously. But I didn't know the correct answer for the Rapunzel question. Calamity, waaaaay back in college (as an Elem Ed major and English minor), I took a course in Children's literature. We discussed that criticism in detail--but in the end, I have to say from a personal perspective, those stories just awakened my imagination. I loved the sweet and the scary--and, yes, even the grotesque. To me, it was all magical. I think that fairy tales are merely 'fancifully-costumed, dramatically enacted life lessons'--and reflect the moral codes of the day in which they were written.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 1:53 pm
aha! reading to my child did help! good for you, herckie!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, February 01, 2006 - 4:22 pm
 I learned to read through this wonderful set of books Here's an enlargement of one of the volumes:

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