How a Mother Weaned Her Girl From Fairy Tales
“Of course, the child suffered as a result, for there were not many dolls that could perform such a task. Her mother suffered as well: when she went to the department store on birthdays or Christmas, she often left empty-handed, destined to disappoint her only child, who asked for more and more stories over the years. The child never said she was disappointed; she only said she wanted more fairy tales—that’s all she ever wanted, she said. “The ones with the goriest endings. Find the dolls that c...an tell those, won’t you please?”
By her fifteenth birthday the girl had precisely two dolls: one that told wonderful stories and one that told very bad stories. The girl was very good-natured. She told her mother, one cold winter evening, that even two dolls (one that could tell wonderful stories and one that could tell terrible stories) were better than no dolls, and that their household had more fairy tales than many far more impoverished homes, where perhaps no storytelling dolls had ever lived.MoreLess
By her fifteenth birthday the girl had precisely two dolls: one that told wonderful stories and one that told very bad stories. The girl was very good-natured. She told her mother, one cold winter evening, that even two dolls (one that could tell wonderful stories and one that could tell terrible stories) were better than no dolls, and that their household had more fairy tales than many far more impoverished homes, where perhaps no storytelling dolls had ever lived.MoreLess
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