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365 Books: Don’t Bet on the Prince by Jack Zipes
Who is your favorite fairy tale princess? I'm kind of partial the wife in Bluebeard. But not the one who cowered and wept and waited for her brothers to rescue her. The original one, who found out what was up before she married him, then stood up at her wedding feast and exposed him for …
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Chapter 12: Claudius’ Quest
When Claudius left Elena and her husband, little one, he wasn't quite sure where his quest would take him next. He recognized that he had hoped that one of his sisters would somehow provide the answer. While they had welcomed him into their homes and provided food for his journey, his reunions with them had …
Chapter 10: The Frog’s Story
When Claudius, my little one, left Athena's castle in the air, he didn't know which direction to go. But he knew it was important to keep going, so he turned his back on where he had been and walked deeper and deeper into the forest. The trees changed, the songs of the birds changed, and …
Chapter 9: The Eagle
Do you remember how it is, little one, when you are so hungry, stupid hungry, and then you find food? Do you remember how you taste the food at first, savoring it, and then you feel the rush to eat more and more and more, greedy to fill your body with it? That is how …