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Article: FAIRY TALES CAN TEACH VALUABLE LESSONS
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- March 25, 2003
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"Once upon a time," and so the story goes, but does it?
One of the delights of childhood is fairy tales. These tales teach
children to use their imagination. It's a time when reality halts and
fiction and make-believe take over for a few minutes to indulge the
creative mind. But that's not all.
Stories of wild woods with living trees, embracing branches,
caverns beneath those trees, imaginary creatures who live quietly and
not so quietly in the imaginary forests are just waiting for the
child who is comfortable enough in his life, feels loved and
respected enough by his parents and friends to go tumbling into the
make-believe in a story of good and evil.
That's what fairy tales are all about ...