Guardian on Tuesday was in my hand when the man behind the
counter at Tescos said "I dont work here!" Well, I wondered
if I had to create a play around that or did he work somewhere else, was he a customer and if so why is he on the wrong side of the counter. Finally I got it together and decided that perhaps he is employed by Shakespeares Globe Theatre and is really an actor in a character part! Any answer will do but then when I got back home and read the
Guardian I found to my delight and surprise an enclosed booklet title: Great Fairytales, Part 4 Quests and Riddles. Reminds me of my imaginary class now that I am an emeritae poetica in Europe EU .who love filling in stories and enjoy happy endings! There was always a lot of doctoring going on at that point in time but with this inclusion in the Guardian the stories are varied and include
Rumpelstilskin
The Sleeping Prince
The Boy Who Set Out to Learn Fear
The Lion and the Hare
I browsed through the entire collection of stories and my favourite is .The Tale of the Boy Who Set out to Learn Fear by the Brothers Grimm translated by Joyec Crick .. A father who has two sons, one the elder clever sensible the other the younger was stupid and couldnt learn anything ..........I tend to laugh off the sterotype and say we are all equal in spite of the Brothers Grimm stories, but to proceed with the ending "Oh my flesh is creeping! My flesh is creeping, wife dear! Yes, now I do know what flesh-creeping is!" I used to quake in fear with the story telling of the Brothers Grimm but these days I tend to see it as just a good laugh in .. nice work in The Guardian!