Lyrien
December 6th, 2007, 05:49 PM
I didn't know where to put this, so here is as good as any. I stumbled across this (http://www.longlongtimeago.com/index.html) page today and couldn't be happier. There are all kinds of stories to share with children and whatnot, but the one that I'm the most elated about is this (http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_folktales_whyseasalt.html) one.
When I was a little girl, sometime before I had turned eight, my mother, sister, and I all lived with my grandmother. My mother worked two jobs in order to support us and went to school part time, so we were with my grandmother almost all of the time. I have some of the fondest memories of my grandmother during this time, one of which was her reading stories to my sister and I at bedtime. We would beg for her to read to us, she'd pretend she wouldn't, we'd beg more; and when she finally read one, we'd beg for another. She had this giant book of Grimm's fairy tales and another book, of which I do not remember the title, that she used to read to us. We grew up with the birds pecking out the eyes of the evil step-sisters, none of that sissy crap for us!
Anyhow, one of my favorite stories was a telling of how the sea became salt. I always thought it was a Grimm's tale, but I've never been able to find the correct tale. I knew it involved some kind of grinder at the bottom of the sea, and every time I've sought out the story, sadly, I found some other version. I was so sad that the story connected with such fine memories was lost to me forever.
As I was browsing the site linked above, I clicked on the folk tales never expecting the tale to be listed....but it was! I can not express the happiness that I feel at having found it. Anyhow, I had to share my happiness as well as the link to some interesting stories.
Enjoy
Do any of you have a special story or fairy tale that you remember from childhood?
When I was a little girl, sometime before I had turned eight, my mother, sister, and I all lived with my grandmother. My mother worked two jobs in order to support us and went to school part time, so we were with my grandmother almost all of the time. I have some of the fondest memories of my grandmother during this time, one of which was her reading stories to my sister and I at bedtime. We would beg for her to read to us, she'd pretend she wouldn't, we'd beg more; and when she finally read one, we'd beg for another. She had this giant book of Grimm's fairy tales and another book, of which I do not remember the title, that she used to read to us. We grew up with the birds pecking out the eyes of the evil step-sisters, none of that sissy crap for us!
Anyhow, one of my favorite stories was a telling of how the sea became salt. I always thought it was a Grimm's tale, but I've never been able to find the correct tale. I knew it involved some kind of grinder at the bottom of the sea, and every time I've sought out the story, sadly, I found some other version. I was so sad that the story connected with such fine memories was lost to me forever.
As I was browsing the site linked above, I clicked on the folk tales never expecting the tale to be listed....but it was! I can not express the happiness that I feel at having found it. Anyhow, I had to share my happiness as well as the link to some interesting stories.
Enjoy
Do any of you have a special story or fairy tale that you remember from childhood?