Fairy-Tale Files: The Deer in the Dream

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors. In this Chinese fairy tale, collected by Moss Roberts in his Pantheon edition “Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies,” a woodsman finds and...

Fairy-Tale Files: Stubborn Children

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors. This miniature-sized Grimm-collected tale, titled either “The Willful Child” or “The Stubborn Child,” tells the...

Fairy-Tale Files: Brother and Sister

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors. In the classic Grimm tale, a sister tries repeatedly to save her brother from transforming into various other animals—a tiger, a...