Fairy-Tale Files: The Boy Who Drew Cats

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors.In the Japanese fairy tale, a young boy finds an abandoned temple—apparently all the priests were driven away by a giant goblin-rat—and draws...

Fairy-Tale Files: The Pied Piper

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors.The famous story (legend or pure fairy tale) of the Pied Piper involves a man who promises to rid a German town of its rat problem, only to...