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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Fairy tale faux-paus

Ok, so we've been reading Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sleeping Beauty ALOT lately. And, as usual, my brain goes a'wandering after about the 112,000th read.

So here are my questions:

1. Why do the fairies and King Stefan plan for Aurora to return to the palace on the exact day of her 16th birthday when Maleficent's curse is still in place? It seems like they could have waited until the next day when the curse was expired. I mean, why not really cover their asses and just wait until she turned 17? She had been happy as a lark in the forest with Flora, Fauna and Merrywether. And she wouldn't have bumped into Philip if she hadn't been sent on a berry-picking errand while the fairies were trying to make her birthday cake and gown.

2. Why, after the dwarfs expressly tell Snow White "Don't let anyone in?" does she let in the old hag (her evil stepmother in disguise)? Seriously, the dwarfs hardly get down the lane before she's letting this odious woman into the cottage and then taking food from her. She might be beautiful but she is dumb as a brick.

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