Sarah Beth Durst (author of the fantabulous Into the Wild, which I inexplicably never wrote up, but trust me, it rules*) has a segment on her blog called (you guessed it!) Obscure Fairy Tales. The most recent installment was on Snow White and Rose Red:
The daughters are fast friends. Snow-White says, "We will not leave each other." Rose-Red says, "Never so long as we live." And their mother finishes, "What one has she must share with the other."
Red-herring #2: the Promise. Ooh, foreshadowing! They're going to be forced apart! Or the mother will have to make some hideous choice between them! Or the fate of one will uplift and/or destroy the other! Very dramatic! Except not. They just like each other. And that's one of the things that I love about this story: the two sisters and the mom all love each other. No one's trying to enslave or poison or eat or dismember their relative. Refreshing.
I'll be spending my morning reading the rest of those. But, Leila, you say -- won't that get in the way of your job at the library? Oh, I reply -- I didn't want to have to brag, but... SNOW DAY. Tra la, tra la.
(Link via Wands and Worlds)
*Seriously. It RULES. Read it.
Your "tra-las" made me giggle. Enjoy your day off!
Posted by: Kelly Fineman | 13 February 2008 at 11:04 AM
That's always been one of my favorite fairy tales. Ruth Sanderson did a lovely version of it quite a while ago.
Posted by: Maureen E | 13 February 2008 at 11:54 AM
I was going to say the same thing Maureen did, and ask whether anyone's done up a version. Ah, bliss, question is answered. Enjoy your day off!
Posted by: Melissa | 13 February 2008 at 02:46 PM
This was an oddly intriguing book. There is a sequel coming out soon. The book has been popular with my girls who love fantasy-- so many of the main characters in fantasies (although there are certainly a good number of girls) are boys.
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Posted by: ebyfkag pejm | 24 September 2008 at 07:33 AM
I just get all worked up , and I stew around!
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