tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post3683585060072019823..comments2024-03-11T22:15:48.675-07:00Comments on ONCE UPON A BLOG: Stories for the Season: The Months/Strawberries In the SnowGypsy Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-71603708912810865882009-12-28T10:06:02.423-08:002009-12-28T10:06:02.423-08:00Oh, I love this story!
So happy you reminded me of...Oh, I love this story!<br />So happy you reminded me of it.<br />I used to watch this version of Twelve Months as a child: <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Months_(1980_film)Princess Crystalhttp://www.prettywonderland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-86811804878116437092009-12-26T09:42:36.565-08:002009-12-26T09:42:36.565-08:00I did not nkow this tale, :(
looks niceI did not nkow this tale, :(<br />looks niceprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192249762455724604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524743884416328260.post-74193706390448778992009-12-26T09:00:40.293-08:002009-12-26T09:00:40.293-08:00Basically a girl (with a good heart) is sent out b...<i>Basically a girl (with a good heart) is sent out by either her evil/just-plain-mean mother or stepmother to find strawberries in the dead of Winter (sometimes it's strawberries, sometimes apples).</i><br />I never read the versions with strawberries, just apples, so I was left wondering what story this was when I first read the title!<br /><br />I recently read a very sweet modernized version in which the girls find a painting at a museum. The girls are gifted with good luck (for good behavior) and bad luck (for bad behavior). Rather than dying, the mean step-sister learns the value of being kind and polite, her luck changing with her behavior.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17758138287645891132noreply@blogger.com