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SMMichel
Registered User
(10/15/05 5:35 pm)
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Making the Princess Laugh
I'm looking for a fairy tale about a king who has a daughter who never laughs and so he offers anybody in the kingdom who can force a laugh out of her a reward (possbily her hand in marriage). I know I've heard this story somewhere but I'm not certain if it was a retelling of fairy tale or an original story written to sound like a fairy tale. Can't find it in any of the collections I've looked through. Does anybody know of this story?
Stella
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aka Greensleeves
Registered User
(10/15/05 6:03 pm)
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Re: Making the Princess Laugh
This sounds familiar to me, too--so know you're not alone! I think I have it in a collection here, maybe HCA?? I also have a big Reader's Digest storybook with *dozens* of stories in it--from Wilde, to Milne, to original tales, etc. I can't remember the title offhand--but it's a honkin' big hardcover, bound in red. Maybe Great Stories for Young Readers? Do you remember such a volume?
Stephanie
in the prairie
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Heidi Anne Heiner
ezOP
(10/15/05 7:19 pm)
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Re: Making the Princess Laugh
There are many variants of this tale, including three AT tale types: 559, 571 and 1642. The following are available on SurLaLune. The Grimms' have The Golden Goose. Jacobs' has Lazy Jack. Asbjornsen and Moe have Taper Tom. Thomas Crane has The Shepherd Who Made the King's Daughter Laugh.
Elsewhere online, there's also The Magic Swan from Andrew Lang's Green Fairy Book.
A similar question was asked years ago on the board: does anyone know the title of this fairy tale? Which was before so many of the tales were readily available on SurLaLune.
Heidi
Edited by: Heidi Anne Heiner at: 10/15/05 7:23 pm
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SMMichel
Registered User
(10/16/05 6:57 am)
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Re: Making the Princess Laugh
Thanks, Heidi. It must be a variation -- perhaps a more modern adaptation -- of one of the tales you mentioned. I'll take a look. Thank you once again.
Stella
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pookeyhontas
Unregistered User
(10/24/05 6:53 pm)
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faerie tale theatre
I know the Faerie Tale Theatre series (on dvd) has one short movie called The Princess Who Had Never Laughed.
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