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1. Your journey starts in a castle tower, in a room where a lovely maid sits, surrounded by straw, weeping in front of a spinning wheel. As you watch, an imp appears and offers to spin the straw into gold for her in return for her necklace. Intrigued, you return the next day to see what happens as a result of this magical intervention, and find that she is surrounded by even more straw, and is again in despair, until the imp once again provides the solution to her problem.
When you ask Looney_tunes the name of this imp, title character of a story collected by the Brothers Grimm, what answer do you receive?
2. You wander through town listening to an excited crowd who are talking about their ruler who has just made a fool of himself by parading around town without clothing. You start thinking that this sounds like a story that you have heard in the past, but you're not sure which one.
You see your old friend dcpddc478 and ask her if she can remember the story you are thinking of. She replies that it sounds like which of the following childhood fairy tales?
3. You're baffled to see a young woman climbing into bed upon a huge stack of mattresses so you ask PDAZ to explain why so much bedding is needed. Which Hans Christian Andersen story does PDAZ mention?
4. As you travel along a road, you happen to see a royal carriage stop and a king speak to the reapers harvesting the wheat in the adjacent fields. You listen as the reapers say that the lands belong to the Marquis of Carabas. Curious, you also speak to the reapers, and learn that they only spoke out of fear of being chopped up as fine as mincemeat! What creature made this threat?
5. The road winds on through the forest and, ahead, you spy a clearing with a tall, solitary tower. From the high window dangles a woman's golden locks, which seems like a bit of a hazard. They probably belong to whom?
6. You're next surprised to encounter an overworked and harassed courtier, Shorthumbz, who has been travelling the countryside collecting the spindles from every spinning wheel in the kingdom. The king has directed that this be done in order to thwart the curse of an evil crone who has foretold that the king's beloved daughter, the beautiful Princess Briar Rose, will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and fall asleep for 100 years.
"His Majesty has become unhinged about this curse," complains Shorthumbz. "He simply will not consider the economic disaster which would be brought on by the destruction of the country's entire spinning industry. When I suggested he lock up the princess in a tower and keep her away from all spinning equipment, instead His Majesty ordered my fingers spanked. Hurt something awful! Mark me: the beautiful Princess is going to end up in a situation which can only be remedied by a kiss from a royal prince, and you know how hard those are to find! Much more cost effective to do it my way."
Which tale, attributed to various authors, have you just stumbled into?
7. As you round a bend in the road, you are shocked to see a young soldier, fresh from the wars, standing over the body of an old crone. He has chopped off her head! Behind him, the shadowy figures of three dogs whine and yawn, exposing their teeth. One has "eyes as big as teacups", one has "eyes as big as supper plates" and the third has "eyes as big as windmills".
Which tale, made famous by Hans Christian Andersen, have you stumbled into?
8. While you continue your stroll, you see another soldier, albeit a much smaller one, and this one is floating in a paper boat in a gutter. Which Hans Christian Andersen tale tells of a one-legged toy soldier and his love for a ballerina?
9. Heading away from town and into the forest, you see a trail of stones on the path. Following them, you come across a house that appears to be made of gingerbread, with spun-sugar windows. Peeking in a window, you spy a young lad in a cage. When you turn to report this to Looney_tunes, the response is, "Oh, that's _____, poor boy." What name goes in the blank?
10. At last you reach the cottage at the end of the path, deep in the center of the forest. Kaddarsgirl waits for you at the cottage entrance to tell you about her favorite fairy tale, a story by the Brothers Grimm.
She says: "Once upon a time, a young girl called Little Red-Cap walked through these very woods to bring cake and wine to her ailing grandmother. She was told by her mother to never leave the path, but when a wolf stopped her and suggested that she pick some beautiful flowers for her grandmother, she went galavanting off. When Little Red-Cap finally reached the cottage where we now stand, she discovered that her grandmother had been swallowed whole by the hungry wolf! She was then soon quickly devoured by the wolf, herself."
Who does Kaddarsgirl then tell you rescued Little Red-Cap and her grandmother from the belly of the wolf?
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