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1. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? A cottage in the woods, covered with sweets. Smoke coming from the chimney. A boy and a girl look wistfully at the cottage. All looks tranquil and serene. But behind the cottage is a pile of bones. Small bones. Child-sized bones.
2. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? Across a moat is a huge royal castle with towers reaching to the sky. Night has fallen, but in one of the towers there is a light in the window. As we look within we see a peasant girl, a miller's daughter, wringing her hands in despair. At a spinning wheel sits an ugly gnome working the wheel. To one side of him is a pile of straw. On the other side is a pile of gold.
3. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? In a clearing in the forest is a tall tower with no door - nothing but a single window high up in the tower. From the window comes the sound of singing in the sweetest voice you have ever heard. Below on the ground is an old crone, an enchantress, staring up at the window. At the edge of the woods is a prince, hidden behind a bush, completely enchanted by the sweet song coming from the window.
4. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? A man stands on the banks of the sea, in a discussion with a talking flounder out in the water. Up the hill is a small, but tidy cottage with a woman in front staring intently on.
5. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? Night has fallen in the forest. In the middle of a clearing stands a cottage. Through an open window light streams out. Inside the cottage is a table laid out with all good things to eat. Around the table sits a band of robbers. Outside the window stands a donkey. On the donkey is a dog. On the dog is a cat. And topping it all is a rooster. Suddenly the donkey began braying, the dog began barking, the cat began howling and rooster began crowing. Is this what they call "a cappella"?
6. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? Here is the royal castle. As we look in on the Great Room of the castle, here is the king sitting at the head of the table with his family gathered around eating their dinner. Servants rush in and out, barely containing their laughter. What they are laughing at is the princess with a fat frog sitting on the table beside her, sharing the food on her golden plate and the drink in her golden cup.
7. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? A peaceful forest setting. Suddenly the trees crash aside and a giant strides out of the woods, puffing and panting. He is carrying a huge tree on his shoulder and as he passes by you notice a little man sitting in the branches. He is wearing a belt that he stiched himself and on it is the legend "SEVEN WITH ONE BLOW".
8. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? Another forest setting. Another clearing with a tidy cottage in the middle of it. We see an elderly lady coming to answer the door which is being knocked on by a large wolf. Far down the path we see a young girl dressed in red skipping merrily along with a basket of goodies. In the distance you can hear the sounds of an axe-man chopping trees for firewood.
9. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? In a clearing in the woods stands a little cottage. (Sound familiar?) In front of the cottage there is a garden with two rosebushes, one covered with red roses, the other with white roses. In front of the cottage stands a woman watching as her two beautiful daughters walk up to the house, accompanied by a large bear. If the woods at the edge of the clearing a dwarf with a wizened face and long beard stares malevolently at them.
10. Which Grimm fairy tale does this setting describe? A number of young kids are alone in a house as their mother sets out to the woods to forage. They recall her admonition to not open the door to anyone, so when they hear a knock on the door and a voice saying that "Open the door. Mother's back and she has brought something for each of you", they can tell by the sound of the voice that it's the wolf.
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