tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071548287408848672024-03-05T14:39:13.014-08:00365 CinderellasThe world-wide Cinderella story, Montessori education, and connections with archetypal imagery are explored in this blog. It strives to promote a love of reading, especially of fairy tales.Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comBlogger406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-76042437505067057152022-10-31T07:35:00.004-07:002022-10-31T07:35:38.547-07:00Finding Your Magic Bling<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <u style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Cinderella #365 </u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Rachel Hope Crossman</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; letter-spacing: 0px;">Cinderella, dressed in yella’,</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Went upstairs to kiss her fella.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlzSVkPL49xkBzr-bPURYJeXguKgQb8rO_gbuQ_Wm-JuU5iHZM2J5DruFgyNrEbUP-xsQcYkQViY3Kim9DLjLU8ac7W6Y24-knl70Jfp9V4vTah5r_KgQKsm82UTUTG_Z53RL7Aa_BSsugb2cLbi-GEki7zIa_UNj5OfcXMf7rOMuz83mPq4FwZDqsQ/s3186/2022Harvest.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3186" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlzSVkPL49xkBzr-bPURYJeXguKgQb8rO_gbuQ_Wm-JuU5iHZM2J5DruFgyNrEbUP-xsQcYkQViY3Kim9DLjLU8ac7W6Y24-knl70Jfp9V4vTah5r_KgQKsm82UTUTG_Z53RL7Aa_BSsugb2cLbi-GEki7zIa_UNj5OfcXMf7rOMuz83mPq4FwZDqsQ/w304-h320/2022Harvest.jpeg" width="304" /></a></div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Made a mistake, kissed a snake...</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">How many doctors did it take?</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella dressed in red,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Got right up and out of bed,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Cooked for the King, dropped her ring,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Hoped he'd find her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">magic bling.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella dressed in blue,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Ran away and lost a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">shoe</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Despite her sisters’ cruel laughter,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She’s the girl the Prince ran after.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella dressed in green,<br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Went upstairs to meet the Queen,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She curtsied, bowed, sang acapella:</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Your Majesty, I’m Cinderella!</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella dressed in white,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Invited to the ball that night,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">One candied quince from that sweet prince—</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">They’ve been an item ever since.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvaPoAzqJ0dueTW93zoMWPJR8wGfQeQFEFitSAHfXCi4PAuDDhPOr9qYA7hq7nZzUiARjhL3WWTC9KQsWEd0kW3fP_rkmXC5WLU47DraUVbD8NA13lRw9gw4TiQU_KKG4_tuE4lFgBqSJ/s1600/slovak.doll.blog.jpg" style="clear: right; 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font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Kissed by the Prince, who was so bold,</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">They got married, they grew old. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Now my story is all told.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-85014380693599865172020-10-07T07:52:00.002-07:002020-10-07T07:52:33.759-07:00<p> </p><p><br /></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cinderella #362 The Story of Hanchi</span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisty5R5xMTHSGyaHxEYc8Blzla1P4FazJVFe_eft1u5ldr5FMRG7USrhCtrYI_n3ygMBHYgjzpkUSi-R5PQJAY4deP2uJ6hOFRcLjIURdR4jcwA-3RjtHMetMaEmJG3iafB6wXYeOFBE4k/s1600/2cows.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisty5R5xMTHSGyaHxEYc8Blzla1P4FazJVFe_eft1u5ldr5FMRG7USrhCtrYI_n3ygMBHYgjzpkUSi-R5PQJAY4deP2uJ6hOFRcLjIURdR4jcwA-3RjtHMetMaEmJG3iafB6wXYeOFBE4k/s320/2cows.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moo! Cows help Cinderella in<br />at least 26 of the<br />365 Cinderellas featured here. </td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Once upon a time, in Kannada, there was a girl named Hanchi. Her mother was an old woman. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">She had a brother, who was not very observant. For example, he had never noticed that Hanchi's hair was golden. "One day, when both of them were grown up and Hanchi was a lovely young woman", he noticed her hair and fell instantly in love. He demanded to marry his sister. His mother, however, was shocked and instead tricked him into going into town. She told him to shop for "all the rice and flour and lentils" for the wedding feast that he could find. Meanwhile, back at home, she called Hanchi to her and said, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Daughter, the time has come for you to leave me. You're as good as dead to me after this day. You are too beautiful to live here in safety." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So the mother gave her "a mask of clay" and made her put it on. She told her to "Never remove the mask from your face, till you situation is better." And Hanchi put it on and left. Then the mother poisoned herself and died. When her son returned, "he found his sister gone and his mother dead; he went mad and became a wandering madman." But Hanchi wandered on, "eating at noon and by moonlight". One day she came to a town where she was befriended by an old woman. This lady soon discovered that Hanchi could make "dishes of sweet rice" like no one else. So Hanchi cooked, and the woman invited all of her friends over to sample the food. Everyone marveled at the masked cook. One night, when Hanchi thought she was alone, she removed the mask to take a bath. But, "the youngest son of the Saukar" was present, and happened to observe her when </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"he peeped into the bath house and saw her in all her beauty. He was still young", and so fled. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yet he "fell deeply in love with the glory that was her hair and decided at once to make her his wife." But when he told this news to his mother she would not hear of it, and promised instead to seek him a fine, more suitable wife. Just then Hanchi walked by and in a heat of passion, the young man snatched her mask away. Then "the mother was struck dumb by her extraordinary beauty" and agreed at once to the wedding. For a brief time, "the newlyweds were as happy as doves". The influence of a self-styled "holy man, called Guruswami" threw things out of balance. Guruswami was "the rich man's chief counselor and had a reputation for secret lore and black arts of many kinds." He lusted after Hanchi himself, and decided to charm her. He summoned the girl for a so-called spriritual ritual, then tried to hypnotize her and feed her drugged fruits. But she would not eat them, nor submit to his suggestions.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> In fact, she tossed the drugged plantains into the drainage dtich, where "a she-buffalo" who was "in heat" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">was drawn like a magnet to Guruswami with irresistible love. She chased him down and "he was badly mauled by the amorous buffalo." The second time he came to call on her and she actually opened the door. But "instead of caresses he received hard blows from inanimate vessels which were" attracted by his magical spells. When he sent her enchanted betel nuts the next day, she "threw the nuts at the broomstick in the corner." When he came calling that evening, he opened the door and got "a thorny broomstick into his greedy arms instead." So he conceived a plot against her. Going to her chambers when she was not in, he carefully placed "plantains, almonds,betel leaves, and nuts." Then he ran to tell her family that Hanchi was "a whore". He said that he had "surprised her with a lover," Then, "with righteous indignation, Guruswami showed them the hidden clothing and the telltale cheroot stubs and betel pieces". They proved her sinfulness, he claimed, and ordered her capture.Then he imprisoned her and beat her, but still, she would not confess to her supposed crimes. As for her family, apparently they would follow like sheep anyone who flashed some fancy words. Poor Hachi! Her very own family had her "dragged out, shut up in a box and handed over to Guruswami." He had a truly nefarious plan for getting his revenge on this girl. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He told his servants that there were "ferocious mad dogs in the box" and that they were to be drowned next day</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. He had the box delivered to the home of an old who happened to live on the riverbank. So the servants left the box there and told the old lady the most horrific things they could think of so that she would not dare to open the box. But as soon as they had left, the old woman "heard peculiar noises coming from the box". In fact she recognized her own name! So she "pried open the lid and to her great astonishment found Hanchi crouching inside the box." The poor thing was miserable, cramped, cold, hungry. She fed Hanchi all that she cared to eat, and dressed her in warm, clean clothing. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As the girl told her story, "the old woman listened carefully and her mother-wit soon found a way out." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Leaving Hanchi resting comfortably, the dame went to town and procured a mad dog, bound and muzzled. Once she had transported it home and put it into the box, she made sure to unbuckle the dog's muzzle. Soon Guruswami arrived to take possession of the box. "He came perfumed and singing", planning to have his way with captive Hanchi. Then he shoved the old woman out of her own home, locked the door from the inside to ensure privacy, and opened the crate. Didn't he get a surprise when "a hideous dog, foaming at the mouth...sprang upon him and mangled him horribly with its bites." He spat curses upon himself in his pitiful attempt to atone to a god who he believed had "transformed a woman into a dog" to teach him a lesson. The horrified neighbors came upon the bloody spectacle and killed the dog but Guruswami was already done for. He died after being "fatally infected with the dog's lunacy". </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now it was up to the old woman to help Hanchi clear her name. So she secretly had the girl prepare sweet rice </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and other delicacies and invited the whole town to a feast. Everyone said that the food was delicious, and that the smell and taste was identical to the way that wicked Hanchi had used to prepare. But "instead of a reply, the old woman presented Hanchi in flesh and blood.' She told the true story of Guruswami, and all agreed that the wicked man and come to the end he deserved. They begged Hanchi's pardon for their own past ignorance and cruelty. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She forgave them, of course. Her "good days had begun; her luck had turned and brought her every kind of happiness from that day."</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From: Dundes, A. (1983) <i>Cinderella: A Casebook.</i> (p.263, contributed by A.K. Ramanujan) New York: Wildman Press</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font: 12.0px Times New Roman; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Notes: What a very satisfying ending Hanchi's abuser comes to!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I especially enjoyed the prelude to his ultimate demise involving the rabid she-bufflao! This story had clear elements of Catskin, or Cap O' Rushes, as the incestous relationship threatened (here by brother, not father) is what causes the girl to flee. Notice the Baba-Yaga like character of the old woman, and that a cow, (water buffalo) aids the girl. And how does she aid the girl... This story is evocative of the <i>Ramayana</i> for its totally over the top imagery and moral teachings. </span></span></div>Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-32219565739721228892019-10-16T07:51:00.000-07:002019-10-16T07:51:00.795-07:00California Cookin', a story about fire, family and food.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Henna Leaf, A Cinderella Story from Yemen retold by Carolyn Han</div>
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and translated by Kamal Ali al Hegri. Thank you to Nail Ahmed of Yemen for this suggestion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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ISBN 1-566-56-571-5<o:p></o:p></div>
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(grains; 3 rings, bird)<o:p></o:p></div>
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“<span style="font-size: large;">Get to work!”</span> the stepmother shouted. <span style="font-size: large;">“You can’t come to the wedding party.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Please let me come with you,” Henna Leaf begged. “The Sultan’s daughters invited all the women in our village.”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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“Only if you finish separating and grinding the grain.” The mean woman told her, laughing. She had mixed three different grains together and knew it would take too long. Her stepmother and her stepsister Ekrem then got ready for the party, laughing as they dressed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Don’t stay up too late!” they said, slamming the door behind them.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tears covered Henna Leaf’s face but even in her sorrow she took care of her kitten, pouring it a saucer of milk. That’s when an old woman wearing a velvet gown appeared out of nowhere and asked, “Why are you crying? And why aren’t you going to the party?”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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“Who are you?” cried Henna Leaf and the woman said, “I’ve come to help!” That’s when she produced <span style="font-size: large;">a silken dress and shoes, along with a sliver necklace, arm and ankle bracelets.</span> Then she found a hairbrush and began to brush the girl’s hair. When she was ready, the old lady led Henna Leaf to the gates of the Sultan’s palace. <span style="font-size: large;">Then she disappeared. </span>But Henna Leaf could hear her way: she just followed the sound of laughter and the music of the oud. Light shone from the windows and the alabaster stairway seemed to glow. Custom required that she removed her shoes before entering the room, so Henna Leaf did so. <span style="font-size: large;">When she walked in, everyone stared and said, “Who can she be?”</span></div>
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And Ekram said to her mother “It sure looks like Henna Leaf!” but her mother said that it couldn’t be. All of the other women began snapping their fingers and clapping their hands, welcoming Henna Leaf to the dance, but her sister was not satisfied. So she stuck out her foot and tripped the poor girl then helped her up to get a closer look. Seeing her beautiful face and sliver jewelry, she was suddenly not so sure who the young woman was, but in all the merriment there was no way to be sure. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Just then the Sultan’s son Ali, who had forgotten that his sister was having an all-women wedding party, arrived home. He tried to warn the revelers of his presence, chanting, <span style="font-size: large;">‘Allah, Allah, Allah!” </span>as he came. But no one heard him, the music was so loud. Entering the room, the first person he saw was Henna Leaf and he knew that she was the one for him. In the commotion, the girl ran away, grabbing her silken shoes and running down the stairs. <span style="font-size: large;">She dropped one in her terror and was home before anyone knew who she was. Ali picked up the shoe.</span><br />
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“Too bad you couldn’t have joined us!” Ekram taunted when they got home. “The Sultan’s son came in and now he wants to marry the mystery woman who lost her shoe.” Too bad nobody knew who she was. The very next day however, Ali sent his manservant around with the shoe. Of course, the man couldn’t speak directly to the women of the village but the shoe was passed to a maidservant in each house so that each girl could try it. At last, they came to the last house on the street, and called at the mudbrick window. Ekram came and grabbed the shoe but it would not fit. Then Henna Leaf had a turn and the little shoe slipped right on! That’s when she drew the other out.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The very next day a royal summons came, calling Henna Leaf to the palace. But the stepmother’s jealousy knew no bounds and so she made Ekram put on a hijab and veil her hair and face. Surely, the Sultan’s son would not be so rude as to demand to look upon his bride’s face? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Arriving at the palace, the first person Ekram met was an old woman who offered her something to eat. Always hungry, Ekram raced to the kitchen and grabbed a big silver spoon. Greedily, she dipped it into each pot, tasting every dish. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Oh!” she exclaimed when it slipped from her hands and to the bottom of a large pot. Reaching for it, <span style="font-size: large;">Ekram fell in headfirst and when she stood, stew spilled all down her front. She called for her mother who came and hit the soapstone vessel with a broomstick, breaking it open. But the rim of the pot was stuck around Ekram’s neck like a stone necklace and she was trapped. </span>Meanwhile, the Sultan sent an escort to find Henna Leaf. They were married the very next day.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The stepmother was not ready to give up yet though, and disguising herself as a servant, she snuck into Henna Leaf’s chamber. <span style="font-size: large;">While the girl slept, the stepmother inserted tiny acacia thorns into the skin on her step-daughter’s face and the girl was transformed into a dove.</span> The little white bird flew out the open window and when Ali found his bride missing he despaired. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Not far away, a white dove sat in an apricot tree. An old man approached and his face seemed so kind that Henna Leaf asked, “How is Ali, the Sultan’s son?” and the man told her that the prince was very sad. Hearing this, the dove began to cry and <span style="font-size: large;">soon the sky filled with clouds, which also wept with sorrow. </span>The old man ran away lest he be swept away in the flood. When he got back to the palace Ali asked if there was news of the girl. “No”, said the old man. But seeing how sad the young man was, he added, “But I did see <span style="font-size: large;">a talking bird.</span>” He told the story of the flood and Ali set off to find Henna Leaf before she was swept away. <span style="font-size: large;">He walked the next day until he came to an apricot tree, where a white dove sat. As he approached, it flew right to him and he held it gently and stroked its feathers. That’s when he felt the thorns.</span> Pulling each one out he counted. When he got to the seventh thorn and pulled it, the dove transformed back into a girl and hand in hand, Ali and Henna Leaf returned to the palace. <span style="font-size: large;">The Sultan banished Ali’s jealous mother-in-law from the palace </span>and Ali lived many years in peace with his new wife, who brought him many children. <span style="font-size: large;">At last, the Sultan stepped down and appointed Ali in his place and he and Henna Leaf lived happily ever after.</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-29498463510419246032019-04-13T09:28:00.003-07:002019-04-13T09:28:47.526-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Looking forward to posting a new Cinderella story from Yemen, The Henna Leaf.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Celebrating the birthday of Charles Perrault by recording 159,000 hits!</span><br />
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Once upon a time, long ago in France, there lived a melancholy girl who was called Cinderella. Her father "was a gentleman who was a widower."</h2>
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Some time after Cinderella's mother died, he took a second wife. She was "a very proud, disagreeable woman" and she had two daughters of her own, a pair of "haughty, overbearing, and thoroughly unpleasant" young ladies. <span style="font-size: large;">By contrast, the gentleman's own daughter was "was a young girl of wonderful sweetness and good temper. In this, she was like her mother, who had been the finest mother in the world." </span>For a brief time after the wedding, Cinderella was treated with some respect. Before long, however, she was doing "all the meanest household chores to do, from scouring the dishes to scrubbing the stairs to cleaning out the rooms of her" stepsisters. At day's end, poor Cinderella had only "a thin, straw mattress in a tiny room at the top of the house." She dared not complain to her father, who seemed to take no notice of her condition. <span style="font-size: large;">She shivered in the cold, and took to sitting "quietly near the fire, paying no heed to the cinders and ashes that drifted lazily around her." For this,. they called her Cinderbritches, until the younger stepsister, "who was not quite as rude as the other, called her Cinderella". </span>It happened one day that the King's son invited "everyone of rank and nobility in the land." You may imagine how pleased the stepsisters were to find themselves on the select list. "I,' said the elder,'shall wear my red velvet dress with the English lace.' 'I,' said the younger,' shall wear my gold-flowered cloak and my diamond necklace." All stylish ladies at that time stuck tiny shapes to their faces to enhance their beauty; these two spent many days in front of the looking glass experimenting with their appearance. "Meanwhile, Cinderella was kept busier than ever ironing her stepsisters' ruffles." <span style="font-size: large;">On the night of the ball, as she was dressing their hair, the young sister asked, "Do you not wish you were going to the ball?' 'Ah,' replied Cinderella,'now you are mocking me. </span>I would be out of place at such a grand event.' 'For once, you are right, 'said the older sister, 'people would find it very funny indeed to see a Cinderbritches at the ball." Most people would have been tempted to pull the hair of one who spoke to them so, but not Cinderella. So gentle was her nature. When finally they departed, the ragged young girl sat down amongst the ashes. Alone, she began to cry. That's when she heard a voice! "Her fairy godmother, who had been watching over her,appeared and asked what was the matter." But Cinderella could not get the words out, so heavily did her tears flow. Yet her godmother seemed to know. "You wish to go to the ball, do you not?" And when she heard Cinderella sigh, she knew that this was her wish. "You have been a good girl,' said her godmother. 'I shall see that you go."<span style="font-size: large;"> Now the fairy bade her go to the garden and bring a pumpkin. Cinderella "found the largest pumpkin in the garden and carried back to her godmother, who hollowed it out so only the rind was left. Then she struck it with her wand, and the pumpkin was transformed into a gilded coach." </span> But who would draw it? Six little mice from the trap filled the need. "As each mouse scurried out, the godmother tapped it with her wand. Instantly the mice changed into horses — beautiful gray ones that all matched perfectly." For a coachman, the fairy godmother decided on a rat. She chose from the three that were in the trap "the one with the longest whiskers and tapped it with her wand. Instantly, it became a plump coachman, with a very impressive mustache." <span style="font-size: large;">With the six lizards that were behind the watering pot, the old woman created "six footmen dressed in embroidered livery. They leaped onto the coach so nimbly that it looked as if they had done nothing else all their lives."</span> Yet when the fairy asked if Cinderella were not pleased, the girl said," Oh,yes. But must I go as I am, in these wretched rags?' Her godmother simply touched her with the wand, and Cinderella's rags turned into a gown of gold and silver that sparkled with jewels. A pair of high-heeled slippers appeared on her feet. They were made of glass, and were so lovely that Cinderella exclaimed with pleasure when she saw them." Just as the carriage was about to whisk her away, her godmother warned her not to stay so much as one minute past the stroke of twelve. "If you stay a moment longer, your coach will turn back into a pumpkin, your horses to mice, your coachman to a rat, your footmen to lizards, and your gown to rags." She promised, and was off to the ball. Such an entrance made Cinderella that "the violins stopped playing and the dancing came to a halt." Even the king, "old as he was" found himself drawn to the mysterious young princess. All the ladies meanwhile, "were busily inspecting Cinderella's headdress and gown in hopes of having similar ones made as soon as possible." And the prince would not leave her side. <span style="font-size: large;">All night they danced, and he saw that she was so graceful that she seemed to be enchanted. When the clock "struck a quarter to midnight, Cinderella quickly made a deep curtsy to the guests and hurried off." </span>Arriving home minutes before her sister, she thanked the fairy and begged for permission to go the following night. It was given, and now Cinderella settled down before the fire. As her stepsisters came in, gossiping and laughing, they bubbled over with stories of the princess who had shared lemons and oranges with them. "Absolutely no one knew" her name, they said, and "the king's son in particular would give the world to find out." Cinderella smiled to herself. But the next night, so deeply was she engaged in conversation and dancing with the prince that she forgot the time. "She sprang up and ran out of the ballroom as swiftly as a frightened deer." When the prince followed, and found her shoe, he could not believe that she had departed without a trace. He questioned the guards about which princesses they had seen leave the palace, but they answered that only "a young girl in rags who looked more like a peasant than a lady" had passed through the gates. <span style="font-size: large;">At home, Cinderella discovered that she was still wearing one glass shoe. </span>This night when her stepsisters came in, they talked of nothing but the prince's discovery of a glass slipper, and rumors of a search to find the one who had lost it. This forecast proved correct, for "a few days later, the king's son proclaimed that he would marry" she who could wear this slipper. "Princesses, duchesses, court ladies, and all manner of highborn women tried to put tghe slipper on, but in vain." When at last the turn came for the stepsisters to try it, no amount of squeezing allowed them to wear it. <span style="font-size: large;">Then Cinderella said, "Let me try it on.' Her sisters burst into mocking laughter.</span> But the court envoy who was fitting the slipper thought it only fair that Cinderella try it on — the king's son had decreed that all young women could." When she sat down and slipped her foot right into the shoe, "her sisters were overcome with surprise." And then they were "thunderstruck when she produced the other slipper from her pocket." And now the fairy godmother arrived again, and tapped her goddaughter lightly, and "the girl's sooty rags were transformed onto a gown of silk, lace, and pearls." Her stepsisters, suddenly recognizing the princess who had shared her fruit, begged most humbly to be forgiven for their previous behavior.<span style="font-size: large;"> Cinderella, "whose goodness knew no bounds", forgave them graciously. Then "the envoy escorted her to the palace, where the king's son awaited her. He found her more beautiful than ever, and in a few days, they were married."</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">MORAL: Woman's beauty is a treasure we never tire of admiring. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This is the moral of Cinderella's story: Only true kindness is worthy of a fairy's gift,</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>for without it we can do nothing, </span></div>
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Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-56815760604940295012014-11-25T01:00:00.000-08:002014-12-10T09:28:13.618-08:00USA Best Book Awards Finalist: SAVING CINDERELLA: FAIRY TALES AND CHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Rachel Hope Crossman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My book<span style="font-size: large;">,</span> <i>SAVING CINDERELLA: FAIRY TALES AND CHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY,</i> has been named finalist in the USA Best Book Awards, in the Children's Educational Category.<br />
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The publisher is: The Apocryphile Press, Berkeley, CA<br /><span style="color: #5f625f; font-family: Arial;">The Apocryphile Press</span></h3>
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Rossini's Cenerentola takes Cinderella on a slightly different track. Forced to live and work among the cinders by her greedy stepfather and ugly sisters, the ash girl triumphs by virtue of her generous nature. She offers a small meal to a blind beggar who comes to the door of family's villa, and he in turn promises her hope that her life may change. The ugly sisters, who we meet in the opening moments as they perform their morning ablutions and beauty exercises, drive the beggar away. Later the prince will invite all to a ball. In a twist on the plot, the prince decides he will change places with his man servant so that he may see all of the ladies in their true colors.<br />
Highlights of San Francisco Opera's performance included the prince's retinue of 20 valets, who appear in red coats with red roses as they parade in. Later we will see them in frock coats and top hats, and finally, in morning coats and white gloves. Each waves a large white hankie and snuffles loudly with joy when the happy couple wed.Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-57989118689798755682014-07-22T07:43:00.002-07:002014-07-22T07:43:47.240-07:00<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Once upon a time, in Scotland, there lived "a king who had one </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">lovely daughter, and whose wife had died, married for the second time an ill-natured woman with three ugly girls of her own</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> whose envy of the king's daughter was matched by their treatment of her." They put her to work in the kitchen, and the only clothing they allowed her was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"a garment of rushes". That's why everyone called her Rashin Coatie.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> They fed her upon scraps of food. However, all of this the girl easily endured for before her mother had died, she had given her child a gift. This was "a little red calf, and Rashin Coatie had only to ask the red calf for anything she wanted, and she could have it." Soon the stepmother wondered how Rashin Coatie was not troubled by hunger, and spied upon her, and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> discovered the secret of the little red calf. She called for a butcher and had it slaughtered. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The king's daughter was stricken with grief and sobbed aloud but the dead calf called to her, saying," Tak' me up, bane by bane, And pit me aneth yon gray stane." So the girl picked the calf up, bone by bone, and put it beneath a big gray stone, and knew that she had only to ask the bones, and her wish would be granted. Now came Yuletide, with its feasting and bright church services. But Rashin Coatie's stepmother forbad her to attend services, telling the girl that she must stay home and prepare the Christmas feast. No sooner had the Queen and her three ugly girls gone to the kirk, than the King's daughter ran to the gray stone and told it her plight. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"The calf promplty provided her with braw claes, and she was the grandest and brawest lady at kirk."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> There was a prince at church and he saw he and fell in love with her. He meant to speak to her after the blessing, but the girl fled before that time. The service continued the next day, and again Rashin Coatie went to church in finery. Again the prince saw her, and now he was more determined that ever to meet this mysterious girl. But again she left before the blessing, so that her family would not miss her. Well, by the third night of Yuletide mass, the prince was ready. He sat by the door, and when the strange young woman tried to slip away, he blocked her way. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She dodged around him nimbly, and fled, losing an embroidered slipper of satin. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This the prince collected, then proclaimed that he would find its owner and marry the girl who could wear the shoe. The Queen heard this and gathered her three daughters about her. When the prince came to their castle each ugly one took her turn with the shoe. The last girl slipped into the kitchen with the slipper, and begged the hen-wife apply a knife to her toes and heel. Triumphantly the girl walked out wearing the shoe. The prince felt a great unease, yet he had to keep his word. He escorted her out the door, and the two walked toward the kirk to be married. Yet a little bird began to sing, and the prince made out these words: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Minched fit, and pinched fit, Beside the king she rides, But braw fit and bonny fit, In the kitchen neuk she hides."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> So back they went and the ugly daughter's treachery was discovered. That's when Rashin Coatie came out of the kitchen, and approached the prince </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"and when she was near, the slipper jumped out of his pocket and on to her foot. The prince married her and they lived happily all their days."</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">From Opie, I. & Opie, P. (1974) The Classic Fairy Tales</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=widgetsamazon-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0195202198&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Notes: This story shows how the motif of the cow as helper</span> appears in Europe in almost exactly the same manner as it does in Africa. (See<i> The Ox of the Wonderful Horns</i>, Zimbabwe, and<i> Den Röd Ko</i>, Denmark)</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Montessori Connection 6-12: Geography/Europe/Scotland</span></span></div>
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of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Catskins</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">, America's backwoods Cinderella who tricked her boss, flew away in
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">$5 off purchase of book with this magic word: </span><span style="background-color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">GOOSE</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Cinderella #365 Five Original Verses</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> by Rachel Hope Crossman</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella, dressed in yella’,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella dressed in red,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Got right up and out of bed,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Cooked for the King, dropped her ring,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Hoped he'd find her </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">magic bling.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella dressed in blue,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Ran away and lost a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">shoe</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Despite her sisters’ cruel laughter,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella dressed in green,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Went upstairs to meet the Queen,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She curtsied, bowed, sang acapella:</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Your Majesty, I’m Cinderella!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella dressed in white,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Invited to the ball that night,</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">One candied quince from that sweet prince—</span></span></div>
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Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-25934783769845897072014-05-06T10:11:00.004-07:002014-05-06T10:11:43.907-07:00Cooking with Cinderella<span style="font-size: large;">"You, Cinderella!" </span>said her stepmother, "You're all dusty and dirty and yet you want to go to the wedding?" When Cinderella kept pleading, her stepmother finally said, <span style="font-size: large;">"I've emptied a bowlful of lentils into the ashes. </span>If you can pick them out all the lentils in two hours, you may have permission to go." The maiden went through the back door into the garden and cried out<span style="font-size: large;">,"Oh, you tame pigeons, you turtledoves, and all you birds under heaven, come and help me pick the good ones for the little pot, the bad ones for your little crop". </span>Two white pigeons came flying to the kitchen window, followed by turtledoves. Eventually, all the birds under heaven swooped down, swarmed into the kitchen and settled around the ashes.<span style="font-size: large;"> The pigeons bobbed their heads and began to peck, peck, peck, peck, and all the other birds also. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Ashenputtle, Brothers Grimm 1812, trans. Zipes, J.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, now. </span>I think that if Cinderella lived in the here and the now, she could ride two food waves at once with<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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1/4 lb. English bacon<br />
1/4 cup olive oil<br />
1 onion, minced fine<br />
2 cups of lentils (preferably not picked from the ashes)<br />
3 cups water<br />
1/4 cup red salsa fresco<br />
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Bring the water to boil in large sauce pot and add the English bacon. Simmer 5 minutes, then drain, reserving the liquid. Fry the bacon in another pan, adding olive oil as needed. Add the onion, cook till just turning golden. Season with pepper and taste a bite. Pour the lentil liquid back into the sauce pot, bring to a boil, and add the lentils, the bacon and onion mixture. Taste. Add the salsa and serve with hot corn tortillas. Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-64586506551852344472014-03-31T09:14:00.003-07:002014-03-31T09:14:20.304-07:00Gotta be the boss!<header class="nav-locale-us nav-lang-en" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ladies and gentelmen and all you other poor souls doing all the work and getting all the blisters while your higher ups reap the goods.</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Try this book. It speaks so truly and is good advice, </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">I guarantee it. (Guarantee worth only cash value of 1/10,000 of 1 good old American penny. :o) )</span></header><header class="nav-locale-us nav-lang-en" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><div id="leftCol" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin-right: 20px; width: 200px;">
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Kurt Vonnegut was perhaps the greatest writer of the 20th Century. He was a deep well of creativity and wit as well as being a man who chose joy over sorrow and love over hate. The above diagram illustrates the story arc of Cinderella, the girl whose life went from good, to bad to worse, to so much better.Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-70455014778208700712013-11-06T10:39:00.000-08:002020-10-07T07:51:06.113-07:00Cinderella #366: Chinye: A West African Folktale by Onyefulu, O.<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Chinye: A West African Folktale by Obi Onyefulu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Long ago there lived a girl called Chinye. Her father and
mother were dead, so she lived with her stepmother Nkechi, </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You will find the floor of the hut covered with gourds!" Illustration by<br />
Safarewicz, Evie, (1994)</td></tr>
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stepsister,
Adanma." </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Well, those two made Chinye do just about all of the chores.
Adanma, "who was spoiled and lazy", was no help at all. </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">In fact, that
girl liked to lounge around and take so many baths that she was always using up
all the water. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"> One night there was not a drop left in the hut to use for
cooking dinner, so Nkechi sent Chinye to fetch some, although it was dark
night. </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">She told her, "Go to the stream at once and get more water, you bad
girl", </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">even though Chinye was not really bad at all. But she went to get
the water because she had no choice. When she was halfway there, "a shape
loomed up on the path" and the girl shrieked with terror. </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">But then a
loving voice asked, "Where are you going, child?" and the shadow
seemed to transform into an antelope. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">When Chinye explained why she was out so
late, "the shape sighed and let her pass". When Chinye was three
quarters of the way to the stream another shadow burst forth, and it looked
like a hyena! It spoke calmly to her, questioning the girl as to why she was
about in this dangerous neck of the jungle at this late hour. When Chinye
told her, </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">the hyena said, “Go on your way with my blessing. But take care:
a lion is following me. Hide behind this tree and wait until it has passed.” </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So
Chinye waited, then ran as fast as she could to the stream.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">It whispered as it passed in the dark, but
there were no animals about.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chinye
filled her water gourd</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">, and turned to leave. “</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Suddenly, right in front of her
she saw an old woman, bent with age. ‘Bless you, child”, she said. Then the old one told the girl that on her
way home she would hear drumming and singing </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">coming from a certain hut in the
jungle, and that she should enter this hut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The river spirit told her that there would be</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> gourds</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"> scattered over the
hut’s floor, and that Chinye should “choose the smallest, quietest gourd”, not
the large ones that would call out asking to be picked up. </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">With another
blessing for Chinye, the spirit wafted away. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">And all passed just as she had
foretold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hut with the sound of
drumming and singing<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was there, and</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> its
floor was crowded with gourds.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Some had
straight necks, some curved.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Some were
nearly as big as Chinye, some small enough to hold in her palm.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">She sought out the littlest one, picked it
up, and left the hut. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the old woman of the river appeared again. “You have chosen wisely. Make good use of whatever fortune brings
you”, she said. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">And then she was
gone.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">But when Chinye got home, her
stepsister slapped the little gourd from her hand and shoved Chinye to the fire
pit to begin cooking.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Her stepmother
slapped her for being late, and shouted, “We’ve waited long enough for food
tonight.”</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">So Chinye had to cook and
serve the their supper and could not find a minute to open the gourd.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">In the morning, she slipped out with the tiny
pumpkin and sat down in a vacant hut she knew of.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Then she used a rock and cracked open the
pumpkin </span><span style="font-size: medium;">and “at a stroke the bare hut was transformed into a
treasure-house.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Gold ornaments spilled
across the floor, mingled with ivory and swaths of rare damask in all the
colors under the sun.”</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">And Chinye, who
was as generous as she was dutiful, ran to share the good news with her
stepmother.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> “Aha! Nkechi’s eyes gleamed
greedily”, and she sent lazy Adanma to the river to seek the spirit. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course that girl found her, and of course
the spirit gave her the same blessings and advice she had given to Chinye.
But</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">did Adanma listen? No she did
not!</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">She followed her own greedy nature
and the training of her avaricious mother instead.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">When Adanma came to the hut with the sound of
drumming and dancing, she made sure to choose the biggest </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">calabash</span><span style="font-size: large;"> she could
carry.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> She hauled it home, laughing to herself about the silly advice of that
old woman by the water, and how pleased Nkechi would be when she got home.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">But things worked out a bit differently than
the greedy girl imagined. When she got home,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> her mother gloated with her,
saying, “We’re rich! We’re rich!” and slashing the gourd open with her longest
kitchen knife. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">And then “there was a flash of light and a clap of thunder…</span><span style="font-size: large;">a
great whirlwhind sprang up, gathered all their pots, pans, clothes, and cowrie
shells” and blew them away into the night. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Adanma and Nkechi fled after their belongings, “too proud to ask for
help”.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">But Chinye remembered the river
spirit’s words</span><span style="font-size: medium;">, and decided to use her fortune in jewels to help her community,
</span><span style="font-size: large;">and Chinye, and her village, lived happily ever after. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">From Chinye: A West African Folktale</span></i><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">, by Onyefulu, O. & Safarewicz, E.
(1994) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New York: Penguin Books USA,
Inc. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-69170811037284826672013-10-04T14:13:00.001-07:002013-10-04T14:14:23.935-07:00Pink Flamingo<div class="p1">
<span class="s1" style="font-size: large;">Cinderella #129 Chinye: An African Cinderella</span><br />
Once upon a time, in Kenya, there lived a girl named Chinye. Her mother had died, and her father</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birds are Cinderella's helpers all over the world, from Kenya to Disneyland. </td></tr>
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remarried. Her stepmother, however, did not have a drop of human kindness. Instead of helping to take care of<span style="font-size: large;"> Chinye, the motherless child, </span>the woman used her to do all of the hardest chores. Because Chinye looked so much like her mother, this stepmother secretly wanted to get rid of her. She began sending her out for water, each night. The forest near there home was thick and dark, even during the day time. <span style="font-size: large;">At night, it was as black as ink, and filled with the sounds of many animals. </span> Despite her stepdaughter's protests, the cruel second wife forced her out into the night. "And don't come back with an empty gourd!" she shouted, "or you know what will happen." So Chinye had to go out into the dark woods. She crept slowly along, feeling her way before her. Suddenly, she heard a growl and felt something large rush past her! It was a cheetah racing by and Chinye shook with fright. Yet she crept onwards. <span style="font-size: large;"> Soon, she heard snorting and snuffling. It was a herd of wildebeests settling down for the night. Chinye tiptoed past them, and walked on, towards the lake. </span> At last, she could smell the water. Quietly she moved towards the rippling water. Then she froze: there was a pride of lions drinking! Now Chinye was really afraid. If she stepped forward to fill her gourds, the lions would eat her. But if she went home without the water, her stepmother would beat her. As she stood shivering behind a tree, she felt something touch her head. She looked up and saw that there was a large pink bird standing next to her!<span style="font-size: large;"> "What are you doing here, my child?" the flamingo asked her. </span>"I have come to fill my water gourds, but I am afraid of the lions." "You would be a fool if you were not afraid of the lions," answered the flamingo solemnly. Then it said, "I will take care of the lions. When you hear me caw once, be ready. When you hear me caw twice, fill your gourd. And when you hear me caw three times, run as fast as you can!" So Chinye waited by the lake until she heard the flamingo caw once. She held her gourd tightly, and looked over at the lions. They had all turned toward the sound of the bird. Now the flamingo cawed for the second time. Quick as a flash, Chinye darted forward and filled her gourd. Just as the water filled it, Chinye heard the flamingo caw for the third time. She ran as fast as she could! Now she heard laughter, and realized that the flamingo was hopping through the trees just ahead of her. "This way, Chinye! Come this way!" So Chinye followed the flamingo, and suddenly, there before her, she saw a hut. She had never seen a hut near the lake before, and wondered how it came to be there. An old woman stood in the doorway, and beckoned to her. When Chinye came near, the woman said,<span style="font-size: large;"> "Chinye, my daughter, you are an old and worthy soul. You should be living a good life now, not suffering at the hands of your stepmother. Come, child. Come in to my hut. " </span>So Chinye came into the hut. "Sweep the floor for an old woman, now, for my bones are stiff and I cannot draw the broom." So Chinye carefully set her water gourd down, and took up a palm broom, and began to sweep the floor. She saw that it was entirely covered with gourds! Some were very small, and others were huge, and they were of all colors. <span style="font-size: large;"> "How will I sweep the floor, Grandmother? It is all covered with gourds."</span> asked the girl. And the old one said, "You must bend and pick up the tiniest gourds, those no bigger than your thumb." But when Chinye bent to the floor, the big gourds pushed in front of the little gourds, and called out, "Take me! Take me!" Calmly, Chinye pushed the big gourds aside and gathered the small ones. When her apron was full of them, she said, "What shall I do now, Grandmother?" And the old one said, "You must tie them up in your apron and take them home. When you get there, crack them open, and see what happens!" So Chinye tied her apron corners together to make a bag, and filled it with the little gourds. Then she picked up her water gourd and went home. She heard the flamingo laughing ahead of her in the trees. When she got home, her stepmother stormed and shouted. "Why were you gone so long? Were you playing in the lake? You lazy, good for nothing, I shall beat you if that gourd is not filled to the brim." And Chinye gave her the water gourd, and showed her that it was filled to the brim. Then she said, "Stepmother, please excuse me for being late. There was an old woman in the woods and I swept her floor for her and she has given me gourds." With that, Chinye drew out a handful of gourds. She cracked them open, and her stepmother's eyes nearly popped out of her face. <span style="font-size: large;">From each gourd spilled pearls, and rubies, and emeralds! </span>She grabbed as many of these as she could, so quickly that Chinye did not have time to pick any of them up. Then she made the girl tell her exactly what she had done, and where the woman's hut was. So Chinye told her, and the woman made her own daughter take an empty water gourd and go to the lake. The girl quaked and shivered in the woods just as Chinye had done. When she got to the lake, the lions were still there, and so was the flamingo. The big pink bird told her to be ready when it cawed once, to fill the jug when it cawed twice, and to run like the wind when it cawed the third time. This Chinye's stepsister did, and soon her gourd was filled to the brim. In two steps she reached the hut of the old woman. This one beckoned for her to come in, and the girl rushed over. When the old woman asked her to sweep the floor, she set her gourd on the table, and grabbed the broom. But when she tried to sweep, she saw that the entire floor was covered with gourds. "How shall I sweep, old woman? Your floor is dirty with gourds." And the old woman told her to gather the tiniest ones, and leave the big ones alone. And Chinye's stepsister bent forward, and the big gourds jumped up and down calling out to her. The little gourds lay quietly on the floor. The greedy girl laughed aloud and grabbed four of the biggest gourds she could carry. Without even bothering to pick up her water gourd, she ran home. Her mother was there, waiting to see what she would bring. "Open them up!" urged the woman, and she grabbed two of the calabashes from her daughter. <span style="font-size: large;">Each took a knife and sliced the big rinds open. And then what a wailing Chinye heard! Those big gourds were filled with wasps, and biting flies and scorpions. </span> They swarmed and bit every inch of Chinye's stepmother and daughter, but they didn't touch Chinye herself. Now those two wicked women began to swell up, their faces turning red and their eyes running. They scratched and slapped at themselves in their attempts to get the bugs off, and ripped off their clothing, so frantic were they. All of the villagers gathered around and laughed and laughed at the two naked women, covered with bee stings and hornet bites. Now the stepmother and her daughter ran, and Chinye's father ran after them. And the last time I looked, they were still running. As for Chinye, she went back to the hut and cut open the rest of the little gourds. There were enough jewels there to make a thousand women rich, so <span style="font-size: large;">Chinye invited all of the women of the village to come with her to sell the jewels in town. With the money, they bought large herds of cattle, goats and pigs,</span> and Chinye and the sisters of her village lived in peace and plenty for many years. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Note:</span> Gourds (<i>gouorde</i> from L.<i>cucurbita</i>) are, according to Webster's New 20th Century Dictionary, are cousins to the Halloween pumpkin. Consider the magical calabash: from a fat, white seed grows an immense vine, with leaves the size of dinner plates. Soon, this vine bears enormous brilliantly colored fruit, which can be dried, cut open and used as water containers, or scraped and baked and eaten. </span><br />
<span class="s1">his story was written by Rachel Hope Crossman using a story fragment described on website <a href="http://www.thinkquest.org/"><span class="s2">www.thinkquest.org</span></a>. </span></div>
Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-48025153689241029452013-09-11T19:08:00.003-07:002013-09-11T19:08:47.232-07:00Birds of Berkeley<span style="font-size: x-large;">Birds appear as helpers to Cinderella</span><span style="font-size: large;"> in stories all over the world. Here are </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">birds</span><span style="font-size: large;"> that have appeared to me </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">as inspiration</span><span style="font-size: large;">, here in Berkeley, Ca. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A goose at Tilden Little Farm, Berkeley.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A blue heron at Jewel Lake, Tilden Park. </td></tr>
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The world wide Cinderella story resonates for many reasons. In countries as diverse as Canada, Ireland, Zimbabwe and India little miss dressed-in-rags gets the short end of the stick from her step mother. And in every place where her story appears, our gal gets the goods in the end! Score one for the underdog, Cinderella!<br />Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-90695097730405113332012-09-18T17:05:00.001-07:002012-09-18T17:05:32.989-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's the story of a small girl who shivered with cold. Once upon a time, a wee lassie named Sophie put on her fairy dress and sparkly shoes. She wore them right to preschool, because she so loved to pretend that she was a princess. Alas, the season had changed and summer ended. Sophie shivered in her fairy dress, and her poor little feet had raised marks from the shoes. So, she did what all sensible children do in the post-home era. She went to her cubby, dug out a comfy pair of sweat pants and fluffy pink socks, and changed clothes. "These will keep my wegs warm!" she declared. And a catcphrase was begun! You go girl!Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207154828740884867.post-43041222864878605732012-09-14T07:29:00.003-07:002012-09-14T07:29:55.767-07:00Cinderella, Cinderella, night and day it's Cinderella. Except at school. The fairy tale is becoming an endangered species!Rachel Hope Crossmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11295351518365810023noreply@blogger.com