The Fairy’s Mistake
The Fairy’s Mistake by Gail Carson Levine is a first edition published by Harper Collins on March 21, 1999. This 96-page book presents a humorous twist on classic fairy tales, featuring two sisters with contrasting encounters with the fairy Ethelinda. Rosella, the kind sister, is rewarded with jewels and gems that spill from her mouth, while her rude sister Myrtle faces a punishment of bugs and vipers. The narrative explores themes of justice and the unexpected outcomes of the sisters’ fates.
Readers will find engaging stories that playfully challenge traditional fairy tale conventions. In addition to The Fairy’s Mistake, the book includes The Princess Test, where King Humphrey devises tests to determine if Prince Nicholas’s love interest is a true princess. Through these tales, Levine humorously critiques the idea that fairies are infallible and that tests can measure worth, while ultimately affirming that true love prevails. This edition is suitable for intermediate readers and offers a delightful mix of humor and fairy tale elements.
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Gail Carson Levine charmed the world with Ella Enchanted, her spirited retelling of the Cinderella story. Now this award-winning author turns her attention to two more classic fairy tales, and deftly turns them upside down and inside out with her trademark wit and hilarity.
In The Fairy’s Mistake, two very different sisters have two very different encounters with the fairy Ethelinda. Rosella is kind and helpful. Her reward: Jewels and gems tumble out of her mouth whenever she speaks. Myrtle is rude and spiteful. Her punishment: Bugs and vipers slither out of her mouth. The fairy Ethelinda feels she’s meted out justice just right–until she discovers Rosella has been locked up by a greedy prince and Myrtle is having the time of her life!
In The Princess Test, King Humphrey has decided it’s time for his son, Prince Nicholas, to marry. But he must make sure the bride is a real princess. So he devises a series of princess tests, designed to weed out the phonies and the fakes. Meanwhile, Nicholas has fallen in love with Lorelei, a mere blacksmith’s daughter. She’s no princess, but he wants to marry her all the same–but how will she ever pass the terrible tests?
In these first two delightfully entertaining, laugh-out-loud Princess Tales, Gail Levine gently spoofs the notion that fairies are always right and that tests can ever prove a person’s worth, but holds fast to the notion that true love will always win in the end.
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