Cinderella and Other Stories (Great Illustrated Classics)

This book contains several classics that many of us know as children. One story is titled “The dragon and his grandmother”. Three soldiers flee from a king who is harsh and does not pay them well. After fleeing, they become trapped in a corn field nearing death until a dragon finds them. The

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dragon saves them and gives them all the wealth that they want, but in return, after seven years they will become his property unless they can guess his riddles. One of the men befriends the dragons’ grandmother and she helps him solve the riddles. In the end, the men are set free from the dragons’ power and live as wealthy and free men.

I have never heard this story and really enjoyed it. It was a short and simple story but used several things that caught my attention. The three men faced many problems and yet one of them was always confident that things were going to be all right. This impressed me in showing that no matter what life throws at you, that one must remain positive and believe that things will work out in the end.

In the classroom, I would read a few of the stories from this book and asked the students which one was their favorite. I would then ask the students to write a short summary of the story and why that one was their favorite. I think that by allowing the students to choose which one was their favorite, this would be favorable in their eyes and would help them to recall the story better.

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