The students thought a lot this week about what a fairy tale would be like if they turned it around and re-wrote it from the villain's perspective. They learned that sometimes what you think the story is, really isn't. Enjoy their versions of the following popular fairy tales:

The True Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Witch's Story of Hansel and Gretel

The True Story of The Gingerbread Baby

The True Story of The Frog Prince

The True Story of Rumplestiltzkin

Hook's Side Of The Story

Rapunzel

The True Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Told by Goldilocks
By Caroline, Gianna, Tori, and Shannon

 “Please officer, give me one more chance to tell the story!” “Well, ok.”

 “I was walking through the woods looking for my friend’s house because I wanted to go to her birthday party. We were going to play games like Apples to Apples, Life, Monopoly, and Sorry. Then I saw a beautiful house. I thought that was my friend’s house. I rang the door bell and nobody answered. So I just walked in.”

“Wait, wait, wait” said the officer. “So why did you just walk in?”

“Because I thought my friend was out buying party favors and games. So I went into the house to wait for them. I got a little hungry, so I went into the kitchen. I saw three bowls of ice cream. One was way too cold. One was melted ice cream. But one was just right. I got so sick after that, I needed to sit down. So I went to the family room. I tried to sit in the big chair, but it was too big for me. Then I tried to sit in the chair next to the big chair, and I could almost fit into it, but there was too much room, so I tried the small chair. I fit in it just right. Then I got sleepy, so I went upstairs. The big bed was huge so I saw a small bed. That was too tiny. I slept in a soft bed, but 15 minutes later….BEAR!!!! I realized I was in the wrong house! I rushed out the door and they blocked the exit. I had to go another way. I jumped out of the window- aaaaahhhh! Then they called you and here I am telling you this.

 “ZZZZZZZ….” (from the officier)

 “I’m going to say this very gently….WAKE UP!!!!!!”

 The Witch’s Story of Hansel and Gretel
By Noah, Sabrina, and Liam 

Once upon a time, a witch wanted to tell her side of the story,  so she will. Once upon a time, the witch was repairing her yummy house from the animals. Then she heard the oven timer go ding…ding…ding. She was going to put her cookies in the oven. So then she went in and did it. At first she didn’t hear or notice her roof flying to the ground! Then she just got the tiniest look at these four feet running up her house. By then she was already out the door and was looking at her roof.

 Instead of losing her temper, she just told the two kids to come into her yummy house. The two children told the witch their names, Hansel and Gretel. Then tey were so impressed with the witch’s house because it was all made of candy, but they were scared of the witch. She just did one thing to scare them- she took a turtle and put it into a pot on the stove. So they were wondering if that could have possibly been a human at one point.  

So after that, she took the yummy cookies out of the oven for the hungry kids. At this time, the kids were a foot away from pushing her in the oven, so they did, but lucky for her it was on cooling. So after she got out of the oven, the kids had already spread rumors that she was an evil warty witch that had held two children hostage. So everybody thought she was evil.  

The True Story of The Gingerbread Baby
By Marisa, Chinmay, and Carly

First I was just a piece of gingerbread! Then Matti cut me and shaped me and put me in the oven. When the oven door opened, a hand came towards me. They were going to eat me! I rushed out and leaped with all my power in my sugar lump toes, and smelled fresh air with my sugar lump nose. Then I got an idea! I cried, “I’m the Gingerbread Baby, fresh from the pan. If you want me, catch me if you can!” intending to scare them. Instead the hand plunged toward me again. But I moved just in time and the hand hit the pan. I rocketed off the table and flew out the door. I saw the trail of the tabby cat and it was scratching itself. I got another idea. I tickled the tail and it wiggled, knowing that something was on it. I jumped through the air, this time in a perfect arc. Then I felt something soft and furry and I knew I’d done what I intended. I had landed on the tabby cat’s back! I slapped the back of the cat’s head and it lunged forward. But when I peered over the cat’s head, I saw that it was going the wrong way! I saw a rooster and I climbed on the tail again, sliding off. I jumped on the rooster and pinched his head, thinking that it would scare the people and they would think that I had control over the animals. Then I timed the speed of the dog, and jumped on it. It gave a startled lurch and ran toward the fence. I dove off the dog and started climbing the fence and when I got to the highest point, I leaped with all my might in my sugar lump toes and landed on something cold. Snow! I saw a big red house. It must have tons of hiding places, I thought! But how to get in? When I crept closer and saw that the door was ajar, I stelthed across the wooden floor. Then I came across something big and black. A table! I started climbing. Suddenly the table shook. I hurried up and came nose to nose with a furry face! It was a goat! I cartwheeled off and ran out. Then I climbed on a well. I heard footsteps- Martha and Madeline, Matti’s sisters! But I was better. I pulled their braids and swung off. I landed on a wheel. I jumped, before the wagon could crush me and I sailed through the air, landing on a chicken who pecked at me! Then I leaped off, landing on the mama pig. Then I jumped off the pig and landed on the ground. I raced on the bridge but the people were gaining on me! I braced myself, held my breath, and jumped off the bridge, landing on icy cold water. I swam to the shore, but when I got to the river bank, a fox started chasing me! But then I saw the dairy man and jumped onto the closed milk carton. I hid, but then the dog barked. I should have known that the dog would have smelled me out! I jumped off, but now the milkman started chasing me! Then I started running to the woods. But when I got to the entrance, I saw a wondrous sight! A gingerbread house! Not any old gingerbread house. A maleficent gingerbread house just for me! I went inside. It was perfect. It even had a second floor with a room for me. Even a bed! Suddenly I felt the house rising. I realized that it was a trap. I was scared. I made up a plan right away! I climbed out the window and took some of the candy and a fistful of gingerbread and threw them on the ground. I took a sharp piece of peppermint and started carving a trap door. But the moment I started, my carrier said “stop!” I guess he saw me. I peeked out the window and saw Matti. He said, “you can live in this house as long as you never try to escape. I’ll fix that trapdoor, and you’ll live in my room. You caused trouble for the whole town.” He hurried away. Not long after that, Matti’s parents came home. “The Gingerbread Baby has finally met his match. That something is snow. He can’t walk in snow. We found crumbs on the ground. Alas, he’s finished!” I smiled to myself. I started singing, “I’m the Gingerbread Baby, following the light from the miles of people I take of in flight.” 

The True Story of the Frog Prince
By Eric, Anooj, and Nolan

 Once upon a time, a princess was playing with her ball, but she accidentally dropped it in a well. A frog popped out. “I will get that ball for you,” said the frog. “But you must promise me something. The deal is, if I get it, then I get to sleep and eat with you.” Said the frog. “Ok,” said the princess, not noticing what she was saying. When the frog got the ball, the princess took it. “Thanks” said the prices. She ran away. “Wait!” said the frog. But the louder he yelled, the faster the princess ran. When she went to the castle, it was time for dinner. At the middle of dinner, the princess heard a knock at the door. She opened the door. The frog was there. “You promised,” said the frog. The princess slammed the door in his face. “Who was that?” the king said. “Nobody,” said the prices quickly. The door knocked again. The princess locked the door quickly. “What’s wrong?” asked the worried king. “Nothing,” said the princess. The door knocked again. “I will get it,” said the king. He opened the door. There was a frog standing there. “Who are you?” said the king. “Well, I made a deal with the frog that if he got my ball, he could sleep and eat with me,” said the princess. “Well you made a deal with the frog, so you must let him eat and sleep with you,” said the king. Just then, the frog jumped in the princess’ plate and starting eating. “I’m finished,” said the frog. “I am not hungry, but I am sleepy.” So the princess took him upstairs and put him in the corner and went on her bed. Two seconds later, the frog said, “Let me sleep on your bed or I will tell your father.” The princess was so cross that she threw the frog against the wall as hard as she could. “Oh no!” said the princess. She felt so sorry for the frog, that she kissed it. Just then, the frog turned into a handsome prince! Then they fell in love and married. Later, the prince told the princess why he was a frog before. The reason was that an evil witch had turned him into a frog. After that, they lived happily ever after.

The True Story of Rumplestitzkin
By Ally, Mirah, and Michelle

 I, Rumplestiltzkin, lived in the woods and I was walking along through the king’s castle when I heard some weeping. I opened the door and saw a girl weeping on a stool next to a spinning wheel. I wanted to help so I said, “Why are you weeping?” “I have to spin the straw into gold but I don’t know how!” she said. “What will you give me if I spin the gold for you?” I asked. “My necklace,” she replied. I took the necklace and WHIRL WHIRL WHIRL! The straw was gold!

 One day later I came back. I found the miller’s daughter weeping again. I said “what will you bring me if I spin the straw again?” “I will give you the ring I’m wearing.” WHIRL WHIRL WHIRL! The straw was gold. The next day I came back. The miller’s daughter was weeping in a very large room piled very high with stacks of hey. “What will you give me if I spin this once again?” “I have nothing to give you. I gave you everything I have!” “Then,” I said “when you become Queen, promise me your first baby will belong to me.” Then she said “yes yes, I promise!” WHIRL WHIRL WHIRL! All the straw was golden thread. I went back into the woods and I spent a year in the woods. Then I heard what happened.

 I was going to have the Queen’s baby! That day I came to the castle and said “Give me what you promised.” She began to plead but her pleading was not enough so she began to weep. So I told her, “If you guess my name in three days you may keep your child.”

 I went back to the woods thinking that she would never guess my name. The next day I came back and asked what my name was. She guessed Al, then Bill, then Charlie, then Dan, then Ed, then Fred, then George. Last it was Henry, then I said “That is not my name.” That night I came back to the woods knowing that she would never know my name. The second night I went to the Queen’s room. I said “Do you know my name?” “I think I do!” She guessed Angel Face, then Bump on a Log, then Diddle Dump, then Bottom, then Tap, then Skip, then Hop, then Goldie Locks, then Lucky Fox, then Bluster Beast. “No, no no no. Not one single name was right!” I walked home and sang…

 Soon the question I claim for luck than no one knows Rumplestiltzkin is my name

 The next night I came back to the castle and said “Now Miss Queen, do you know what my name is or do I have to take your child?” “I will guess the first name is Tom, then Dick, then Harry, then could it be…perhaps….Rumplestiltzkin???” I was so angry that I stomped the floor so hard that I broke through the floor and I was never seen again.

 PS- I died down there.

Hook’s Side of the Story
By Zach,

One dark, dark night in Neverland, I was sleeping in my cabin until I heard a lock crack! Then I heard footsteps outside my cabin. Then, suddenly I heard the footsteps stop and the wind started to blow. Then I saw a shadow at my window and I saw it holding something. Quickly I put on some clothes and ran outside my cabin and slipped on the deck. Then I saw a tree rattle and I wondered why the tree rattled while I stumbled into bed. The next morning, I went on the deck and I noticed that my treasure box was open with no treasure! In the night I woke up and went with my men to hunt down the robber who stole my treasure. I asked my men if there was an island nearby. They said yes. Then suddenly I saw the same shadow that was near my window last night, when I reached the island. Then I saw a bush rattle and two bear ears. I swung my sword near the bush. Then one of the lost boys popped out of the bush and I lashed him up and dragged him back to my ship. That night the same shadow appeared. I rushed outside and saw Peter Pan soaring away with the Lost Boy. Then I yelled, “Peter Pan!” The next morning we went back to the island. We checked every place until we came upon an old tree. Search the tree. If you find someone, tell me.” One of the crew men said. “Captain Hook, I found something!” It was my treasure, with Peter Pan sleeping on his hammock. I woke him up. “Peter Pan, can I have my treasure back?” “Fine,” he said.

Rapunzel
By Stephanie, Kate, and Jacqueline

Once upon a time, there was a friendly little witch. Her name was Hellga. She was desperate for a child. One night, these rich people stole things from her. So the witch made a deal with the family and father and said, “You can take whatever you want, if you give me one thing. Your daughter!” So the family and father made a deal with the witch. 

The next day the father gave the baby girl to the witch. He did not want to, but he made a deal with the witch and a deal is a deal. 

 The next day the witch brought the baby to a tall, tall, tower and named her Rapunzel. The witch locked Rapunzel up in the tower because she did not want anyone to steal Rapunzel, especially Rapunzel’s father! 

 Rapunzel thought the witch was her mother so Rapunzel had so much fun with the witch. 

 The witch protected Rapunzel from her father because she was afraid that he would try to take Rapunzel back! So that was why she was so afraid of the father. So she tried to keep Rapunzel happy. But the witch never told Rapunzel who her real parents were. 

 Rapunzel loved the witch so much that she let the witch climb up her hair to get to Rapunzel’s room. Rapunzel loved when the witch visited her. 

 One day a prince came along and he listened to Rapunzel sing her sweet songs in the tower. 

 Then one other day the witch came and called out, “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your beautiful long golden hair!” 

 The prince thought the witch was mean and evil, so he thought of a reason the witch could of locked Rapunzel up in that tower and thought, “I think she will be in danger!!!” So he watched as the witch left, then walked up to the tower and called out, “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long golden hair!!!” Then hair longer than a rope, hung down from the tall, tall, tower. The prince climbed up the long hair. 

 Rapunzel wondered what was climbing her hair since it was so heavy, but let it into her room anyways. When Rapunzel saw the prince she gasped and said, “O’ my goodness!! Who are you and what do you want from me?” The prince simply replied, “I am a prince, and I have come to rescue you from that evil witch of course!!” Rapunzel was speechless but said this, “But she is my mother!!!” No she is not, she stole you from your real parents!!” How would you know, you do not even know me!! To add to that why do you even want to save me, I am happy here with my mom!” The prince was outraged, “For the last time she is not your mother!!” “YES SHE IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” cried the princess. The princess lost her temper with the prince and yelled out, “I have to say this to get you out of here, so here goes, I LOVE YOU!" She was being sarcastic just to get the prince out.) 

  The prince gasped then suddenly blurted out, “Every day I shall bring you some thread, then you can make a ladder to climb down and after you escape we can get married!!!” So Rapunzel HAD to agree with the prince so she could FINALLY get him out!! So she did. 

 But unfortunately the witch heard it all. So she got supplies for the wedding also to be prepared. Then one other day the week after the witch got enough supplies for the wedding, the witch cut off Rapunzel’s long hair so she would not trip on her wedding dress or her own hair. 

 The witch was planning on planning with the prince, so she sent Rapunzel far away so she could plan privately with the prince. 

 Then she thought about the long, long, hair she cut off of Rapunzel and thought to herself, and said, “I know! I will hook up the hair on that hook near the window then the prince can climb up just as easily!” Then the witch waited for the prince until he finally came. 

 When the prince saw the witch he panicked and fell out of the window! The prince landed in a rose bush nearby the tower and then he became blind by the thorns in the bush! The witch had not thought that the prince could be so frightened by her! So the witch became very, very, angry with herself, suddenly forgetting about Rapunzel, she turned into dust! 

 The prince got out of the rosebushes and followed a beautiful yet familiar voice. (It was Rapunzel!) Then the prince followed the voice until he bumped into something big and hard, “RAPUNZEL!!!!!!” he cried. 

 Rapunzel then noticed that the whole time she really DID love the prince then she cried with the prince. Then a miracle happened, 2 tears from Rapunzel’s eyes dropped onto the prince’s eyes, then the prince could see again!!!!!!!!! Then the prince brought Rapunzel to his castle and they lived happily ever after!

THE END!

P.S. About the family and father they were so angry they burst into flames and ONLY burnt themselves and their WHOLE ENTIRE COTTAGE!!!!!

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