Peel back the looking glass Alice and hunt down the murderous Queen. Look deeper into your own eyes Little Red and release the wolf hiding inside. Fatten the witch Hansel, feast on her whole and then finish with dessert from her house. Cinderella kill the prince with shards from your slippers and dance among the broken glass. While you Sleeping Beauty sleep on and on in your tower of thorns and dragon flame. Throw that frog back into the well Princess and wash his warts from your hands. Bake a pie Snow White and feed the Queen your poisoned pastry filled with apples red as blood. Wendy go and leave Peter Pan to his lost children and fly away to the first star on the left. Drown your handsome prince Little Mermaid with songs of love and pearls beneath the sea. Belle, pluck the petals from that rose and keep the beast as your guard while you rule from his cursed castle. Spin webs of gold from your hair Rapunzel and lure men to your tower like flies to a spider. Wish for riches from your genie Aladdin and fill your palace with gold enough to last you a thousand and one nights in the sands of Arabia.
Rip the pages from the book and steal the gold from the pictures; scatter the words to the winds and spill the ink across the table.
Don't listen to fairy tales.
In honor of National Tell a Fairy Tale Day.
:) Kathryn