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A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of bread, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.

Not only is Grandmother eaten up in this retelling of the familiar fairy tale, but so is Little Red Riding Hood.

Now, when poor Snow White found herself alone in the big forest, she didn't know which way to turn, but she knew that she must run as far from the queen as she could go. There were so many strange noises in the forest--and the towering dark trees and their looming shadows looked fierce and ominous. She felt so frightened that she didn't know what to do, but she ran like the wind over sharp stones and through bramble bushes and across mountains. Sometimes...

After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and changes him into a handsome prince.

Enraged at not being invited to the princess' christening, the wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.

As payment for retrieving the princess's ball, the frog exacts a promise which the princess is reluctant to fulfill.

A little girl walks to the end of the world to find her seven brothers and free them from enchantment.

Enraged at not being invited to the princess' christening, the thirteenth fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.