Saying Grace

The stock of accumulated fairy tale literature?Surprisingly it might be smaller/be fewer than you think/surmise. Searching the internet for “fairy tales the world cherishes” the number came to no more than a “round ten” or so of the best and most familiar household names ones. As also with poetry on specific subjects and themes especially those themes that I choose for my poems THE FIELD IS WIDE OPEN FOR LACK OF COMPETITION.. Fairy tales being known to be good for kids in many a’ way including:- they teach that “good” always triumphs over “bad” which serves to instill the idea firmly in children’s minds that they should/ought to fight for Right as well emulating their fairy tale heroes and heroines when they become grown and go out into the world.- the stories most often have a “moral” or “lesson” to be drawn from them from which kids can learn the many facets/dimensions of Right from Wrong Wise from Foolish and Caring from Uncaring to name only a few.- fairy tales abstract from the “mortal” human condition and lift us up into a world (lift us up where we belong where the eagles cry on a mountain high!) free of limitations where “hero” and “heroine” without fail “live happily ever after”.. What good can possibly come from such a blatant denial of Reality and the human condition as we know it?Could it be that it raises/lifts kids’ thinking “above the clouds and rain way above the hurt and pain” the woes and heartaches of this life and would also equip them for the life as a pastor/preacher? hehe. If this book has one contribution to make it is hopefully to add to the existing stock of positivity-writ-large “fairy tales the world cherishes” (and to the stock of pastors!).