Re-elaborated versions of the fairy tales

1. Peter’s Story
from Stribor’s Forest
One day Peter was sailing across a
mysterious fjord. He didn’t know it was a
magic place, full of positive and negative
surprises according to what people
deserved.
This place was under a spell that would
have been broken only thanks to the
kindness of a special person.
The boy entered the fog of the fjord
and, because of its supernatural powers,
fell into a deep sleep.

2. Suddenly he opened his eyes, frightened of the
touch of a slimy creature: an enormous snake with
bewitched eyes was on the top of him and was
staring at him . ”What a charming creature!” Peter
said.
The snake thought: ”This foolish boy will marry me
and take me with him”. Shortly afterwards the
reptile turned into an enchanting girl.
Peter liked her although he didn’t know what she had
hidden inside her mouth.

3. Later he introduced the girl
to his wise old mother who
guessed she was hiding her
true identity and might be
a snake.
Peter couldn’t understand
how his mother knew about
the girl. Ever since he
started to suspect that his
mother was a witch and
began to hate her.

4. The snake girl began to live
with Peter and his mother.
The girl was spiteful and
greedy and she always
assigned the old woman
dangerous tasks: she had to
climb to the top of the
mountains to get some snow
to wash themselves and to
catch fish in a frozen lake
for their meals. While the
old woman was carrying out
the first task, she met a
girl who helped her.

5. They returned home and found Peter on the floor hugging
the scales that were lying next to him. He was crying bitterly
because the snake girl had disappeared.
Peter’s mother and the girl looked for her everywhere, but
they couldn’t find her.
As time went by Peter and the young fell in love and got
married.
Good always triumphs over evil!
M. Finocchio, F. Marcantonio, F. Paolini, F. Sborgia, M. Travaglini –
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