![]() ![]() It would be years before it occurred to me that I could actually write those new versions in my head down. I decided I definitely liked the way Disney did it better.Īfter that, I liked to change them in my head. She had a different version from the Disney one I knew, and I was devastated to learn that the poor little mermaid died. ![]() The first time I really appreciated that they could be rewritten was after I saw the 'real' Little Mermaid when I was visiting a friend. It had not just the more familiar Cinderella and Snow White, but tales from Japan, China, Ireland-more places than I can even recall now, but I devoured every single one of them. My two favorite volumes were the one about who changed the world (it was where I learned about Amelia Earhart and Martin Luther King and so many other figures long before anyone mentioned their names in school) and the one that was filled with fairytales. ![]() We had this set of children's encyclopedias when I was growing up, and I adored those books. I started with Disney, as many in my part of the world probably do, but it did not take long for me to branch out into other versions. I fangirled fairytales long before I knew anything else. ClarelondonToday's guest is fellow author Megan Derr, with an enchanting tale of the inspiration she finds in worldwide fairytales.įairytales have always been my greatest inspiration. ![]()
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