fairy tale
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In the familiar fairy tale, sleep represents something close to the curse of death; in this version, and in Mr. Spears’s haunting musical landscape, it is a state preferable to waking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
In the end we see that this has been not a joke but a test, as in a fairy tale, in which the hero proves his mettle and gets his rewards: love and riches.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
The fairy tale of the princess and the pea tells of a young royal so sensitive she could detect a tiny pea hidden beneath many mattresses.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
Released in 2010, “Tangled” is Disney’s animated take on the fairy tale “Rapunzel,” about a young princess with long blond magical hair who had been unknowingly kidnapped and secreted away in an isolated tower.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Hannah has always thought of herself as living in a fairy tale where she’s not the star.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
