Semi-PCER - Random Princess Story

[wawa]

I thought CEP would appreciate this story since I was inspired by y'all...

While camping last week my friend's 4 year old asked me to read her a story and handed me a Little Golden Book version of Snow White. Gag me with a spoon. Worst princess ever.

So I ad-libbed to make her less passive and ridiculous. the part where she's working her fingers to the bone and dreaming of a handsome prince to come save her from the wicked queen...I changed it to "She dreamed of a prince to come save her, but she also started working up a plan to escape on her own because girls can take care of themselves."

And continued from there. Luckily my little audience lost interest about halfway through the book because the story was about to get a little confusing with the women's lib version of snow white eating an apple from a total stranger like an idiot and taking an extended nap while everybody else actually did stuff. But her parents were cracking up at my version.

How would you have ended that story? (with the caveat that it still has to fit the pictures...)

[copzgirl1171]

I probably suck because I wouldn't have changed it in the first place. It's just a book the likes of a fairy tale.

You all want my mom card.

[wawa]

Sept 20, 2012 9:13:38 GMT -5 @copzgirl1171 said:

I probably suck because I wouldn't have changed it in the first place. It's just a book the likes of a fairy tale.

You all want my mom card.

yeah, if she was mine I honestly don't know that I would have bothered. I'm not sure I'd have the mental bandwidth to fuss with stuff like that while full-time parenting. But Aunt Wawa who reads one to three books per visit? Yeah...she can be a smartass.

ETA: And honestly I'm shocked that the very literal 4 year old didn't call me out on changign the story. She normally notices things like that, but we were in a campsite with 8 other people and lots of stuff going on so I didn' thave her full attention.

[Jermys]

We don't own much princess stuff because it makes me stabby, but on the same note, the other day in Bed Bath and Beyond, Edith was looking at these Melissa and Doug dress up sets, and the BBaB lady says, "OOOH! Look at the princess! Don't you want to be the princess?" and Edith said, "No. I wanna be the doctor."

[Melissa W.]

I don't change the stories either.