The Blue Mountain

was a cold flame on the horizon;
it cast a wide-reaching shadow,
an other-worldly drift of snow
where three royal daughters
were trapped by many-headed
trolls who loved to have
their scalps scratched.

Tempted by a generous reward,
a soldier arrived with a well-honed sword
to make the trolls’ ugly heads roll.
The teenage princesses, not stereotypes
but feminists fond of underdogs,
quickly defended their monstrous pets –
the soldier lives as their slave yet.

Kim M. Russell, 12th October 2018

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Kay Nielsen’s 1914 Scandinavian Fairy Tale Illustrations found on Pinterest

My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Wordy Thursday with Wild Woman: Un-Fairy Tales

Sherry reminds us that, in 2011, Kerry created a prompt entitled Un-Fairy Tales. She says she loves the whole idea of rewriting those old tales and thought we might enjoy it, too.  She would like us to choose any fairy tales we wish and re-write them: give it better or worse endings, switch them up, make them current, or write new ones of your own.

‘The troll was quite willing, and before long he fell asleep and began snoring’ – The Three Princesses in the Blue Mountain a Norwegian folk tale

11 thoughts on “The Blue Mountain”

  1. Ha! That is an interesting un-fairy tale. Rooting for the underdogs and making your own choices are the much-needed interpretations that we require from the tradition of fables and storytelling. I enjoyed the non-stereotypical ending. 🙂

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