Thursday, December 20, 2012

Grimm's Christmas Tale


What if The Brothers Grimm decided to write a Christmas poem as a warning tale for children? What do you suppose, would be the aftermath of such an epic poem? Little Red Riding Hood becoming a feast for Santa Claws (eh, that's Claus, I think)?, Hansel and Gretel roasting Santa in an oven? Cinderella marrying one of Santa's elves or maybe, even Jack Frost? According to Wikipedia, the Brothers Grimm stories were didactic in nature at a time when discipline relied on fear. (How times have changed, han?).

Today, Google Doodle celebrates the 200th Anniversary of Grimm's Fairy Tales. There's a complete cartoon slide of The Little Red Riding Hood story on Google's homepage. I wanted to do a little catching up on the fun so, I decided to create a Grimm-inspired Christmas poem.




Photo: Google


          Come take my hand and let us walk into a fairy tale
          Mind me now 'cause what you see will take your breath away.
          This is the land where the impossible takes place alway.
         
          How could Red Riding Hood have been so very cool?
          Riding solo in the woods, engaged by Big Bad Wolf?
          How could old grandma pull thro? She was down with the flu?
         
          I'll share a little secret. Can you keep a folklore secret?
          There is magic like a shroud that enfolds all like a chaplet,
          It attracts faith like magnet you'll find it trapped in your closet.
         
          A land where you can rip shadows off folks with a steel tent-peg;
          Where there really is a Santa and his assistants are the undead;
          Come see Hansel and Gretel push a witch to her death.
         
          Where an entire kingdom holds still for it's Beauty sleep.
          Every day is Christmas with Seven Dwarfs to make life sweet.
          You can have my place if you'll have a frog for a prince.
         
          Thus is Christmas celebrated in fairy tale land
          Side by side with wicked stepmothers and evil ogres
          And Pied Pipers steal your kids if you don't pay for rats!
         
         
         
          Akpan







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