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Could the Following Have Happened?
Snow White: The Sequel
by Tom Horonzy
Once again, my friends, last night my mind went to thinking, while I slept, about the Seven Dwarfs, causing me to toss about restlessly 'neath faux pas satiny sheets, pondering insensibly, (which my brain is apt to do regularly as you might know, or not, if you are reading me for the first time.)
This time it drew from its fountainhead, the Brothers Grimm's tale of Seven Dwarfs, bothering me to inquire "what ever happened to those stunted pals after the mine closed down, due to their Union activity; which by the way came to be only because she, Snow White, dropped by and took a nap. Up until then, those seven pint-sized guys were living the dream boozing, chasing skirts, unconcerned with 'bloody' showers, maintaining a crusty appearance, save for Christmas and Easter when they bathed thinking they would attend church. They never did, though, as all seven belonged to different faiths, inclusive of Anglican, Episcopal, Assembly of God, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic.
Inevitably, contention would arise, and I surmised, Grumpy would begin a ruckus in which all seven little people, (I fear using the term midget as it might offend someone) fell to the ground roiling and soiling their go-to-church duds. Eventually, tuckered out, they would retire within the cottage, which I could not discern whether it was made of straw, sticks or bricks. I saw none of the Three Pigs, neither. Maybe, they lived across the tracks, which for the sake of argument could have been, for the first rail was laid in 1804, and the Grimm's tale was published in 1812.
Anyhow, I woke to survey the internet, but could not find what any of the less-than magnificent seven did after being domesticated, though I heard second-hand they sold their homestead, and followed Snow back from where she came, ending up in a kibbutz where they attended Temple on Saturday nights wearing yarmulkes and shawls.
By the way, and I did not know... Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859) Grimm were German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of folktales, popularizing stories such as "Cinderella" ("Aschenputtel"), "The Frog Prince" ("Der Froschkönig"), "Hansel and Gretel" ("Hänsel und Gretel"), "Town Musicians of Bremen" ("Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten"), "Little Red Riding Hood" ("Rotkäppchen"), "Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" ("Rumpelstilzchen"), "Sleeping Beauty" ("Dornröschen"), and "Snow White" ("Schneewittchen"). Their first collection of folktales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen),
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It's been sixty years since a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premiered, but the world as it was, remains the same, at least when it comes to my meandering adaptative story-telling.
The picture was a framed worked hanging over our loo (not Louvre) in Cowpens SC, snapped by me. Where better to muse than in the Loo?
Crazy is what crazy does! Critique this at my risk. It won't matter. It was a result of my getting lost on the way to Atlantic City.
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and 2 member cents. The picture was a framed worked hanging over our loo (not Louvre) in Cowpens SC, snapped by me. Where better to muse than in the Loo?
Crazy is what crazy does! Critique this at my risk. It won't matter. It was a result of my getting lost on the way to Atlantic City.
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