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alanajoli"You remember the fairy stories you were told when you were very small--'once upon a time . . .' Why do you think they always began like that?"
"Because they weren't true," Simon said promptly.
Jane said, caught up in the unreality of the high remote place, "Because perhaps they were true once, but nobody could remember when."
Great-Uncle Merry turned his head and smiled at her. "That's right. Once upon a time . . . a long time ago . . . things that happened once, perhaps, but have been talked about for so long that nobody really knows. And underneath all the bits that people have added, the magic swords and lamps, they're all about one thing--the good hero fighting the giant, or the witch, or the wicked uncle. Good against bad. Good against evil."
From Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper
"Because they weren't true," Simon said promptly.
Jane said, caught up in the unreality of the high remote place, "Because perhaps they were true once, but nobody could remember when."
Great-Uncle Merry turned his head and smiled at her. "That's right. Once upon a time . . . a long time ago . . . things that happened once, perhaps, but have been talked about for so long that nobody really knows. And underneath all the bits that people have added, the magic swords and lamps, they're all about one thing--the good hero fighting the giant, or the witch, or the wicked uncle. Good against bad. Good against evil."
From Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper
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Date: 2007-09-27 07:30 pm (UTC)