1.   As a child, I adored fairy tales.

2.   Fairy tales can be interpreted in several different ways.

3.   Fairy tales have a surprising profundity.

4.   In fairy tales when the princess kisses a frog, it turns into a handsome prince.

5.   Many fairy tales portray women as victims.

6.   Knights are celebrated in fairy tales for rescuing damsels in distress.

7.   Fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes.

8.   In fairy tales stepmothers are often portrayed as harpies who make the lives of their stepchildren miserable.

9.   Child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim believed that fairy tales help children cope with their existential anxieties and dilemmas.

10.   She bought the book of fairy tales for the beautiful engravings of nymphs and fairies featured between the stories.