Win a £100 afternoon tea voucher *NOW CLOSED*

I loved the Short Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Anderson, ' The Little Match Girl'
I'm 54yrs old now, but I cannot read this Fairy Tale to my 7yr old Granddaughter, as it chokes me up every time I get to the end. My Grandmother used to weep when she read the Fairy Tale to myself and my cousins, and this alone evokes such memories of sadness with the Little Match Girl as she was sent out in the cold streets to sell matches for her impoverished parents. The story unfolds as she desperately tries to keep warm in a doorway, and uses her last match to warm her tiny hands. She dies oo the cold in the doorway, but her lasting thought was being held by her Grandmother, who has passed away. The overwhelming sadness of her dying cold and hungry still makes me sad, 48 years later. I still have the Hans Christian Anderson book, but when my Granddaughter sleeps over, I cannot read this particular story. Funny how things stay with you for years.

I would say i loved little red riding hood, but today they would think it awful to do with taste of a wolf i would imagine, and i also loved the film of peter pan. But there was a London production on the other month and i told my friend whos son and thier grandchildren live in the area and she said that peter pan scared their young grandchild, which i thought was a bit strange and odd statement as its supposed to be a nice story.

I immediately think of the beautiful illustrations in my Ladybird Cinderella book - I wanted a beautiful dress like her. I also had a book of Grimms' Fairy Tales which had some more sophisticated, and darker, tales which I enjoyed. As an adult I appreciated Saki's short stories and they have certain things in common with those earlier tales.

I loved Rumplestiltskin - the main reason was I just loved the sound of the name, and I still do!! Just saying it to myself brings a smile to my face!

Rapunzel. I had long hair which my mother kept in ringlets but I always wanted it longer...and longer...and...

I loved The Red Shoes, the moral being that vanity and greed don't pay x

The princess and the pea I always wanted to sleep on loads of mattresses and I also loved the tinder box
Although a copy of Grimms fairy tales scared me to death as a child

My favourite was Goldilocks. I love animals & was captivated by the idea of the three bears having their own little house! I wanted to be Goldilocks & visit them so I could try out their beds & eat their porridge ?

Cinderella. Such a happy ending with her handsome Prince.

The Faraway tree by Enid Blyton, transported my imagination to a place 'faraway' !

I loved Rapunzel & even grew my hair so I could sit on it!

Little Red Riding Hood. One of the few that has the tension of terror, I could almost be there in the hooded cloak, walking through the forest with trepidation, and the relief at the end when wolf gets his just deserts and Grandma is OK. The story itself was always much enhanced by a family who could read it to me so that it seemed fresh and new every time, and my fear and excitement was real.

Princess and the Pea. I must of read this story hundreds of times. The truth will out in the end !

Mine was Repunzel as I had very long hair when I was small and I used to dream of being a princess. Sad that she had to have it cut off to save her but I still loved it

The Ugly Duckling, my younger sister's prettiness was frequently commented on, I was "the other one".

Snow White and the seven dwarfs for me not sure why but used to giggle at dopey's antics.

None... they all frightened me!

For me it was the Elves & the Shoemaker. I used to love the Elves making the shoes at night for the shoemaker who had been kind, now he was getting his reward!

i loved the three little pigs when i was a child. i loved the idea of the 3rd pig outwitting the scary wolf!

My favourite fairy tale was The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde. I remember both my mother & grandmother reading this to me and it was always my most highly requested! Such a lovely moral to the story & will always be one of my favourite memories of my grandmother.

I loved Cinderella because she got all dressed up to go to the Ball and meet her Prince Charming. It had a happy ending so that made it all the more enchanting.

Cinderella, love a happy ending

I loved The Little Match Girl, even though it would make me cry!

I loved Cinderella because although she was treated badly she went to the ball and got her happy ending

Snow White because I loved all the different dwarves.