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NatashaGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 13-Sept-19 14:27:20

To celebrate the release of Red Riding Hood, reimagined by master storyteller Beatrix Potter and visionary illustrator Helen Oxenbury, we’re giving one lucky gransnetter the chance to win a copy of the new book, plus a £100 afternoon tea voucher to enjoy.

More details on the prize can be found HERE and T&Cs HERE. We will pick a winner after 11am on 11th October.

To enter simply tell us... what was your favourite fairy tale growing up and why?

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Nettie17 Fri 04-Oct-19 18:54:14

Goldilocks and the three bears because I used to love the little voice of the baby bear!

Mrsox Fri 04-Oct-19 18:47:42

Princess and the pea..... i always wanted to be the princess when i grew up ??? xxx

woodlepage Fri 04-Oct-19 18:32:14

Peter Pan - I wanted to be Tinkerbell and fly!

bookall Fri 04-Oct-19 14:02:57

The Ugly Duckling - gave me faith that you could be anything you wanted to be.

glammanana Fri 04-Oct-19 12:20:19

Always been Cinderella we used to dress up and play the story out in our kitchen in the winter while waiting to go to the Panto to hopefully see it done by the actors.
I always dressed my twin brother up as one of the ugly sisters he has never let me forget that at the time I thought he fitted the part very well.

sexyashel Fri 04-Oct-19 11:07:03

Cinderella, loved to be wanted by a prince with beautiful dresses

yorkshireraven Fri 04-Oct-19 10:41:08

i loved the adventures of winnie the pooh and the hundred acre wood.the illustrations were great ,also the characters

devonnanny Fri 04-Oct-19 08:22:47

The Emperor's New Clothes and still has a message now!

desjumeaux17 Fri 04-Oct-19 07:34:08

Tip the Terrier he was such a lovely dog

newnanny Fri 04-Oct-19 00:48:22

The Sleeping beauty. She got to live in a castle, was kissed by a handsome prince who cut his way through thorns and nettles that had grown a mile high in order to find her and they both lived happily ever after. When I was about 4 or 5 I used to ask my Mum why we did not live in a castle, I thought we should because my Dad used to call me princess. I only realised I was not a princess when I started school. blush I got married in a castle though and had a very long train, so when I walked up steps at the reception it trailed along behind me, just like when I was little and dressed up with a curtain around my waist, as a princess.

karenteulon Fri 04-Oct-19 00:21:52

I loved Cinderella as I liked the way good triumped over evil, that the kind girl won and that you could get a carriage from a pumpkin!

Wazza Fri 04-Oct-19 00:16:04

Little Red Riding Hood. I loved listening to my mum making the wolf sounds and blowing the house down.

whobeme Thu 03-Oct-19 22:46:31

Cinderella. I spent hours trying to turn vegetables and pets into a carriage with horses like the fairy godmother!

pineapple99 Thu 03-Oct-19 22:36:38

For me it was Cinderalla - every young girls dream of the handsome prince and happy endings.

punchie Thu 03-Oct-19 22:18:18

Cinderella as I had a wonderful ladybird book with amazing pictures of her beautiful dresses. I still have the book which I read to my daughter x

Ratshark Thu 03-Oct-19 21:06:25

snow white and 7 dwarves.. i could pick which dwarf id like to be

Idlebones Thu 03-Oct-19 20:58:40

Pinocchio, I was always fearful that if I was to exaggerate the truth my nose would grow. I still think that honesty is the best policy.

Toofunky Thu 03-Oct-19 20:08:52

To be honest I didn't have a favourite fairy tale as such, but I LOVED 'Fantastic Mr Fox'. Still love it to this day and absolutely love foxes! <3 smile

zeenie Thu 03-Oct-19 19:41:32

i love hansel and gretel. i loved how dark it was

loubylou08 Thu 03-Oct-19 18:55:41

Snow White - As I always wanted to be surrounded by the dwarfs x

claireanne Thu 03-Oct-19 18:51:46

cinderella was a wonderful fairytale,my mum read it over and over again to me.i never tired of it

zaksgranny Thu 03-Oct-19 18:06:45

I loved all the fairytales that my Gran read to me but I think my favourite was Goldilocks. I read fairytales to my grandchildren now and theirs is The Elves and the shoemaker.

AngelaCringle Thu 03-Oct-19 14:16:50

I loved the Hansel and Gretel such a good story x

mercury11 Thu 03-Oct-19 14:09:25

Thumbelina - it's the one that really used to spark my imagination as a child. The image of Thumbelina sleeping in a walnut-shell really stuck in my mind for some reason.

lazzakemp Thu 03-Oct-19 13:31:23

Hansel and Gretel