“When children are asked to name their favorite fairy tales, hardly any modern tales are among their choices . . . [because they] fail to provide the escape and consolation which the fearsome events in the [traditional] fairy tale make necessary, to strengthen the child for meeting the vagaries of his life. Without such encouraging conclusions, the child, after listening to the story, would feel that there is indeed no hope of extricating himself from the despairs of his life.”
