Fairy tales depict wonderful, elaborate, and colorful worlds as well as frightening, frightening, and dark worlds in which ugly beasts are turned into princes and wicked people are turned into stones and good people in return. flesh (Guroian). Fairy tales have long been a part of our world and have taken many forms from simple bedtime stories to complex plays, musicals and films. However, these seemingly simple stories are about much more than pixie dust and poisoned apples. One could compare the fairy tales to the new leader Boyardee; Chef Boyardee hides vegetables in his ravioli while fairy tales hide society's mores and many life lessons in these seemingly simple children's stories. It is for this reason that fairy tales have long been instruments used to instruct children in the morals of their culture. They use stories to teach children that rude and cruel people do not succeed in life in the long run. They teach children that they should strive to be kind, caring, and generous, like the enduring protagonists of fairy tales. Furthermore, they teach that good ultimately overcomes evil. Fairy tales are not just bedtime stories; they have long introduced cultural moral values ​​to young children. In life and in fairy tales, there are always those who try to harm or demean others, and fairy tales teach children that those who do this are not successful in the long run. The story of the Pied Piper is a perfect example. The people of the town of Hamelin refused to pay the Pied Piper even though they had promised to. It is for this reason that the flute player took the children of the village with his magical music (Young). As can be seen, this story shows how those who do evil will be punished for their evil and cruel deeds...... middle of paper ...... and overall, children learn that it is possible to go from rags to riches if you are a kind and hopeful person, one day their prince will come. Works Cited Abler, Alice. “The moral of the story.” Vision. 2008.Web. July 20. 2010. Cullen, Bonnie. “The rise of Perrault’s “Cinderella.” Writing and reading throughout the program. Ed. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2008.622-626. Print. Guroian, Vigen. “Awakening the moral imagination: teaching virtues through fairy tales.” » Mmisi. The intercollegiate review, 1996. Web. July 20. 2010. “Oochigeaskw-The Rough-Faced Girl.” Write and read as part of the program.Ed. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen. 10th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2008.610-612. Print.Young, Johnathan. “Once upon a time, how fairy tales shape our lives.” Popular history.1997. Internet. July 21. 2010.