Reading Notes, Part A:
Tom Tit Tot
For this story, I would set the location in Italy. I would have the father wishing that someone would come by and take his daughter's hand in marriage. One day, he is out in the garden and he is singing a lovely tune about his daughter. A man walks by and inquires about who the song is about. When the father tells him, the man wants to marry this girl at once. The father only assumes that because the man is dressed well that he is the prince everyone has been talking about for days. The village said he would visit. So the man says that he will marry his daughter and give her everything she needs for 364 days of the year. But on the 365th day, she must make dinner for him and his friends to their liking. If she does not listen to him on this day or make food to their liking, he will kill her that night. It seemed like an easy task. So the daughter marries the man, but she finds out that he is not a prince, but a businessman who happened to be traveling through the village on business. When the daughter tells the father that the man is no prince, the man gets upset. He tells the girl that the deal is off. He tells the daughter that he will return her if she does not cook and clean for 364 days of the year.
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She can have one day off. Horrified, she does as she is told. She pretends to be the perfect wife when the friends come over and when other people visit. But deep down she is sad. Finally her father comes to visit her, and he can see in his daughter's eyes that she is not happy. So he plans a getaway for his daughter in the night.
The rest is history.
Note: I don't like the british fairy tales. They are too blunt and too scary.
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