Guess the Book!

[Nicky]

Ok, we've had the movies, we've had the riddles, now guess the book.

This is a classic and if you haven't read it you haven't lived!

I guess you think you know this story
You don't, the real one's much more gory
The phony one, the one you know
Was cooked up years and years ago
And made to sound all soft and sappy
Just to keep the children happy

...and I am proud to say I didn't even look that up because my copy is in Gibraltar, I know the whole thing off by heart!

RULES: as usual if you get it right you get to pose the next Guess the Book quote.

[Hartmann]

It sounds like something Mark Twain said at the beginning of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". But I am not sure.......

[Nicky]

You people have had a deprived childhood! How can anyone not know this book?

[sowen]

The Hobbit? crazy stab in the dark as I don't really have a clue.

And yes I did have a deprived childhood, they had only just invented the ZX80 when I was a kid!!!

[emmester]

Uhh...I can honestly say I didn't have a childhood--as I loudly announced in Art Class today--but...umm...hmmm...it's a kid's story right?

Cinderella
Hansel & Gretel

Ummm...

<--lame

[Nicky]

Emmester you are way closer than anyone else!

[emmester]

Geez, now you have me really curious.

Uhh...

Peter and the Wolf (where the heck did that come from?)
Wizard of Oz (so, unlikely)
Jack and the Beanstalk (these are getting way off, I know it)

Umm...I keep on picturing an old lady eating somebody. LOL!

Alice in Wonderland??? Didn't think so.

[yajirobe]

Just a guess...

Little Red Riding Hood?

This is my first post, by the way- HELLO!

[emmester]

Originally posted by yajirobe
Just a guess...

Little Red Riding Hood?

This is my first post, by the way- HELLO!

I bet that's what it is!

If it isn't...

Goldilocks

[Nicky]

Hello Yajirobe

Welcoem to SP. As I said before you are both along the right lines. Let me post some more

I guess you think you know this story
You don't, the real one's much more gory
The phony one, the one you know
Was cooked up years and years ago
And made to sound all soft and sappy
Just to keep the children happy

Mind you, they got the first bit right
The bit, where in the dead of night
The Ugly Sisters, jewels and all,
Departed for the palace ball

[creole]

so it's Cinderalla then?

[Nicky]

Yes but what book and who wrote it?

[emmester]

The Little Glass Slipper?
Or something like that?

[Nicky]

DEPRIVED CHILDHOOD <I scream in frustration>

[emmester]

Uhh...

The Big Book of Fairytales

LOL!

How about the Grimms book?

[Nicky]

GET EDUCATED

I guess you think you know this story.
You don't. The real one's much more gory.
The phoney one, the one you know,
Was cooked up years and years ago,
And made to sound all soft and sappy
Just to keep the children happy.
Mind you, they got the first bit right,
The bit where, in the dead of night,
The Ugly Sisters, jewels and all,
Departed for the Palace Ball,
While darling little Cinderella
Was locked up in a slimy cellar,
Where rats who wanted things to eat,
Began to nibble at her feet.
She bellowed 'Help!' and 'Let me out!'
The Magic Fairy heard her shout.
Appearing in a blaze of light,
She said, 'My dear, are you all right?'
'All right?' cried Cindy. 'Can't you see
'I feel as rotten as can be!'
She beat her fist against the wall,
And shouted, 'Get me to the Ball!
'There is a Disco at the Palace!
'The rest have gone and I am jealous!
'I want a dress! I want a coach!
'And earrings and a diamond brooch!
'And silver slippers, two of those!
'And lovely nylon panty-hose!
'Done up like that I'll guarantee
'The handsome Prince will fall for me!'
The Fairy said, 'Hang on a tick.'
She gave her wand a mighty flick
And quickly, in no time at all,
Cindy was at the Palace Ball!
It made the Ugly Sisters wince
To see her dancing with the Prince.
She held him very tight and pressed
Herself against his manly chest.
The Prince himself was turned to pulp,
All he could do was gasp and gulp.
Then midnight struck. She shouted, 'Heck!
'I've got to run to save my neck!'
The Prince cried, 'No! Alas! Alack!'
He grabbed her dress to hold her back.
As Cindy shouted, 'Let me go!'
The dress was ripped from head to toe.
She ran out in her underwear,
And lost one slipper on the stair.
The Prince was on it like a dart,
He pressed it to his pounding heart,
'The girl this slipper fits,' he cried,
'Tomorrow morn shall be my bride!
'I'll visit every house in town
'Until I've tracked the maiden down!'
Then rather carelessly, I fear,
He placed it on a crate of beer.
At once, one of the Ugly Sisters,
(The one whose face was blotched with blisters)
Sneaked up and grabbed the dainty shoe,
And quickly flushed it down the loo.
Then in its place she calmly put
The slipper from her own left foot.

Ah-ha, you see, the plot grows thicker,
And Cindy's luck starts looking sicker.

Next day, the Prince went charging down
To knock on all the doors in town.
In every house, the tension grew.
Who was the owner of the shoe?
The shoe was long and very wide.
(A normal foot got lost inside.)
Also it smelled a wee bit icky.
(The owner's feet were hot and sticky.)
Thousands of eager people came
To try it on, but all in vain.
Now came the Ugly Sisters' go.
One tried it on. The Prince screamed, 'No!'
But she screamed, 'Yes! It fits! Whoopee!
'So now you've got to marry me!'
The Prince went white from ear to ear.
He muttered, 'Let me out of here.'
'Oh no you don't! You made a vow!
'There's no way you can back out now!'
'Off with her head!' The Prince roared back
They chopped it off with one big whack.
This pleased the Prince. He smiled and said,
'She's prettier without her head.'
Then up came Sister Number Two,
Who yelled, 'Now I will try the shoe!'
'Try this instead!' the Prince yelled back.
He swung his trusty sword and smack --
Her head went crashing to the ground.
It bounced a bit and rolled around.
In the kitchen, peeling spuds,
Cinderella heard the thuds
Of bouncing heads upon the floor,
And poked her own head round the door.
'What's all the racket?' Cindy cried.
'Mind your own bizz,' the Prince replied.
Poor Cindy's heart was torn to shreds.
My Prince! she thought. He chops off heads!
How could I marry anyone
Who does that sort of thing for fun?
The Prince cried, 'Who's this dirty slut?
'Off with her nut! Off with her nut!'
Just then, all in a blaze of light,
The Magic Fairy hove in sight,
Her Magic Wand went swoosh and swish!
'Cindy!' she cried, 'come make a wish!
'Wish anything and have no doubt
'That I will make it come about!'
Cindy answered, 'Oh kind Fairy,
'This time I shall be more wary.
'No more Princes, no more money.
'I have had my taste of honey.
'I'm wishing for a decent man.
'They're hard to find. D'you think you can?'
Within a minute, Cinderella
Was married to a lovely feller,
A simple jam-maker by trade,
Who sold good home-made marmalade.
Their house was filled with smiles and laughter
And they were happy ever after.

[emmester]

I really have no idea.

[Nicky]

Read them all, they are very funny.

http://www.ppoetry.org/pp/0024.htm

[emmester]

I know it, I know it! It's by Roald Dahl!

[Nicky]

At long last What is happening to today's youth?

[emmester]

EDIT: It isn't that hard actually.

My turn! *grins evilly*

You lie, in faith, for you are called plain Kate,
And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst;
But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom,
Kate of Kate Hall, my superdainty Kate,
Take this of me, Kate of my consolation...

[Lorina]

Taming of the Shew -- Shakespeare

[emmester]

Yup! I kinda chose a famous line so it would be easy...I think I just wasted my turn. I should've chosen a harder one.

[Nicky]

The Taming of The Shrew?

[Lorina]

One of my favorite quotes when I was single and looking...

Harriet thus began -
"I do so wonder, Miss Woodhouse, that you should not be married, or going to be married - so charming as you are."
Emma laughed, and replied -
"My being charming, Harriet, is not quite enough to induce me to marry; I must find other people charming - one other person at least. And I am not only not going to be married at present, but have very little intention of ever marrying at all."
"Ah, so you say; but I cannot believe it."
"I must see someone very superior to any one I have seen yet to be tempted...."