<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">How about a variation on<div>33. "The Princess on the Glass Hill." Here's a Scandinavian version of
the Cinderella tale with the sex roles reversed. Cinderlad is the
youngest of three sons, and the only one considered too filthy and
vulgar to attend a tournament in which knights and princes vie for the
hand of a princess. But to win her hand, someone has to ride a horse up
a steep glass hill and fetch three golden apples from the princess's
lap. On each day of the tournament a mysterious knight in shining armor
appears and gets one of the apples, then vanishes just as suddenly.
Finally, after every man in the kingdom has presented himself before
the king and no one has been found with the apples, Cinderlad comes
forward and reveals himself as the mysterious knight, who had gotten
his horses and armor in a mysterious way related at the beginning of
the story. Moral: "Courage and cleverness can raise the prospects of
even the lowest, most insignificant person." </div><div><br></div><div>It's in the Blue Fairy Book.</div><div><br></div><div>Johnnae</div><div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>