Tom Tit Tot
- A wife had to spin five skeins a day or else her husband would kill her so a black little impet did the work for her every day in exchange for her guessing his name
- She spent every day guessing so it would be funny to guess the most ridiculous and extravagant names imaginable and for none of them to be right
The Rose Tree
- An evil stepmother did not like her beautiful, blonde-headed daughter so she cut off her head with an ax and stewed her liver and heart for her husband and son to eat
- She was buried under a rose tree and it would be interesting to write the aftermath and the husband and son's sorrow that she can see from inside the rose tree
The Old Woman and Her Pig
- Her pig wouldn't cross the stile so she asked many objects and animals to help her get it home
- Would be interesting to expand on the number of objects and animals she asked (dog, stick, ox, fire, etc.) so that it becomes ridiculously long and intricate
Binnorie
- A jealous princess had her sister drowned because her former lover loved the sister instead but a famous harpist found her chest bones and made a harp that sang about her death
- It would be cool if creatures in the water and even the water itself all cooperated to help bring the sister back to safety at the shore of Binnorie and catch the evil princess
Cap O' Rushes
- A father asked his daughters how much they loved him and it would be funny to use the most ridiculous analogies for each
- He turned one away whose response he didn't like and she came back disguised as a maid
The Story of the Three Little Pigs
- The wolf who wanted to blow down the pig's brick house kept asking the pig to go to various events to get him out of the house and allow him to eat him
- Could change the effects to funny modern day things like going bowling or to get ice cream
Bibliography:
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, published in 1890, about folktales and fairy tales that are considered native to England and the lowlands of Scotland
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