HOW TO WRITE BETTER FAIRY TALES - DEAN AMORY

FAIRY TALE CLOSINGS
A grief shared by many is half a grief. A joy shared is twice a joy. (Vietnamese Folk saying)
A mouse did run; my story now is done.
Amen. (Jim Maroon)
An' the wheel bend, an' the story end.
And as far as anyone knows, they are living there still to this day.
And ever since then, that is the way it has been.
And if they didn't live happily ever after, that's nothing to do with you or me.
And if they have not died, they are living there to this very day.
And if you are going to tell a lie, tell it big enough so that no one will believe you.
And like the little boy said as he sat on a block of Ice: "My tale is told!" (Chuck Larkin, and it's
the truth)
And now, my story has gone that way, and I've come this way.
And now the story is yours.
And she lived till she grew up.
And so it was, and so it is.
And so the story goes.
And that is how it is to this day.
And that's a true story!
And that's no word of a lie! (Eamonn Kelly)
And that's the end of that!
And that's the truth. Pfffffftttttt. (Edith Ann)
And there happened in the end what should have happened in the beginning...and everyone
knew and has never forgotten that whoever has a mind turned to wickedness is sure to end
badly. (Andrew Lang)
And the last person to tell that story.... is standing here before you!
And they ate and drank, and were merry and of good cheer, and if they have not stopped,
they are merry and of good cheer to this very day!