We went to Children's Grand Park in Seoul on Saturday. While we were there we watched a show called "Anistory". It it a Korean version of Snow White. As you can see from the pictures of the boys above, it looks like they have the right characters. When we get inside to watch the show... things aren't quite like Disney. When we first meet Snow White she is dressed in rags doing cleaning chores and talking to birds like another princess we know... Cinderella perhaps? Then we meet the dwarfs... little monkeys dressed in costume. The story then begins to look more familiar as the evil witch forms a plan to feed Snow White a poisonous apple. But wait, now we have two princes competing for our lovely princess. How do they compete for the love of a sleeping princess you ask? Well, with sports of course! They each have a seal play basketball to see who wins. The winner gets to wake up Snow White with a beautiful flower. Not a kiss folks! Finally, Snow White, her Prince, and their two seals play beautiful music. Who would have thought that fairy tales would vary so much from country to country? I wonder how other countries stories differ from the ones we were told as children.
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