c) It develops control and poise 138

d) It strengthens attention and power of
visualization 138

e) It combines intellectual, emotional,
artistic, and physical action 138

f) It impresses many pieces of literature
effectively 138

g) It is the true Direct Moral Method and
may establish a habit 143

2) Dangers of dramatization 139

a) Dramatization often is in very poor
form 139

b) Dramatization may develop boldness
in a child 141

c) Dramatization may spoil some
literature 142

d) Dramatization has lacked sequence in
tales used from year to year 142

i.  Illustrations of creative return 144

1) The Country Mouse and the City Mouse as
expression in language, dramatization,
drawing, and crayon-sketching 144

2) The Elves and the Shoemaker as
expression in the dramatic game 145

3) Little Two-Eyes as expression in
dramatization.  A fairy-play outline. 
(See Appendix) 145

4) Snow White as expression in
dramatization. (See Appendix) 145

5) Sleeping Beauty as expression of partial
narration, dramatic game, and
dramatization combined 146

6) The Little Lamb and the Little Fish, an
original tale developed from a Grimm
fragmentary tale, illustrating expression
in folk-game and dramatization. (See
Appendix) 147

7) The Bird and the Trees, an original play
illustrating expression in rhythm play and
dramatization 149

8) How the Birds came to Have Different
Nests, an original play illustrating
language expression and dramatization. 
(See Appendix) 151

9) Andersen’s Fir Tree as expression in
dramatization, illustrating organization
of ideas through a play 152

IV.  References 154

IV.  THE HISTORY OF FAIRY TALES

I. The origin of fairy tales 158

1.  The fairy tale defined 159

2.  The derivation and history of the name, fairy 159

a.  Four senses in which fairy has been used 160

3.  The theories concerning the origin of fairy
tales 161

a.  Fairy tales are detritus of myth 161

1) The evolution of the tale 161