Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed

I just finished watching Criminal Minds on CBS. It was a show titled “Seven Seconds” about a child that went missing in the mall. The show ended with this quote, attributed to G. K. Chesterton:

“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”

I really liked that quote, so much I’m blogging about it 30 seconds after I heard it. There was a bad dragon in the show, and it was “killed.”

Stories teach…

What have I taught my kids?

This entry was written by Gregory Lemon and posted on October 24, 2007 at 9:07 pm and filed under Fairy Tales. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

One Comment

  1. Yzaku
    Posted March 14, 2008 at 5:48 pm | Permalink

    That was the first time I had watched Criminal Minds in a long time. It was an added bonus for this quote to be there. It spoke volumes to me.

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