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Happily Ever After Part 2

In many households, parents tell their children fairy tales before they fall asleep. Sometimes the children ask what happens next after the parent finishes the story. Often the response involve a big home the protagonist live in and the kids they end up having. If such replies are repeated often enough, a child may ask "didn't you say the same thing about (insert name of fairy tale)?"

The following are my version of sequels to several fairy tales, based on the version of the stories that I have heard.

Snow White

Following events of the first story, Snow White becomes very careful with what she eats. The prince offers her a servant to taste the food before she eats but she refuses. Instead she starts growing her own food to ensure the safety of the food she eats. Upon hearing this, the prince builds her a greenhouse made of glass. Unfortunately, the greenhouse reminds Snow White of the glass coffin and she refuses to enter. The prince summons the Seven Dwarves to learn about her preferences and to help build a greenhouse that Snow White would be willing to work in.

Cinderella

After moving to the castle, the prince insists that Cinderella wear the glass slipper at all times. Being made of glass, the slipper makes walking difficult and causes Cinderella to develop foot problems. Cinderella also have trouble adjusting to the idle life at the castle. One night, Cinderella goes for a jog barefoot as midnight strikes. En route she runs into a shoemaker, who offers to make her a pair of shoes that makes walking more comfortable. One of the prince's servants witnesses Cinderella's escape and reports the news to the prince. The prince then sets off the win her back.

Emperor's New Clothes

The emperor brings the child who revealed the truth about his clothes to his court. Starting then, the emperor consults the child on every matter, major or minor, before making a decision. Members of the emperor's court become insensed at the emperor for heeding only to the child's advice. One day the emperor's advisers kidnaps the child and hold the child captive. The advisers tell the emperor that the child left the castle on one's own accord. However, based on past behaviour, the emperor believes that the advisers are lying and begin his search for the child.

Three Little Pigs

The three pigs lead a happy life in their brick house, feeling certain that the wolf would never return. However, the wolf's younger brother saw what happened and plans to avenge its older brother's death. Realizing that the brick house cannot be blown down, the wolf asks a group of prairie dogs to dig a network of holes and tunnels under the brick house. The young wolf believes that, by weakening the ground on which the brick house is built on, the house would crumble. One day, the third pig (builder of the brick house) realizes the house has begun to settle. Fearing that the wolf has returned, the pigs begins drafting a plan to defend their home.

The endings are not yet written because I haven't figured out how to end these tales without the listener asking for part 3 of the tale.