Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

On the line that follows each sentence, mark each sentence as P for parallel or NP for nonparallel. Rewrite the nonparallel sentences.

1. Both children and adults enjoy fairy tales._____
   
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2. You may be interested to know more about their authors and their origins._____
   
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3. When asked to name the authors of fairy tales, most people say either the Grimm brothers, Hans Christian Anderson, or Walt Disney._____
   
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4. But these men didn't write the stories; they merely collected or retold them._____
   
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5. Many originated hundreds of years ago as oral folk stories told by women who wanted to pass on their knowledge and experiences._____
   
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6. These women, who had no rights in their male-dominated societies, had two other purposes: rebelling against their many restrictions and making their opinions known._____
   
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7. Their stories, which were imaginative, gruesome, and frightening, were not meant for children._____
   
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8. They included cannibalistic witches, murderous parents, and man-eating animals._____
   
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9. Their tales were filled with not only scary characters but also gory violence._____
   
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10. In the original "Cinderella," one of Cinderella's greedy stepsisters cuts off her toe so her foot would fit in the slipper, and the other cuts off her heel._____
    
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11. As blood oozes from the sisters' shoes, pigeons peck out their eyes to punish them for their wickedness and lies._____
    
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12. In Charles Perrault's seventeenth-century version of "Little Red Riding Hood," the heroine fails not only to outsmart the wolf but also to escape being devoured._____
    
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13. In the Grimm brothers' version, a woodcutter is Red Riding Hood's rescuer and slices open the wolf's belly to let her out._____
    
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14. The original Snow White contained neither dwarves nor a magic mirror._____
    
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15. In that version, it is Snow White's natural mother and father who drive her cruelly and maliciously out of the house and into the woods._____
    
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16. The Grimm brothers changed the story so that Snow White is abandoned by a male servant, protected by male dwarves, and rescued by a male prince._____
    
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17. It is their version that adds the wicked stepmother, the poisoned apple, and a glass coffin._____
    
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18. The story "Sleeping Beauty" had to be stripped of cannibalism, sex crimes, and marital unfaithfulness._____
    
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19. Still, though, even the old versions taught people what were punishable sins and who deserved rewards._____
    
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20. In today's versions, the good still wins. The bad still lose._____
    
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