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Fairy Tales & Fables

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FABLE
Aesop's fables — tales of animals whose choices teach a lesson — were being collected and retold as far back as the 6th century BC in ancient Greece.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
DRAGON
In Western fairy tales the dragon guards the castle and must be slain; in Chinese folklore the dragon is a benevolent, rain-bringing creature of imperial power — two very different beasts sharing one name.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CURSE
The wicked fairy's curse is a cornerstone of the classic tale: Sleeping Beauty's enchanted sleep and Rumpelstiltskin's bargain both turn on a doom spoken aloud and a clever reversal to undo it.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BEAST
Beauty and the Beast traces its written roots to an 18th-century French story by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in 1740, though similar transformation tales are far older.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Fairy Tales & Fables word search — free and large-print. Wander into enchanted forests, climb dark towers, and outwit the wolf.

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Every culture on earth has told stories of clever peasants and sleeping princesses, of beasts with hidden hearts and wolves with silver tongues. The fable sharpens its lesson to a fine point — a tortoise crossing a finish line, a crow dropping stones into a pitcher — while the fairy tale opens wide into wonder, where a single wish can shatter a curse or seal one forever. These stories shaped the moral imagination of childhood and never quite let go.

How to play

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    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
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    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
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    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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