This is an image heavy post, so I'll keep the rest brief. Here are the answers to the puzzle. Well, at least the ones I know!
Fairy Tale 1: Unknown... This one appears to flummox everyone. It doesn't appear to be Hop O' My Thumb or Tom Thumb which was my first instinct. All the tales represented here are supposed to be "well known" and I can't think of one that fits.
Fairy Tale 2: Cinderella
Fairy Tale 3: Jack and the Beanstalk
Fairy Tale 4: Sleeping Beauty
Fairy Tale 5: Beauty and the Beast
Fairy Tale 6: The Six Swans
Fairy Tale 7: The Brave Little Tailor (Someone guess Puss in Boots on this one thanks to my blurry picture, I think, because I can totally see that. In a better picture it's easier to see that the little figure is a man, not a cat, and that the giant is trying to squeeze a rock like a sponge.)
Fairy Tale 8: Little Red Riding Hood
Fairy Tale 9: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fairy Tale 10: Rapunzel
Fairy Tale 11: The Frog Prince
Fairy Tale 12: Hansel and Gretel
Fairy Tale 13: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Fairy Tale 14: Rumpelstiltskin
Fairy Tale 15: The Golden Goose
Fairy Tale 16: Little Mermaid
Fairy Tale 17: The Fisherman and His Wife
Fairy Tale 19: The Firebird
Fairy Tale 20: The Seven Ravens
Fairy Tale 21: Puss in Boots
Fairy Tale 22: Diamonds and Toads
Fairy Tale 23: The Emperor's New Clothes
Fairy Tale 24: This is the other fairy tale I'm unsure of. I've debated whether it's one of the tailors from Emperor's New Clothes, but I think not since there is one instead of two tailors and he is still somewhat separated from the action. He must be another tale, unless I've missed a reference to another fairy tale elsewhere in the puzzle. If anyone else sees one I've missed, let me know!
And either way, I'm not sure which fairy tale he would represent which just adds to the mystery... Perhaps someday someone will solve the mysteries for us...
What's shown in the window above #24? I don't see a close-up of that section of the puzzle. Maybe that will provide a clue.
ReplyDelete#24 is a Perrault story, called Ricky of the Tuft
ReplyDeleteI have this puzzle and I found the guide when I was packing for my upcoming move. How fortuitous! #1 is Tom Thumb and #24 is Ricky of the Tuft. Everything else is correct.
ReplyDeleteThis appears to be the official guide:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sunsout.com/fairly-tales/