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 “A serious attack on the fairy tale as children’s literature comes from those who don’t wish children to be frightened,” writes C.S. Lewis in an essay.

Those who say that children must not be frightened mean two things. First, they mean that we mustn’t do anything likely to make children frightened. Secondly, they want to keep out of their minds the fact that they are born into a world of death, violence, pain, and adventure. C.S. Lewis says he agrees with the first reason, but not the second.

He comments that “since it is so likely that they will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights (骑士) and heroic courage. By limiting your child life in which nothing at all alarming ever happens, you would fail to drive away the terrors, but would succeed in driving away all that can make them brave.”

I love the story about St. George. It may be hard to find, but make an effort to make your children familiar with St. Georgy and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges to see the best of this tale. It is a successful adaptation from Spenser’s Faierie Queen. It begins with “in the days when monsters and giants and fairy folk lived in England, a noble knight was riding across the plain…” It’s a keeper, if you can find one to buy.

Bruno Bettelheim, a well—known child psychologist, also comments that fairy tales provide children with an invaluable education. He believes that all children have a rich supply of personal fantasies (幻想) filled with fears and anxieties and that fairy tales comfort them and offer solutions. Happy endings tell them that solutions and hope are real and model the kind of happy life children want to find.

A good fantasy suggests rather than tells possible answers to life. I believe that reading fantasy literature quickens the ability to transfer ideas from tales to reality. It’s what good literature does — it makes life larger.

32. C. S. Lewis may probably agree that         .

A. children shouldn’t be exposed to death or violence

B. children should read fairy tales to learn about the real world.

C. children should be brave and have rich imagination

D. children shouldn’t be allowed to read frightening stories.

33. What do we know about St. George and the Dragon?

A. It is worth keeping.                                                   B. It was written by Spenser.

C. It tells a beautiful love.                                             D. It is difficult for children to read.

34. In the text, Bruno Bettelheim believes that fairy tales         .

A. show what happy life is                                            B. are filled with fears and pain

C. cause children too much anxiety                             D. teach children how to solve problems

35. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Why reading fantasy literature matters to children

B. Whether people should read fairy tales

C. How parents should choose books for kids

D. What books children should read

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