SNOW WHITE

I do recall some vivid incidents that have occurred in my childhood. When I was seven, starting off my studies in a school whose uniform clearly turns me off; all in whites! And one of the most distinctive class that I had was the story-telling session Imagine a beautiful lady reciting poems and stories, she will be our fairy god-mother! But sadly, it wasn’t. I can’t recollect her features but what I remembered was she was definitely not a fairy image. However, the stories that she related seems so alive, with her gesticulation and articulation. I enjoyed tremendously every session but I hate the reviews. We have to write a summary and character review after every session. There’s no free lunch in the world!

The conventional stories were like “SNOW WHITE”, “CINDERELLA”, etc. are so common (but at that time, these will simply amaze and excite us for the day)

First story “SNOW WHITE”, what’s your favourite character in the story? And that’s our homework!
The teacher started pinpointing us to stand up and express our views. My classmates said “SNOW WHITE”! Reasons like she’s beautiful, she’s kind, etc are cited. Finally, my turn came. I said “THE WITCH!” The class turns in a silent at once. I could hear classmates whispering around that I’m must be an evil person. The teacher was astounded and asked for my reasoning.

I said:"Teacher, without the witch in the story, there will be no story!" There will be no one to exemplify the good points of 'SNOW WHITE'. In the end, I was brought to a small room after class and my parents were brought into the picture too. My teacher was concerned about my physiological aspects of my development as a child and brought this to my parents’ attention.

Luckily, I survived till today in one piece.