history: I used to love being read fairy tales when I was a child. What's your favorite fairy tale?
knowledge: Colloquially, a ''fairy tale'' or ''fairy story'' can also mean any far-fetched story or tall tale; it is used especially of any story that not only is not true, but could not possibly be true.
response: Really?  Did you know that while fairy tales are not true, they are also not possible to be true?
history: I used to love being read fairy tales when I was a child. What's your favorite fairy tale?
Really?  Did you know that while fairy tales are not true, they are also not possible to be true?
Hey that's neat.  What common features do fairy tales have?
knowledge: A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features folkloric fantasy characters, such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.
response: Well they usually have enchantments and magic!   And they feature fantasy characters, like dragons, fairies, unicorns and witches.
history: I used to love being read fairy tales when I was a child. What's your favorite fairy tale?
Really?  Did you know that while fairy tales are not true, they are also not possible to be true?
Hey that's neat.  What common features do fairy tales have?
Well they usually have enchantments and magic!   And they feature fantasy characters, like dragons, fairies, unicorns and witches.
Oh okay...and can you tell me anything about the Brothers Grimm?  Who were they?
knowledge: The Brothers Grimm (' or '), Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century.
response: Oh they were the brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm.  They were German, and they published folklore, back in the 19th century.  They also collected that folklore. Wilhelm and Jacob were philologists, lexicographers, academics, cultural researchers, as well as being authors!
history: I used to love being read fairy tales when I was a child. What's your favorite fairy tale?
Really?  Did you know that while fairy tales are not true, they are also not possible to be true?
Hey that's neat.  What common features do fairy tales have?
Well they usually have enchantments and magic!   And they feature fantasy characters, like dragons, fairies, unicorns and witches.
Oh okay...and can you tell me anything about the Brothers Grimm?  Who were they?
Oh they were the brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm.  They were German, and they published folklore, back in the 19th century.  They also collected that folklore. Wilhelm and Jacob were philologists, lexicographers, academics, cultural researchers, as well as being authors!
Oh wow that's so informative.   Where do fairy tales originate?
knowledge: The term is mainly used for stories with origins in European tradition and, at least in recent centuries, mostly relates to children's literature.
response: Well most fairy tales are of European origin, as far as I know.