The Princess Who Never Laughed

"The Princess Who Never Laughed," also known as "The Princess Who Never Smiled," "The Unsmiling Princess," and other variations, is a fairy tale of Russian origin. The different versions, particularly the Russian, vary heavily, but all involve a princess who is unable to smile or laugh, and a quest to cure her plight.
Although unrelated, "The Golden Goose" fairy tale has its own princess who never laughed.
Adaptations include a 1974 Disney book featuring Goofy and an installment of Faerie Tale Theatre.
==References==
* The story was depicted in the 1980 Sesame Street book The Sesame Street Storybook Alphabet, with Betty Lou as the princess. Those attempting to make her laugh use a xylophone and yo-yo tricks, which fail to amuse until Cookie Monster eats them.
* The 1996 book The Princess Who Wouldn't Laugh adapts the story.
* The 2008 book Storybook ABCs again depicts the story with the same xylophone and yo-yo attempts, but this time it combines the final page (Z for zipper adapting "Sing a Song of Sixpence") into the same story. Thus Princess Zoe laughs when Lefty's duffel bag unzips to release bird seed, attracting the four and twenty blackbirds.
Princesswhoneverlaughed-bettylou.jpg|The Sesame Street Storybook Alphabet
Princesswhowouldn'tlaugh-zoe.jpg|Storybook ABCs
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Category:Literary References
Category:Fairy Tales