Fairy Tales

I am hearing flares, and bomb sounding petards. I, who am not exactly in tune with dates of public holidays as to why (I am just thankful that public holidays are holidays) have had to do a mental retake. OK now I know, it's for the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Two difficult words which basically mean the conception of the Madonna through extraordinary means. The means is also called Immaculate. And if the means are immaculate in the Madonna's stakes, then have we all been conceived through non-immaculate means? Doesn't that sound dirty? So we all have been a by-product of some dirty business. But babies are born into the world without having a degree of mental or psychological dirt. Then what's this Immaculate thing? Is it for the Madonna to raise herself as being by far the cleanest woman, making us all look as if we needed an hour's long hot scalding shower? I don't understand. This and many more things. But it doesn't bother me anyway, it doesn't interfere with the way I act, speak, and hold myself in any way. So if some people want to celebrate what really looks like a fairytale, then so be it. Fairy tales will always have a part in every person's upbringing. And they're not bad. The moral of the story always celebrates and rewards the someone who had the kindest heart, the one who could look beyond physical imperfections. Even nasty witches sometimes find a good heart inside them in fairy tales, because they have learnt their lesson. And who am I to argue with that? I think that's just fine. And if only we started fairytale telling earlier in life. They are like our grown-up Aesop's fables. They are ageless. And I have a penchant for the fairy godmother witch who not withstanding all diversity, greed, hatred and lies will wave her magic wand in favour of the least lucky, the least loved and turn them into princesses, princes, and guarantee that they live happily ever after. And nobody's too big for fairy tales; look at me. And nobody's too old either; if you are, then you have missed out on the possibility of seeing the world through a child's eyes which is magic.