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For the Underworld book, see Underworld Once Upon a Time (book).

Henry: You know, I didn't exactly write Harry Potter.
Lucy: Or anything since that one book.

Henry and Lucy src

The Once Upon a Time Novel is an item featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the twenty-second episode of the sixth season.

History

During Fifth Curse

As part of the Dark Curse, Henry has cursed memories of growing up as an orphan after being born in prison, and because he was never adopted, he grew up in the system. He fulfills his own wish for a family by creating a fictional depiction of himself in his novel, Once Upon a Time, a fantastical tale about him finding his birth mother, Emma Swan, who gave him up at birth, and persuading her into believing not only are fairytales real, but that she is the Savior who will save everyone from a curse. In addition to Emma, Henry creates Regina Mills, his adoptive mother whom he initially has a rocky relationship with. As such, it was his longing for a mother all his life which motivated him into making two mothers for himself instead of just one. The novel details Henry's adventures with his family as they battle curses and magical danger, with the last chapter taking place several years later when Henry is on his own adventure in the New Enchanted Forest, where he has his first meeting with his future true love, Cinderella. ("Hyperion Heights," "Wake Up Call," "Pretty in Blue")

With her own copy of Henry's novel, Lucy reads a chapter in it about Henry and his family finally gain peace and happiness after they win the final battle. She then shows up on Henry's door, claiming herself to be his daughter, and pushes her way in before surveying his stuffy apartment, remarking that despite him being her favorite author, he doesn't seem that successful. She tries to persuade him that everything he wrote in his book actually happened to him and his family, and insists he returns to Hyperion Heights with her to rescue them from a curse, including her mom, who was his true love Cinderella. Because Henry does not buy her story and unceremoniously tells her to go home, Lucy does go, however, she secretly swipes Henry's laptop and leaves him a note requesting that he meet her at Roni's in Hyperion Heights to get it back. Much later in Hyperion Heights, Henry helps Victoria Belfrey track down where Lucy and her mom, Jacinda, have run off to in order to retrieve his missing car. When Officer Rogers and Victoria's daughter Ivy show up to get Lucy, who Victoria has seized custody of, Ivy pulls out Henry's book from Lucy's bag and hands it to Rogers, insisting he get rid of it as it has caused too much trouble for their family. Rogers curiously opens the book and recognizes something in it, but snaps the book closed when Ivy notices his odd expression. Near his police car that night, Rogers looks at the book again, completely transfixed by an illustration of a blonde woman. ("The Final Battle Part 2", "Hyperion Heights")

The next day, Rogers takes the book with him to Henry's apartment to ask if he based the blonde woman on a real person. Henry states he did not and the woman is just a fictional character he made up, much to Rogers' disappointment, as the woman bears a striking resemblance to someone who once saved him when he was injured. ("A Pirate's Life")

Believing Victoria has something magical hidden beneath the mines under the Community Gardens, Lucy goes to the demolition site with Henry, reminding him that it's similar to the chapter in his novel where Snow White's coffin was hidden within the mines he and Archie were trapped in. Henry quips that it was just a story he made up, but Lucy brushes him off and sticks to her beliefs. ("The Garden of Forking Paths")

During Halloween night, Lucy goes missing while under Ivy's supervision, leading Henry to try to locate the girl by asking people passing by if they've seen her. Ivy, upon finding out he is helping Jacinda, looks down on him for doing so even though he's a self-published writer, to which Henry defensively replies he worked hard to sell that book. ("Beauty")

After Lucy sees a picture of Roni in different clothes with a much younger Henry, she recalls details from Henry's book and determines that Roni is the Evil Queen, Regina, who adopted Henry from Boston when he was a baby. Henry and Roni, believing the picture was photoshopped by Victoria, work together in Operation Heartbreak to help Lucy see that the fairytales she believes aren't actually real. However, Roni unexpectedly regains her memories after Ivy drugs her with a memory potion, causing her to remember Henry is really her son. Unable to tell him the truth, she instead asks about his mother under the pretense that this information will help Lucy, to which Henry reveals he was born in prison and grew up in the system after never being adopted. Henry is surprised when Roni expresses knowledge about Emma, one of his fictional characters, with him recalling that he gave himself two mothers in his book to fulfill his lifelong desire for a mother. Regina then almost tells him the truth but catches herself before she does and instead says she is glad that they are getting to know each other. ("Wake Up Call")

While Lucy is staying at a foster care home, Henry visits her and brings her an autographed copy of his novel. Lucy excitedly flips it open to work on figuring out the fairytale counterpart of Nick, her mother's ex-boyfriend, to which Henry reminds her that Nick is actually her biological father and she should try to accept him into her life. Lucy insists the curse made it that way, and that, in fact, what is happening is a "classic Kathryn Nolan situation". She explains that much like how Prince Charming was cursed to believe he was meant to be with his wife Kathryn when his true love was Snow White, Nick is the Kathryn in this case, with Henry and Jacinda being the ones who are meant to be together. Henry is skeptical and instead wonders if he is the Kathryn, especially since his novel ended with his fictional counterpart meeting Cinderella so he never wrote whether they got together or not. ("Pretty in Blue")

To entact her plan of making Lucy forfeit her power of belief so she can revive her daughter Anastasia, Victoria shows the Once Upon a Time storybook to Lucy. She admits it's all real, including everything Henry wrote in his novel, however, Lucy doesn't know the whole story, which she allows Lucy to read about in the storybook. ("One Little Tear")

Upon receiving news from Jacinda about Lucy's comatose state, Henry cuts short his trip in San Francisco and books a flight back to Seattle. In the hospital room, Jacinda encourages Henry to read his novel out loud to Lucy as it always gave her hope when she needed it. After reading up to the part where Emma starts to believe in magic to save her son's life, Henry considers out loud that he too would be willing to believe in the impossible if it means his belief could save Lucy. He decides he does believe in another reality where he really is her father, and then kisses her on the forehead in an attempt to evoke true love's kiss and wake her up. To Henry's disappointment, Lucy remains unconscious, in part because Lucy no longer has her belief and true love's kiss can only work if both parties have belief. ("The Eighth Witch")

When Roni returns from San Francisco with Kelly to check up on Henry, she sees him keeping Jacinda company in Lucy's hospital room, where the novel sits on the bed. Later, Jacinda is standing outside the room watching her daughter's still body as the book remains in the same spot as before. The book is left untouched by Doctor Sage when she enters to check Lucy's pulse. When Lucy begins waking up from her coma, the book is still beside her on the bed. ("Secret Garden")

During game night, Lucy retires to her bedroom early in order to give her mom and Henry some alone time together. She reads the novel while sipping her hot cocoa, but sets the book down after hearing her closet creak open. Lucy investigates and finds nothing inside, however, when she returns to her bed and grabs the book, a loose, folded-up storybook page flutters out from it. She opens it, and from reading its contents, discovers if her parents share true love's kiss, Henry will die. ("A Taste of the Heights")

The next day, in Lucy's room, Jacinda talks to her daughter about her shifting behavior with Henry last night. Lucy feigns disinterest in having Henry around her mother, while Jacinda points out that he is her favorite author. She then claims she has moved on from fairytales and no longer believes in them after going through real-life bad experiences. To further eliminate the possibility of Henry's death, Lucy declares she doesn't want her mom to see Henry ever again. Lucy goes to Roni for help and shows her the storybook page, despite that Roni didn't believe her the last time she insisted she was Regina. However, Roni says she does now, and when asked by Lucy if she read Henry's book, she confirms she lived the story. ("Knightfall")

Upon finding a copy of Henry's novel that the Candy Killer wrote notes in, Weaver persuades Henry to look through it and figure out what the killer's motives are. Henry has a hard time getting into the killer's mind at first since the novel was always meant to be a symbol of hope and now a psycho is using it for other purposes. Weaver suggests he has the means to stop the killer, but Henry becomes frustrated over being depended upon when he doesn't actually have the answers. To change his mind, Weaver compares Henry's likeness to his fictional namesake, who had hope and belief, and the best part about the character was his ability to fight for those things like Henry will. Henry agrees, stating he wrote himself into the stories to connect with them, leading him to he realizes the killer sees himself as a character in the novel too. From looking at the killer's notes in the Hansel and Gretel chapter, Henry notices he changed certain parts of the story, such as Gretel dying instead of having a happy ending and written references to being physically burned, leading him to conclude the killer believes himself to be Hansel who is avenging his sister's death. ("Breadcrumbs")

Trivia

On-Screen Notes

For Emma Swan, life has been anything
but a happy ending. But when she's reunited with Henry - the
son she gave up for adoption ten years ago - on the night of her 28th birth-
day, everything changes. The now 10-year-old Henry is in
desperate need of Emma's help because he believes from
reading a book of fairytales that she's the
daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming - who sent
her away from the Enchanted Forest to be
protected from a curse that was enacted by the Evil Queen.


Emma initially refuses to believe a word of Henry's story
but soon finds that his hometown of Story-
Brooke
, Maine is more than it seems. Because it's in Story-
brooke that all of the classic characters we know are
frozen in time with no memories of their former selves –
except for the Evil Queen, who is Storybrooke's mayor
and Henry's adoptive mother Regina Mills.


Now, as the epic "Final Battle" for the future of both worlds approaches, Emma will have to
accept her destiny and uncover the
mystery behind a place where fairytales are to be
believed.


The show version reads (differences are highlighted):[4][5]
For bail bond agent, Emma Swan, life has been anything
but a fairy tale. But when she's reunited with Henry - the
son she gave up for adoption on the night of her 28th birth-
day
, everything begins to change. The young boy is in
desperate need of Emma's help: he is convinced from
reading a book of fairytales that she is no other than the
daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming - who sent
her away from the realm of the Enchanted Forest to be
protected from a curse that was enacted by the Evil Queen.


Emma initially refuses to believe a word of Henry's story
but soon discovers that his sleepy hometown of Story-
brooke, Maine is more than it seems. Because it's in Story-
brooke that all of the preeminent characters we know are
frozen in time with no memories of their former selves –
except for the Evil Queen, who is Storybrooke's mayor
and Henry's adoptive mother, Regina Mills.


Emma will have to accept her destiny and uncover the
mystery behind a place where fairytales are, truly, to be
believed.
("Hyperion Heights")

Illustrations

Original stories

  • The text page next to Emma's illustration is a retelling of the scene where Emma leaves the Underworld in "Firebird". Some of the text appears on-screen,[6] while the rest of it can be seen on a prop photograph from an online auction[7] (the missing text is set in fuchsia, or, in the case of links, is underlined). It reads:
Emma and her family raced across the cemetery,
the ground quaking beneath their feet. In the distance,
the portal in the face of the fallen clock tower was
going dark. It was about to close! Emma helped
Henry and Regina through. They were getting out of
this place if it was the last thing she ever did. Emma
turned to her father with steely resolve in her eyes and
zipped up her red leather jacket.


"When I bought this jacket, it was meant to be an
armor to protect me from getting hurt by those I
love," Emma told David. "But now it's just a
reminder that I have to protect those I love."

Looking down at that trusty armor, it struck Emma for
for the first time how far she had truly come. And while
she may have lost much, she had gained a family. She
was not going to lose anyone else. Because she was the
Savior and there were people who still needed saving.
Emma led David through the fading portal. And with
one last look behind her, Emma wiped the tears from
her eyes. She knew what her mission was. And with
she stepped into the clock-faced portal and disap-
peared into the void. The portal was gone, replaced
once again by an ordinary clock face. Then.... tick. It
was 8:15 once again in Storybrooke.
("Hyperion Heights", "A Pirate's Life")


"Every curse can be broken, you just need belief. Maybe the help of your family. It took time but Emma learned that. And when she did, she knew she could believe in anything if it would save her child's life."
("The Eighth Witch")


Fairytales

The Loveliest Rose in the World


Excerpt one (from "Breadcrumbs")

There lived once a great queen, in whose garden
were found at all seasons the most splendid flowers, and
from every land in the world. She specially loved roses,
and therefore she possessed the most beautiful varieties
of this flower, from the wild hedge-rose, with its apple—
scented leaves, to the splendid Provence rose. They
grew near the shelter of the walls, wound themselves
round columns and window-frames, crept along passages
and over the ceilings of the halls. They were of every
fragrance and color.
But care and sorrow dwelt within these halls; the
queen lay upon a sick bed, and the doctors declared that
she must die. “There is still one thing that could save her,” said one of the wisest among them. “Bring her
the loveliest rose in the world; one which exhibits the
purest and brightest love, and if it is brought to her before
her eyes close, she will not die.”
Then from all parts came those who brought roses
that bloomed in every garden, but they were not the
right sort. The flower must be one from the garden of
love; but which of the roses there showed forth the
highest and purest love? The poets sang of this rose

Excerpt two (from "Hyperion Heights")

"No one has yet named the flower," said the wise
man. "No one has pointed out the spot where it blooms
in all its splendor. It is not a rose from the coffin of
Romeo and Juliet, or from the grave of Walburg, though
these roses will live in everlasting song. It is not one of
the roses which sprouted forth from the blood-stained
fame of Winkelreid. The blood which flows from the
breast of a hero who dies for his country is sacred, and
his memory is sweet, and no rose can be redder than the
blood which flows from his veins. Neither is it the magic
flower of Science, to obtain which wondrous flower a
man devotes many an hour of his fresh young life in
sleepless nights, in a lonely chamber.”
"I know where it blooms," said a happy mother,
who came with her lovely child to the bedside of the
queen. "I know where the loveliest rose in the world is.
It is seen on the blooming cheeks of my sweet child,
when it expresses the pure and holy love of infancy;
when refreshed by sleep it opens its eyes, and smiles
upon me with childlike affection."
"This is a lovely rose," said the wise man; “but
there is one still more lovely.”
"Yes, one far more lovely," said one of the women.
"I have seen it, and a loftier and purer rose does not bloom.


What Happened to the Thistle

  • When Henry opens the novel in his apartment when Weaver comes to see him, the second page contains an excerpt from Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale "What Happened to the Thistle".[9] When Henry flips through the book at the police station, the first page he looks at contains the same excerpt.[12] From another book called Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales (link to text), this time an English edition by an unknown translator, published by Ginn and Company in 1915 (text set in fuchsia is obscured by Henry's fingers): ("Breadcrumbs")

The young people amused themselves on the lawn,
and played at ball; they wandered among the flowers,
and each of the young girls broke off a flower, and fas-
tened it in a young gentleman’s buttonhole. But the
young Scotch lady looked round, for a long time, in
an undecided way. None of the flowers seemed to suit
her taste. Then her eye glanced across the paling—out-
side stood the great thistle bush, with the reddish-blue,
sturdy flowers; she saw them, she smiled, and asked the
son of the house to pluck one for her.1
She placed the thistle-flower in the buttonhole of
the young man, and he felt himself highly honored.
Each of the other young gentlemen would willingly have
given his own2 of the Scottish maiden. And if the
son of the house felt himself honored, what were the
feelings of the Thistle bush? It seemed to him as if dew
and sunshine were streaming through him.
“I am something more than I knew of,” said the
Thistle to itsself. [obscured]e is something going on here.3 I
suppose my right place is really inside the palings, and
not outside. One is often strangely placed in this world;
but now I have at least managed to get one the balls4


Notes:
1 The following section has been removed: "“It is the flower of Scotland,” she said. “It blooms in the scutcheon of my country. Give me yonder flower.” And he brought the fairest blossom, and pricked his fingers as completely as if it had grown on the sharpest rose bush."
2 The complete sentence reads "Each of the other young gentlemen would willingly have given his own beautiful flower to have worn this one, presented by the fair hand of the Scottish maiden." It was shortened for the show.
3 "[obscured]e is something going on here." is not in the original version.
4 This has been changed from "…now I have at least managed to get one of my people…" to "now I have at least managed to get one of the balls"

The Queen Bee


that he seated himself on a stone, and wept. And while
he was thus sitting, the king of the ants whose life he
had once saved, came with five thousand ants, and before
 long the little creatures had got all the pearls together, and laid them in a heap.
The second task, however, was to fetch out of the
lake the key of the king's daughter's bed-chamber.
When simpleton came to the lake, the ducks which he
had saved, swam up to him, dived down, and brought
the key out of the water.
But the third task was the most difficult, from
amongst the three sleeping daughters of the king was the
youngest and dearest to be sought out. They, however,
resembled each other exactly, and were only to be distin-
guished by their having eaten different sweetmeats
before they fell asleep, the eldest a bit of sugar, the
second a little syrup, and the youngest a spoonful of
honey. Then the queen of the bees, whom simpleton had
protected from the fire, came and tasted the lips of all
three, and at last she remained sitting on the mouth
which had eaten honey, and thus the king's son recog-
nized the right princess. Then the enchantment was at
an end, everything was delivered from sleep, and those
who had been turned to stone received once more their
natural forms.
Simpleton married the youngest and sweetest prin-
cess, and after her father's death became king, and his


The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage

  • As Henry continues to flip through the book at the police station, one page (seen upside-down) contains an excerpt from the Grimm fairytale "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage".[14] Another page contains another excerpt from the fairytale, this time seen the right way up.[15] The English translation is taken from an online eBook by Project Gutenberg from 2008, itself based on translations by the nineteenth century author Edgar Taylor, and Marian Edwardes. Note that the last two lines are not from the fairytale, but "The Queen Bee"; these are highlighted in yellow, while text set in fuchsia is obscured or illegible: ("Breadcrumbs")


He picked up the wood, and flew sadly home, and
told the mouse all he had seen and heard. They were
both very unhappy, but agreed to make the best of
things and to remain with one another.
So now the bird set the table, and the mouse looked
after the food and, wishing to prepare it in the same
way as the sausage, by rolling in and out among the
vegetables to salt and butter them, she jumped into the
pot; but she stopped short long before she reached the
bottom, having already parted not only with her skin
and hair, but also with life.
Presently the bird came in and wanted to serve up
the dinner, but he could nowhere see the cook. In his
alarm and flurry, he threw the wood here and there
about the floor, called and searched, but no cook was to
be found. Then some of the wood that had been care-

lessly thrown down, caught fire and began to blaze. The
bird hastened to fetch some water, but his pail fell into
the well, and he after it, and as he was unable to recov-
er himself, he was drowned.
And the dwarf married the youngest and the best
of the princesses, and was king after her father’s death


Mother Holle

  • When Henry looks through the book with Rogers and Weaver, the first page contains an excerpt from the Grimm fairytale "Mother Holle".[16] A micro-excerpt from the story can be glimpsed on another page,[15] while a micro-excerpt from the ending can be glimpsed on the top half of a different page.[17] This translation is also taken from the Project Gutenberg eBook; off-screen text is set in fuchsia: ("Breadcrumbs")


Excerpt one

She walked over the meadow, and presently she came
upon a baker’s oven full of bread, and the loaves cried
out to her, ‘Take us out, take us out, or alas! we shall
be burnt to a cinder; we were baked through long ago.’
So she took the bread-shovel and drew them all out.
She went on a little farther, till she came to a tree
full of apples. ‘Shake me, shake me, I pray,’ cried the
tree; ‘my apples, one and all, are ripe.’ So she shook
the tree, and the apples came falling down upon her like
rain; but she continued shaking until there was not a
single apple left upon it. Then she carefully gathered the
apples together in a heap and walked on again.

Excerpt two

"Presently she came to the apple-tree. ’Shake me, shake me,
I pray; my apples, one and all, are ripe,’ it
cried. But she only answered, ’A nice thing to ask me
to do, one of the apples might fall on my head,’ and
passed on. At last she came to Mother Holle's house, and
as she had heard all about the large teeth from her sister,
she was not afraid of them, and engaged herself with-
out delay to the old woman. The first day she was very
obedient and industrious, and exerted herself to please
Mother Holle, for she thought of the gold she should get
in return. The next day, however, she began to dawdle
over her work, and the third day she was more idle

Excerpt three:

"Mother Holle led her, as she had led her sister, to the broad
gateway; but as she was passing through, instead of the
shower of gold, a great bucketful of pitch came pouring
over her. ’That is in return for your services,’ said the
old woman, and she shut the gate. So the lazy girl had
to go home covered with pitch, and the cock on the


  • Note that on the last line of excerpt one, the words"in the morning the" can be glimpsed; they are not part of the fairytale.

The Old Woman in the Wood

  • The third page Henry looks at as he continues to flip through the book at the station, contains an excerpt from the Grimm fairytale "The Old Woman in the Wood".[17] This story is also copied from The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Pantheon Books,[18] but it cannot be read in Google Books' digitized edition. ("Breadcrumbs")


girl. Then said the little dove, "I will guide you to a
small house; enter it, and inside it, an old woman will
be sitting by the fire and will say, 'good-day.' But on
your life give her no answer, let her do what she will,
but pass by her on the right side. Further on, there is a
door, which open, and you will enter into a room where
a quantity of rings of all kinds are lying, amongst which
are some magnificent ones with shining stones. Leave
them, however, where they are, and seek out a plain
one, which must likewise be amongst them, and bring
it here to me as quickly as you can."

The girl went to the little house, and came to
the door. There sat an old woman
who stared when she saw her, and said, "Good-day
my child." The girl gave her no answer, and opened the
door. "Whither away?" cried the old woman, (…)


Little Red Riding Hood

  • The bottom half of a page contains a micro-excerpt from the opening of the Brothers Grimm's version of "Little Red Riding Hood".[17] Also from the Project Gutenberg eBook (or a similar translation); off-screen text is set in fuchsia: ("Breadcrumbs")


"Once upon a time there was a dear little
girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but
most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing
that she would not have given to the child. Once she
gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so
well that she would never wear anything else; so she
was always called ’Little Red-Cap.’"


The Darning Needle


THERE was once a darning-needle who thought herself
so fine that she fancied she must be fit for embroidery.
"Hold me tight," she would say to the fingers, when
they took her up, "don't let me fall; if you do I shall
never be found again, I am so very fine."
"That is your opinion, is it?" said the fingers, as
they seized her round the body.
"See, I am coming with a train," said the dar-
nin-needle, drawing a long thread after her; but there was
no knot in the thread.
The fingers then placed the point of the needle against
the cook's slipper. There was a crack in the upper leather,
which had to be sewn together.
"What coarse work!" said the darning-needle, "I
shall never get through. I shall break!- I am breaking!"
and sure enough she broke. "Did I not say so?" said the
darning-needle, "I know I am too fine for such work as
that."
"This needle is quite useless for sewing now," said
the fingers; but they still held it fast, and the cook
dropped some sealing-wax on the needle, and fastened her
handkerchief with it in front.
"So now I am a breast-pin," said the darning-needle;
"I knew very well I should come to honor some day."

Props Notes

Unseen Stories

  • According to a photograph on an online prop auction held in December 2018, an unseen page contains an excerpt from the Grimm fairytale "The Fisherman and His Wife" ("…a pretty little parlor and bedroom, and a kitchen and pantry, with the best of furniture, and fitted up with the…").[20]
    • Another unseen page contains an original story:[20]


In spite of urging, he refused to stay. A little girl,
clasped his foot and kissed it, commending him. The
knight asked why she had done that, and then she
replied that she had kissed his foot in order that he
should remember her wherever he went. He answered,
"Doubt it not, fair maiden! I shall never forget you,
after I have parted hence."


With that he and Alma took their leave of their host
and the others. So they rode, sometimes by water and
sometimes by land, away from everything they knew,
under the setting sun.

Chapter 7

Steered by the hope of something
greater, they continued on for
many days, through many lands.
The knight looked behind him,
and saw through the bushes that
they had, without knowing it, sat
down close under the old walls of
a castle. And here is where they slept, under the
protection of the walls of the castle, and under a
blanket of stars. In the morning when they awoke,
they began their journey once again, walking over hill
and dale, and through meadows beautiful with flowers.
One flower, in the middle of which was a large dew-
drop, as big as a costly pearl, he plucked and handed
to Alma.
Alma took his hand as they crested the rolling green
hill and looked out over the valley. The sun was rising
swiftly in the east, warming the land with its golden
embrace.
"Do you see that there? " Alma asked him.
"Just beyond the ridge. Our next great adventure… "


  • The first section is adapted from King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, a book from 1919, written by an unknown author. The original excerpt reads: "In spite of urging, Sir Gawain refused to stay. The little girl, who was good and clever, clasped his foot and kissed it, commending him to God. Sir Gawain asked why she had done that, and the girl replied that she had kissed his foot in order that he should remember her wherever he went. He answered, "Doubt it not, fair sweet friend! I shall never forget you, after I have parted hence." With that Sir Gawain took leave of his host and the others, who one and all commended him to God.."
  • "The knight looked behind him, and saw through the bushes that they had, without knowing it, sat down close under the old walls of a castle" is adapted from a sentence from the Grimm fairy tale "Jorinde and Joringel". The original reads: "Jorindel on a sudden looked behind him, and as he saw through the bushes that they had, without knowing it, sat down close under the old walls of the castle".
  • The part "…through meadows beautiful with flowers. One flower, in the middle of which was a large dewdrop, as big as a costly pearl, he plucked and handed to Alma." is adapted from another part of "Jorinde and Joringel", which reads "…he found the beautiful purple flower; and in the middle of it was a large dewdrop, as big as a costly pearl. Then he plucked the flower and set out and traveled day and night".
  • Another prop photograph from the December 2018 auction shows an excerpt from the Snowdrop (Snow White) fairytale ("Then poor Snowdrop wandered along through the wood in great fear; and the wild beasts roared about her, but none did her any harm. In the evening she came to a cottage among the hills, and went in to rest, for her little feet would carry her no further. Everything was spruce and neat in the cottage: on the table was spread a white cloth, and there were seven little plates, seven little loaves, and seven little glasses with wine in them; and seven knives and forks laid in order; and by the wall stood seven little beds. As she was very hungry, she picked a little piece of each loaf and drank a very little wine out of each glass; and after that she thought she would lie down and rest. So she tried all the little beds; but one was too long, and another was too short, till at last the seventh suited her: and there she laid herself down and went to sleep.").[21]
  • A set of prop pages auctioned of in October 2019 include the opening of the Grimm fairytale of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" and the opening of the "Rapunzel" fairytale.[22]

Appearances

References

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  3. Once Upon a Time (2011–2018) – Plot. IMDB. Retrieved on Septembe 13, 2018.
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  5. 5.0 5.1 TwitterLogo Andrew J. West (@andjwest) on X, formerly Twitter: Mid season finale tonight (December 15, 2017). (backup link) (archive screenshot) (photograph)
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  7. Once Upon a Time - Emma Storybook Page (1317). iCollector (September 8, 2019). Archived from the original on August 31, 2021.
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    (The left page contains an excerpt from What Happened to the Thistle", while the right page contains an excerpt from "The Loveliest Rose in the World")
  10. At the Circulating Library Author Information: Susanna Mary Paull. At the Circulating Library. “Alternate Name(s): Peakome (maiden name); Mrs. H. B. Paull (familiar name)”
  11. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen: [Complete & Well Illustrated "126 Fairy" Tales]. Amazon UK. Retrieved on November 24, 2020. “This collection of "126 of the Stories" was translated by Mrs. Susannah Paull in 1872.”
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  18. The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales. Books' Cool. Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. “Copyright 1944 by Pantheon Books Inc. (...) The text of this edition is based on the translation by Margaret Hunt. It has been thoroughly revised, corrected and completed by James Stern.”

    The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales. Books' Cool. Archived from the original on December 13, 2020. “The Old Woman in the Wood (...) girl. Then said the little dove: “I will guide you to a small house; enter it, and inside it, an old woman will be sitting by the fire and will say: ‘Good-day.’ But on your life give her no answer, let her do what she will, but pass by her on the right side; further on, there is a door, which open, and you will enter into a room where a quantity of rings of all kinds are lying, amongst which are some magnificent ones with shining stones; leave them, however, where they are, and seek out a plain one, which must likewise be amongst them, and bring it here to me as quickly as you can.” The girl went to the little house, and came to the door. There sat an old woman who stared when she saw her, and said: “Good day, my child.” The girl gave her no answer, and opened the door. “Whither away,” cried the old woman, (...)”
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  20. 20.0 20.1 Storybook pages from Once Upon a Time.. iCollector (December 2018). Archived from the original on November 29, 2018.
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  21. Paper props from Once Upon a Time Season 7.. iCollector (December 2018). Archived from the original on November 29, 2018.
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  22. Once Upon a Time - Storybook Pages (0804). iCollector. Archived from the original on September 29, 2019.
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