The Sharp Grey Sheep The Sharp Grey Sheep The Sharp Grey Sheep or The Sharp-Horned Grey Sheep is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in "Popular Tales of the West Highlands", listing his informant as John Dewar, labourer, from Glendaruail, Cowal. It is Aarne-Thompson type 510A. See also "Rushen Coatie", a nearly identical Scottish version of the "Cinderella" tale. A king and queen had a daughter, but the queen died and the king married another. The stepmother was cruel to the princess and sent her to watch the sheep while not sending her enough food to survive. A sharp (horned) grey
Fairy tale parody have been called "Adult fractured fairy tales ... still humorous but the humor is for adults". Fairy tale parody Fairy tale parody is a genre of fiction which parodies traditional fairy tales. The genre was popularized on television by the "Fractured Fairy Tales" segments on "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show". The 2001 computer-animated film "Shrek" brought great popularity to the genre. Parodies soon eclipsed traditional fairy tales. The genre garnered some praise for its more modern views but was also criticized for supplanting the traditional stories. Children's books that have been classified as fairy tale parodies: "Politically Correct Fairy Tales"