And they Lived Happily Ever After
@allknowing (130292)
India
April 3, 2011 2:54am CST
I was a voracious reader once upon a time but my interests have now changed and am into a lot of different things but those days specially when I was a kid I would read short stories which always had a 'And they lived Happily Ever After" ending, which gave a pleasant feeling that the subjects in the book after all found their happiness.
I wonder whether books written today have the same flavour as today's kids would not accept anything that easily. What is your experience reading short stories now or even when you were a kid. Are your kids voracious readers?
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@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
3 Apr 11
I also love reading a lot when i was a kid till my adult years.
But now,i only choose books that regards with home decors,arts and the likes.
Back to my younger years,i loved reading love stories and detective books.
My daughter is a fan of goosebumps story book and also fear street.
happy weekend
@allknowing (130292)
• India
4 Apr 11
I used to read Mills and Boon in my teens and believed every bit that was written there inasmuch as when I met my one and only I always compared him to the romantic heros in these stories and get quite het up about it
not realising that they were only stories and in real life no one drooled over their partners so much
not realising that they were only stories and in real life no one drooled over their partners so much
@allyoftherain (7208)
• United States
3 Apr 11
I still like "Happily Ever After" endings as a young adult reading full-length novels. I liked happy stories when I was a kid and not much has changed. The way I see it, I don't need reminders that not everything works out for the best in life... I get those all the time just listening to friends and family! lol
I have no kids myself and I'm not planning on having any for another 5 years or so, but I'll read them happy stories and get them hooked on reading when I do. I love books, and my offspring should love them too. 
@allknowing (130292)
• India
3 Apr 11
No matter how old we become the child in us wants to listen to only good things and when in real life it does not happen that way atleast reading these stories one gets a nice feeling. I some times wonder why even movies with a tragic ending have such demand. Look at those war movies - depicting concentration camps, etc they run for months on end. What is it that make people watch those movies or read such books!
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@allyoftherain (7208)
• United States
3 Apr 11
Me too. I don't get the lure of tragedies. I like a few stories with some bittersweet endings, but overall I prefer happy endings. I like entertainment that makes me happy!
@allknowing (130292)
• India
4 Apr 11
But to think of how tragedies sell is mind boggling. It sure needs a mind set to have choices and the choice to want to read and hear about tragedies does tell another story, a story about people who search for stories that have tragedies in it.
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@dudez22 (6)
• Philippines
4 Apr 11
hhmm.. when i was a kid reading is my enemy at that time. b'coz i love to play and play until im so tired. and then when i was grew up i read a book of "bob ong" "abnkakasanaplako" then i knew reading was fun and exciting and full of excitement and happiness. that stories reminds me of beng a childish person. hehhe..
@allknowing (130292)
• India
4 Apr 11
You must explain a bit about "bob ong" and "abnkakasanaplako" as I am totally ignorant. What is it all about?
