11/23/2012 The best of #Grimm140 By Danielle D'Ornellas [View the story "The Best of #Grimm140!" on Storify] The Best of #Grimm140! Who says a fairy tale has to be long? In anticipation of The Brothers Grimm, we asked our Twitter followers to craft a tweet summarizing their favourite Grimm fairy tales. Storified by CanadianOperaCompany · Fri, Nov 23 2012 10:07:15 The Brothers GrimmCanadian Opera Think you can tell a Brothers Grimm story in 140 characters? Use #Grimm140 for a chance to win tickets to #GrimmFest! http://bitly.com/grimmfestCanadianOperaCompany Jealous stepmother. Girl lives with 7 little men. Eats apple. Coma. A Prince saves the day. #Grimm140Danielle Llanes Man with silly name anonymously blackmails woman into parenthood. She discovers his name through song. Embarrassed, he runs away. #grimm140Peter Counter Donkey, dog, rooster, cat move to Bremen to form a band. Howl & bray til tavern is empty, live happy ever after in rent-free squat #Grimm140LakeField Music Camp Frog fetches princess' gold ball.King enforces her promise of companionship.Wrathful royal assaults; frog becomes prince. Wedding. #Grimm140June Mayhew Little guys make shoes for poor philanthropist cobbler. He gives them clothes. They leave, clothed, and never come back. #Grimm140Emma Dawn The Brothers GrimmCanadian Opera Red hooded lass who's eyes must be worse than Granny's, can't spot wolf in Gran's clothing. Woodsman intervenes to PETA's chagrin #Grimm140Andrew Tumilty Good looking lady moves in with seven little dudes over the hill much to chagrin of grumpy magic Queen. Lady refuses to die. #Grimm140Peter Counter #Grimm140 Sad man charms woman. She marries him. Finds out what happened to previous wives. Her sister helps with her escape. Villain dies.deBeauxOs Abstaining soldier uses invisible cloak to follow 12 princesses to subterranean ball. Gets eldest daughter & kingdom as reward. #Grimm140June Mayhew The Brothers GrimmCanadian Opera Abducted child can't get to a salon. Uses it to her advantage when a handsome prince agrees to use her hair as a ladder. Weirdo. #Grimm140Lindsay McIntyre @CanadianOpera Cow gone. Beans grow. Climb. Feefie. Grab;run. Chop, chop. Done.#Grimm140Neil Campbell Dad brags about lazy girl who can't spin gold. Crazy guy shows up; spins gold. Wants future kid. She says his name, he runs away. #Grimm140Emma Dawn Poor well-meaning shoemaker had loyal unpaid elf interns working hard to keep warm. He gave them coats, they ran away in the snow. #Grimm140Sheila T The Brothers GrimmCanadian Opera Red led Wolf to Granny's place; he arrived first, what a race! Wolf ate Gran & awaited the prize; big teeth & woodsman--his demise.#Grimm140Tanya Murphy Queen gets jelly of girl. She runs away with some dwarves, gets poisoned. Prince kisses her awake. They get married, queen killed. #grimm140Johann Kwan A thumb-sized man with a loud voice discovers there's no place like home after many adventures #Grimm140msfrolick @CanadianOpera Brother and Sister go into the woods. Almost get eaten. Happily rescued. . Lesson in not talking to strangers #Grimm140Moongazing And composer Dean Burry picked his three favourite tweet-stories... The Brothers GrimmCanadian Opera Third place, Rapunzel! @CanadianOpera #grimm140 "Infertility, extortion & high-protein conditioner result in minor-imprisonment, trespassing & sight-rejuvenation".Cameron McPhail Second place, Rumpelstiltskin! Creepy little man with unfortunate name makes deal to trade babies for golden straw. Spying helps mama keep baby on technicality. #grimm140Stephanie Anne First place, Hansel and Gretel! @CanadianOpera Homeless boy and girl meet stranger w/ sweet crib. Murder by oven, theft; kids go home via swan. #Grimm140Sarah Kerr Thanks for all your creative entries, we hope to see you at the 500th performance of The Brothers Grimm at GrimmFest from December 4 to 8! Looking for more updates? Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest, or visit us at coc.ca. Posted in Xstrata Ensemble Studio School Tour