And they all lived happily ever after. I've probably read this line over and over again.More so, when I was a child. The books I come across nowadays don't have such endings. And if they do,it's only to usher in a huge plot twist. Well, I guess the reality is that princesses don't always get saved. The prince isn't always brave enough to wander into unknown territories and find a kidnapped princess in a locked tower. And I mean with the security detail accorded to nobilities, the heir to the throne would most definitely not dance with an unknown young lady even though their dress was embroidered by forest birds and common mice. So what happened then? Were the fairy tales we were ever so fond of as we grew up, mere fantasies or an old man's daydream? "Into the woods". You'd think would be your usual betrayal of original thought, whereby usually the classics are retold in every possible imaginable and unimaginable way. But the realistic