People may have some unclear memories of their childhood, but almost everyone will remember the beautiful princess and the cruel queen in "Snow White", the innocent little girl and the greedy big gray wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood"．【小题1】 For example, "True love can overcome anything", and "Even a frog can turn into a prince"． However, at a certain age, we start to learn new things about life, particularly that love doesn't always win, and that a frog is just a frog．

【小题2】 Just look at animated films like "The Lion King" and "Frozen", which have millions of fans young and old． And this year's Lucerne Festival in Switzerland - a classical music festival - will also feature the themes of "Childhood" and "Fairy tales"．

"Fairy tales endure because they are the stories of our lives in their most stripped down form，" wrote US author Laura Packer． "They are stories of love and loss， desire and death， riches and ruin．" 【小题3】 But if children only see just one side of reality, adults usually see the other． For example, in the movie "Maleficent", we′re told the tale of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the evil queen． 【小题4】 Instead, she suffers great losses growing up, leading to the creation of her "evil'' side． And in US author James Finn Gamer's book "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories", he tells the classic story of "Little Red Riding Hood", but with a modern touch．

【小题5】 They may usually start with "Once upon a time but as we grow older, we learn that every story doesn't always need a "happily ever after" to be a good one．