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Plot from the Editor
 "When the repulsively ugly Coddie unintentionally saves a fairy from a spell, she does not understand the poisonous nature of the wish granted her by the fairy. The village folk no longer see her as repulsive and stinking of fish—they now perceive her as magnetically beautiful—which does not help her in her village. A young local lord saves her, but it soon becomes apparent that Coddie’s destiny may be far greater than anyone ever imagined."

Recipe for a Hubert Kerascoet graphic casserole for grown-ups

BASIC INGREDIENTS

>>> A piece of new Old-style fable.
>>> A small piece of a modern strong moral lesson.
>>> A children-books graphic style verjus. 
>>> A bunch of spices. Please include the following:
~~ A pinch of strong coloured darkness.
~~ A tablespoon of sex.
~~ A teaspoon of nudity
~~ A handful of war and fights.
~~ Outrageously good but smoky heroes.
~~ Outrageously bad but funny disgusting villains.
~~ A sachet of naivety.
~~ A sachet of human stupidity.
~~ A sachet of wisdom.
 ~~ A pinch of good common sense.
>>> Cooking oils
~~ A tablespoon of love-yourself oil.
~~ A tablespoon of personal-epiphany  oil.
>>> Full-colour colouring.
>>> Seasoning to your liking:
~~ Clear lettering.
~~ Flamboyant vignettes.

MARINADE

Put your fable to marinate in a container, together with the moral lesson and verjus. Stir through. Add now half a litre of adventure, half of litre of children-book graphics and the bunch of spices. Stir the fable trough, and let it stay overnight so the flavours get through.

PREPARATION

Take the marinated fable out of the fridge in the morning, put everything in an earthy casserole, add the two types of oil and the colouring. Now is the time to add, raw, the different sorts of  beautiful stuff. The recipe recommends those from the brand Food for Thought:
}~Mind what you wish for.
}~Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
}~Beauty ideals vary from culture to culture. 
}~Beauty is in the inside.
}~Kingdoms were lost because of a woman's beauty.
}~Unless you don't see yourself beautiful you won't believe you are. 
}~ Beauty is not what you wear is what you are.
}~Beauty halo, also called halo effect.
}~ What you see in the mirror and what other people see are different things.
}~Only brutes put beauty at the top of women's qualities.

Let the whole casserole simmer slowly for a few hours and until Beauty is ready. Before retiring from the stove, increase the heat for five minutes  more.

Season. 

Voilà, the Hubert Kerascoet casserole for grown-ups is ready. What a tasty gorgeously presented plate of food for thought! 

Enjoy!

TYPO IN THE SAUCE!
"Beauty, you will be my Queen, and nothing can SEPERATE us."