Writing a fairy tale

Introduction
 Once upon a time…there lived…
 In a land beyond the seas…
 Long, long ago…
 In a far away land …
 In a distant land…
 Once there was a prince who…

Description of the witch

 In the moonlight the witch’s face was cold
and white and terrifying.
 She did not look evil, yet evil seeped from
her like a poison gas.
 Her fingernails were like the dry claws of a
vulture.
 Her hands looked yellow and wrinkled, like
the claws of chicken.
 She had yellow, clawlike hands.
 She burst out into terrible, screeching
laughter.
 Phrases to use in a fairy tale
 A magnificent garden
 No one dared to …
 She/he was feared by the entire Kingdom
 He/she almost died of fright
 He begged for forgiveness
 He was powerless before the
witch/wizard/dragon
 He was enchanted
 He wandered in the gloomy forest
 He strayed in misery like the poorest
beggar in the land