Once upon a time there was a girl. Short stories that will help to understand themselves (augmented edition). Dateshidze A.

You are in front of you a collection of short therapeutic fairy tales “Once upon a time there was a girl.” In the heroine of fairy tales, everyone can recognize themselves, since they are full of metaphors. Surely you came across these short texts both on large resources (such as adme.ru) and small ones. You may even have the impression that this is folk art. But, despite such a feeling, fairy tales have a specific author. This author I, Aglaya Dateshidze. In September 2017, in Altai, I sat and painfully searched for a form through which I could briefly and metaphorically report myself. To collect moments of life that surprise, delight, discourage and make you think. So the first “ZHBD” was born, and then went and went.

Thousands of people recognize themselves and think that I am looking after them. Hundreds of people imitate. Dozens are imitated very successfully. I do not mind, but I do not peep. I just try to adapt to the paradoxes of this world, daily enclosing them in a short ironic form. And I’m grateful for the opportunity to speak with you from the pages of this book.

When I began to edit the texts, many stories were redone and first brought together in this form. Open and relish each line.