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{{quote|''Over the years, Munsch sometimes got letters from readers who wanted to know why the prince and princess didn't live happily ever after.''
''"I [wrote] back and said, 'It does have a happy ending.' That's the ending it's supposed to have."''
|Robert Munsch, quoted in "[https://www.cbc.ca/radiointeractives/thesundayedition/it-does-have-a-happy-ending It Does Have a Happy Ending]", ''The Sunday Edition'', [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC Radio]], December 13, 2019}}
One of Canadian author Robert Munsch's most famous children's books, ''[[The Paper Bag Princess]]'' was written and published in 1980. The picture book stars [[Princess Classic|Princess Elizabeth]], who's vying to marry the handsome [[Prince Charmless|Prince Ronald]]. Unfortunately, an evil dragon snatches Prince Ronald and incinerates everything around Elizabeth in the process — including her clothes! Undaunted, Elizabeth finds an old paper bag, puts it on and pursues her prince.
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''The Paper Bag Princess'' is often cited as a classic feminist fairy tale for its subversions of gender roles, and is well loved worldwide, but especially in its native Canada. It received an [[Animated Adaptation]] in 1994, which [[Adaptation Expansion|expanded its story considerably]].
We can't provide a copy here, but we can point you at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIPrb-sA6Uo a reading of the story by Robert Munsch himself].
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* [[Did Not Get the Girl|Did Not Get the Guy]]: And it's played as a [[Happy Ending]], to boot!
* [[Dude in Distress]]: What happens to Prince Ronald.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: The only thing that didn't burn up in Elizabeth's castle was a ''paper'' bag? How did that happen?
* [[Prince Charmless]]: Prince Ronald. Way more obvious in the [[Animated Adaptation]], which establishes him as one of these from the beginning. In the book, it's only at the end that he reveals his true colours.
* [[Princess Classic]]: Princess Elizabeth, at least in the beginning.
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