Why are the morals of the fairytale stories that are used changed?
For example, today it was the Boy Who Cried Wolf. The moral of the story is not to lie so that when you need to be believed, you will be believed. The story was changed to that the boy actually did see a wolf when he cried wolf, but the parents timing was off. It totally misses the whole point of the story’s moral. Dear Tara, You are right that with this episode the original moral of the story was changed. One overall goal of SUPER WHY is to explore well-known stories from different points of view. Our research with kids helps us understand what aspects of the tales they are most curious or excited about. In this particular show, we delved into the question “What if the boy really did see a wolf and the grown-up just didn’t believe him?” Our writers approached the fairytale from the boy’s point of view. In this way, the story became centered around the boy being the hero and the grown-ups needing to learn to trust him, rather than about the boy lying. (By the way, an upcoming “Pinocchi
