One’s Own Children Are Always Prettiest TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text <br>A sportsman went out once into a wood to shoot, and he met a Snipe.<br><br>'Dear friend', said the Snipe, 'don't shoot my children!'<br><br>'How shall I know your children?' asked the Sportsman; 'what are they like?'<br><br>'Oh!' said the Snipe, 'mine are the prettiest children in all the wood.'<br><br>'Very well', said the Sportsman, 'I'll not shoot them; don't be afraid.'<br> COMMENTS: Visual Text CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: OnesOwnChildrenAreAlwaysPrettiest.pdf