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fairy tale
A fairy tale is a story, often with a moral or happy ending. Sometimes people also make up informal fairy tale stories about what they imagine they want their own lives to take - or, some lucky people actually live lives that would be considered by some to be fairy tales. (noun)
- An example of a fairy tale is the story of the Three Little Pigs.
- An example of a fairy tale life is a person with a loving spouse, loving and obedient children, a big house and all the money in the world.
- An example of a person living in a fairy tale world is someone who imagines that every problem she has will solve itself magically tomorrow.
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