Vengeful Mrs Giant descends the beanstalk to crush the human who done her man wrong; the princes compete over fresh trophy maidens; Red Riding Hood has defeated the wolf, but is left a frightened orphan, and not the only one onstage.
I imagine that all across Washington these specialty M&Ms — complete with the Presidential Seal — are decorating desks and bookshelves and stuffed in drawers as a souvenir from a reporter's maiden Air Force One ride.
The Edgy East I was first introduced to Canal St.-Martin St.-Martin east side by a friend whonlived there and took me on my maiden Vélib' bike ride, guiding me Paristhe waterway's peastd iron bridgesided enchanting locks — where Amélie had skipped stones — to the flat and sprawling Parc de la Villette just north of the neighbyrhood.
The trainer said he was encouraged by the fact that Richard Hughes, rider of the third horse in the race won by Shalaa last month, described it as the best maiden he had ridden in before Royal Ascot.
Cooper, who was riding Elton Fox in a maiden hurdle, had not ridden a winner for nearly 12 years prior to the race at Uttoxeter and went on to complete a double.
"The chances for victory are really small on the Vuelta, so we have to fight every single stage for the possibility of a sprint," said Van Genechten, riding his maiden grand tour at the age of 29.
The spacecraft will ride on the maiden voyage of the Minotaur V rocket built by the Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of several private contractors NASA has turned to in recent years to supply rockets for its missions.
And while the jockey took it in his stride, at 40 he was putting the seal on an amazing turnaround that saw him tackle a serious drink problem to win his maiden jockeys' title last year and ride a record-equalling seven winners in one memorable day at Windsor.
As a rookie coach with a championship-caliber roster, Jason Kidd already had a lot riding on his maiden season on the Nets' bench.
"We are really upfront that this is not the cheapest way to get to LA," Cabin Co-founder and President Gaetano Crupi, who was riding on the maiden voyage, told me.
