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It appears that science is present here from the very first lines The king was in his private profession, under government. The queen’s father had been a medical man out of town and..a very.very weird thing is that the eldest daughter, Alicia, took care of them all. I remember a discussion we had in class when teacher asked how many of us had read this fairy tale as a child and only Cristina raised her hand. Well, I must confess that I also read it as a child because I didn’t see the king as a man that had money troubles. The fact that surprised me was her choice; she used the fishbone for money and not for health. I expected her to use it for something more spiritual than material. Still she respected her promise and she used it when they really needed it.

The Victorian story "The Magic Fishbone" by Charles Dickens-strange for a fairy tale, a king who is working? A king who has at least a name?...and 19 children. A rich and a poor family.
Alicia the elder daughter takes care of all the little princes and princesses. She is the wise-heroine of the story and the owner of the magic fishbone (which she will use only when the family really need it). "The Magic Fishbone" or the Holiday romance is a fairy tale for children indeed, it has magic elements: fairy Grandmarina, a magic fan, the magic fishbone and a magic confessor-the Duchess.