Fantasy readers of the world, unite!

OK. I start redesigning my fantasy class tomorrow, and since I know there are a fair number of spec fic readers on my f-list, I'm going to stump you with the following questions:

1) What's the best fantasy *short story* you can think of?
2) What fantasy short story / novella would you recommend for freshman students who have little familiarity with the genre?
3) If you're familiar with any of the academic work done concerning fantasy, what article(s) would you recommend for freshman readers?

..and if there are any clips from fantasy tv series or movies that I should definitely show, let me know. :)