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frogmarch

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3. They sure were.

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 11:06 AM

Apr 2016

When I was a little kid in the 40s, some of the Grimm’s Tales were still pretty raw. I wonder if some of the originals can be read online. It’s morning, so I think I could read them without freaking out. Maybe.

In the article I posted, the link pertaining to Edward Gorey took me to his book The Gashley Tinies http://www.amazon.com/Gashlycrumb-Tinies-Edward-Gorey/dp/0151003084 . He lived nowadays, dying in 2011 or thereabouts. I think the book was a satirical poke at some of the awful children’s stories of yesteryear. If it wasn’t, his last name (it was his real last name) certainly fit him!

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6 Cautionary Tales That Terrified Kids of Yesteryear [View all] frogmarch Apr 2016 OP

Most of the 'classic' fairy tales that we know today... Wounded Bear Apr 2016 #1

They sure were. frogmarch Apr 2016 #3

Good thing Conrad couldn't suck his own penis n/t Yavin4 Apr 2016 #2

Yep! frogmarch Apr 2016 #4

original Grimm's tales online frogmarch Apr 2016 #5

Naughty Little Suckathumb Wolf Frankula Apr 2016 #6

+1000 frogmarch Apr 2016 #7

I look at that and go Warren DeMontague May 2016 #8

I never knew frogmarch May 2016 #9