28 September 2007

Grimm's Fairy Tales

I got a book of Grimm's Fairy Tales from the adult section of the library this week. They are gruesome, and Claire and Lily love them. Claire told me again today about the evil queen who ate the heart and lungs of who she thought was Snow White, but was actually a deer, thanks to the mercy of the woodsmen sent to kill the fair princess. Maybe exposing my daughters to this literature should bother me more than it does. I guess I appreciate them knowing the real story instead of the syrupy-sweet Disney version.

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