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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
A nursery rhyme my MIL sings to the kids in German has this line:
"...When he falls in the ditch he will be eaten by ravens..."
I love it.
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Ah, the Germans! Those perennial tellers of fairy's grimm and distasteful, witches fat with toddler flesh and men falling into ditches to be eaten by ravenous ravens...what's not to like? The bonus is that it is all for childhood consumption. Mmmmmmmmmmmm....terrifying! YAY!
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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09-30-2008, 01:27 PM
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