Hey, Jenn (though anybody can answer, really)

[conuly]

When it comes to fairy tales...

Do you want the GOOD kind, where the parents abandon their kids, and the witch eats children and locks Hansel in a cage and is eventually hoisted on her own petard? Or the wussy kind where the kids innocently get lost and the witch turns the kids into gingerbread decorations?

The GOOD kind, where Granma gets eaten and the wolf gets chopped into bits? Or the dull kind, where Granma hides in the cloest and the wolf runs away?

The GOOD kind, where the Queen wants to eat Snow White, and ends up dancing in iron slippers? Or the strange kind, where the girl leaves for some unknown reason?

*waits*

Comments

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

I support the teaching of the "dull" versions when the kids are little. Because that's what I learned, when I was young. And it makes the "good" version so, so, so much cooler to learn about it after you've memorized the sweet, safe version. "You mean she what??"

So I'm happy to have learned the dull ones, because the good ones are even better.

[adiva_calandia]

Hmm, intersting point. In fact, an excellent point.