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I think I remember that the original brother grimm stories were also much more violent, and dont forget german classics like the Struwwelpeter, gave me nightmar
by dashdashu 4mo ago
I think I remember that the original brother grimm stories were also much more violent, and dont forget german classics like the Struwwelpeter, gave me nightmares as a kid - especially the guy with the huge scissors cutting off the thumbs of a kid who sucked on them too much. Its in public domain if anyone is curious: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24571 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24571
- sunrunner 4mo agoGreat timing, I was having trouble not getting to sleep and this looks like it will help.
- pseudohadamard 4mo agoThere's more recent (relatively) stuff as well like Wilhelm Busch's "Max und Moritz", whose fate it is to be ground to a pulp in a mill after blowing the head off their school teacher, killing an old widow's chickens, and other cute children's pranks.