come in small packages
Fairy tales were meant to be scary. Hansel and Gretel was meant to teach kids not to go candy hunting in the forest. Little red riding hood was don’t daydream and wander off the path etc…”
Right, so I ALWAYS work that lesson into my re-telling of these tales. I remind my grandchildren that Little Red Riding Hood got into trouble because she didn’t listen to her mommy, and that she was very sorry. And Goldilocks learned that she must NEVER walk out of her house when her mommy didn’t give her permission, or take things that don’t belong to her, even from nice bears who are happy to share their porridge.
I haven’t told over Hansel and Gretel yet, because the story is really intrinsically a HORROR (wicked stepmom throws her kids into the woods to let them starve, they almost get eaten by a witch, and then they kill her by shovingher alive into a hot oven…OY!) But I am working on it…Until I get it right, I am not telling such a story to anyone who is not an adult! 😛