The Curiously Stunted, Incomprehensibly Disjointed, Perfectly Inadequate Adventures of Nicholas Cornelius Holloway – Episode 67

“It’s not a proper fairy tale,” she said. “It’s got to have seven sisters turned into swans or a baby stolen by goblins or plump children eaten by a witch.”

He gasped. “That’s horrible!”

“That’s the point. Something bad has to happen so you appreciate the good. You can’t very well turn people back into people if they haven’t first been turned into something else.”

“You’re saying a story where people are people the whole way through, and little babies stay put, and children don’t get eaten… Th...