The difference between hay and straw and why you should know

Actually, you don't need to know the difference between hay and straw, and I'm hoping you think they're interchangeable. That way you won't notice the glaring mistakes in the ARC of My Unfair Godmother.

So call me a city girl—I've never dealt with either plants, and when I was putting my own spin on the story of Rumpelstiltskin I called the straw hay half the time. I even had a couple characters wonder what the horses would eat if all the straw in the kingdom were turned into gold.

About ha...