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Some of these fairy tales, as I recall, used to reduce my husband and I to helpless laughter. They were like mirror images of Western fairy tales. Instead of getting a pot of gold (or other reward) by climbing the beanstalk, the hapless climber would end up falling to the earth. So much for reaching for the sky! Nothing ever good seemed to come of many of the magical encounters. It all seemed distinctly Russian.
We'd comb through the book, reading aloud the tales that captured our fancy. There's ...more
We'd comb through the book, reading aloud the tales that captured our fancy. There's ...more
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