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Reading these fairytales was a heap of fun. It is also quite interesting to see how this version has been adapted and changed to suite our modern society. (I guess what is normal to one culture may be horrific and awful to the other!) for example, the princess and the frog story in the Grimms version is quite different to the modern interpretation. In the original, the princess throws the frog but in the more modern version the princess kisses him.
I also noticed that spinning was a motif. In fa ...more
I also noticed that spinning was a motif. In fa ...more
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