tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934170279470612782.post7460880031386253039..comments2024-03-28T15:54:05.385-05:00Comments on SurLaLune Fairy Tales Blog: Best fairytales representing/depicting poverty and vengeance?SurLaLune Fairy Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947330164532891634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934170279470612782.post-80682083655903150362011-06-11T06:51:59.165-05:002011-06-11T06:51:59.165-05:00What about the Pied Piper of Hamelin? A whole gene...What about the Pied Piper of Hamelin? A whole generation of children lost from a village because the villagers try to cheat the Piper. A little extreme, you'd think.Sycoraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05325330920056350110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934170279470612782.post-33224295993094911032011-06-10T22:38:05.409-05:002011-06-10T22:38:05.409-05:00Isn't it in "The Goose Girl" where t...Isn't it in "The Goose Girl" where the false bride ends up being put in a barrel studded with iron nails and rolled down a hill? I must say, I always thought that was terribly gruesome and a bit over the top.<br /><br />"Hansel and Gretel" is what I think of too when I think of poverty. The protagonists of "The Red Shoes" and "The Girl who Trod on a Loaf" both start out quite poor.Veronica Schanoesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934170279470612782.post-47018012473786590382011-06-09T19:20:36.572-05:002011-06-09T19:20:36.572-05:00OOps, I meant she asked the cook to serve the kids...OOps, I meant she asked the cook to serve the kids to him. Sorry about the typo.Melodyhttp://thetalesofsiriusthedragon.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934170279470612782.post-56904303958419869312011-06-09T19:19:06.684-05:002011-06-09T19:19:06.684-05:00What about Sun, Moon, and Talia? The king's wi...What about Sun, Moon, and Talia? The king's wife wanting to get back at him for not only raping another woman, but getting her pregenant by asking the cook to serve the kids to her has always given me shivers up my spine.Melodyhttp://thetalesofsiriusthedragon.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com