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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle
Had to google that one. Seems a bit harsh on the poor boy who drowned, but Wikipedia quotes one Selma G. Lanes, who wrote about the book: "I cannot remember a tale during my childhood that gave me a cozier sense of all being right with the world." So it seems the drowned boy was just a minor issue (at least to girls)  |
There was the distinct sense that he deserved his fate, heightened by the Kurt Weise illustrations. The first brother held back the sea as long as he possibly could.