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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
I've long thought it it mildly amusing that the brothers Grimm collected/collated stories whichwere indeed Grim. Pratchett played on the serendipitous similarity of spelling too, with The Sisters Grim (Agoniza and Eviscera) in his excellent homage to fairy stories, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
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I've wondered if Andrew Lang assembled his fairy books for kids after reading Grimm and his wig flew off.
The original GRIMMS was not intended for kids but rather was a collection of old folk tales. They did try to water them later down but even then... Their original idea was fine. They shouldn't have bothered. Just stick on a big "R : For mature readers only" sticker.
