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[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 70 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Struwwelpeter. We had an English copy handed down by my grandfather. It's insane.

Example: "Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug ("The Very Sad Tale with the Matches"): A girl plays with matches, accidentally ignites herself and burns to death. Only her cats mourn her."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 24 points 5 months ago

I still have my toddler books with the graphic Struwwelpeter running in with shears and cutting the thumbs off the boy who wouldn’t stop sucking them.

It’s a… “nostalgic” childhood trauma?

[–] impudentmortal@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

("The Story of the Wild Huntsman") is the only story not primarily focused on children. In it, a hare steals a hunter's musket and eyeglasses and begins to hunt the hunter. In the ensuing chaos, the hare's child is burned by hot coffee and the hunter jumps into a well.

lol wut?

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

With stories like this out there why are the only movies that get made recycled trash as they milk the 4th, 5th, 6th movies in a franchise?

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

I like the one where he wouldn't eat his soup, and when he dies, his family leaves the soup on his grave

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago
[–] Thavron@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Mentioned by Dwight in The Office!

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Sounds like a German kiss story to me hah.