APS TOGETHER
The Grimm Reader: The Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm Day 5
November 2, 2020 | Mother Holle. The Seven Ravens. The Evil Mother-in-Law.
“The little sister took a knife, cut off her little finger, put it into the lock, and presto, it opened up.” The Seven Ravens
Once there was a kingdom of latchkey kids. They understood freedom before they acquired the word, just as nightingales never have to pay for a singing lesson. Sometimes they wandered too far and, lost, their keys no longer opened any lock.
Annotation of The Evil Mother-in-Law, from Montaigne: “And that man of old who, throwing a stone at a dog, hit and killed his mother-in-law, had he not reason to pronounce this verse: ‘Fortune has more judgement than we.’”
"Amid the thickest darkness of World War I, a luminous beacon of the magical inside the macabre." Another trove of Grimm illustrations.
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/02/29/arthur-rackham-brothers-grimm/
Daily Reading
Day 2
October 30, 2020 | The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats. The Twelve Brothers. The Hand with the Knife.
Day 3
October 31, 2020 | Little Brother and Little Sister. How Children Played Butcher with Each Other.
Day 12
November 9, 2020 | A Fairy Tale about a Boy Who Left Home to Learn about Fear. The Worn-out Dancing Shoes. Snow White and Rose Red.