I know a lot of fairytales.
When I was
Growing up, we didn't
Have television or
Radios, phones or
Anything you would class as
Entertainment.
Sure, we had
Music, but that was
Different too. I never could
Sing. Or do much else for
That matter. My father
Despaired of me.
But I did 'read' to
My little sister. Kathy
Loved those tall tales –
I know a lot of them because
She made me learn them and
Recite them.
So now, she is trying to
Culture me; making me
Watch ridicules adaptations of
Terrifying stories once told to
Naughty children in the
Dead of night.
It kept them more well
Behaved if they thought
The witches would
Come for them – now the
Children laugh at their funny
Noses. That isn't culture!
We watched
The Little Mermaid. I was
Stunned by the ending. She
Dies at the end of the real
Story! Well, sort of. She says the
Point is not to scare the kids …
These aren't fairytales;
I know a lot of
Fairytales, and they are not
The same things. Still,
It keeps the
Innocent, innocent.