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    Very Grimm Fairy Tales
    Very Grimm Fairy Tales
    Very Grimm Fairy Tales
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    Very Grimm Fairy Tales

    By Trevor Strong

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    Very Grimm Fairy Tales is a collection of twenty twisted tales that explores the world in all its unforgiving ways: from the difficulty of fitting in, in “Eugene the Sensative Troll,: to the perils of being happy when others are not in “The Little Girl Who Wouldn’t Stop Smiling,” to the burdens of a terrible secret in “The Flatulent Prince.”
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJul 31, 2013
    ISBN9781483504742
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      This is an excellent collection of Fairy Tales. The critics are helpful, if a little dry. I would say this is a must-have for any serious fairy tale scholar. I used it for my thesis work and found it an excellent resource.

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    Very Grimm Fairy Tales - Trevor Strong

    Published By

    Strong Story Publishing

    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    ISBN: 978-0-9736442-1-0

    First Edition, 2010

    Copyright ©2010 Trevor Strong, All Rights Reserved

    Illustrations copyright ©2010 Len Peralta, All Rights Reserved

    No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or

    by any means, except for the inclusion of brief samples in a review,

    without permission in writing from the creators.

    Design, Typesetting & Illustration by Len Peralta

    www.trevorstrong.org

    For anyone who has ever had odd thoughts

    And to Malcolm, who had more than his fair share

    And to my family, friends and cats

    And to the twenty years that have come and gone

    since I first started this very small book

    Introduction

    by Reginald Swank,

    Professor of Mythology

    Very Grimm Fairy Tales is a book—of that there is no doubt.

    There are pages and a cover and binding. There are also words arranged into sentences and paragraphs. Some of the words are bigger than others, but that's to be expected. It is also a very good book which I enjoyed very much. Or, at least I might have if I'd read it, which I haven't. I did try but to be honest, I didn't get very far. It just didn't grab my attention. I told the publishers that, but they didn't seem to care. As long as we can use your name, they said. I guess I'm supposed to lend credibility. Why would I do this? Because they gave me money. Not a lot of money, but enough. After all, the humanities don't pay very well, even for someone like myself who's spent thirty years doing research and teaching students. I still make less than my plumber and I know this as a fact, for my entire income last year went into upgrading the pipes in my small house. If I taught law or business or engineering, then it would be a different story. Then it would be, Could we give you some more money, Reginald? That's what universities have come to. It used to be you went to university for an education; now they just train you to be a monkey. But surprisingly, this is not without precedent. The ancient Mi Mi people of southeast West North Africa have a story about a gazelle that raced an ant while the great god Bue Sae Blop pushed the sun into the rear of a camel—a story which has many fascinating parallels. I would refer you to my eight-hundred-page paper on the subject: The Fascinating Parallels Between the Story of the Gazelle That Raced an Ant While the Great God Bue Sae Blop Pushed the Sun into the Rear of a Camel and the Current State of Higher Education with an Intense Examination of Symbols Both Real and Imaginary. Do bankers and lawyers know about this legend? I think not. That is why people need to study the human spirit, not how to make robots or money, or how to sue people.

    And, yes, the ant won the race, for the gazelle was burned by the camel's ass! See how exciting the study of mythology can be!

    I think I am off-topic.

    Anyway, you probably won't enjoy this book. At least I got paid.

    Prof. Reginald Swank.

    THE TALE OF:

    Sylvia's Dream

    The Boy with Too Many Teeth

    Stupidgirl

    The Three Best Men

    Flopsy the Hell Hound

    The Important Man Who Worked Very Long Hours

    The Flatulent Prince

    The Accountant and the Giant

    The Most Famous Man on Earth

    Nerwin and the Sewer Rats

    The Little Girl Who Wouldnit Stop Smiling

    The Very Trendy Nightclub

    New Old Town

    Frank and the Talking Animals

    Pumpkin Boy

    Hamburger Rabbit

    The Average Man

    The King, the Witch, and the Headhunter

    The Three Brothers

    Eugene, the Sensitive Troll

    SLYVIA'S DREAM

    Sylvia had always wanted to fly, She loved to watch the birds soaring in the air.

    Sylvia had dreams. She'd be standing at the edge of a cliff, staring down at the ground far below. Then she would jump. And as she fell, wings sprouted from her back, and soon she was flying, higher and higher. Flying with the birds!

    Every night she had this dream. And every morning she awoke disappointed. Until one night, while dreaming her dream, she was awakened by a voice.

    You can fly, you can fly, sang the voice sweetly.

    Who's there? Sylvia asked. And there, on the window sill, rested the most beautiful bird, with long plumes that seemed painted by the rainbow itself.

    You can fly. You can fly, it sang, as it flew lazily out the window.

    Sylvia followed it through town, past fields, and up a steep hill. Then, just as dawn was breaking, the bird led Sylvia to a cliff. The cliff in her dreams!

    "You can fly. You

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