Topic: I just re-read one of the "children's legends" in this Brother Grimm book of fairytales...

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 started this discussion 7 years ago #81,994

...And it was the one titled, God's Food. What the fuck just happened?

I found the story online, it's not that long.
https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm205.html

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #949,033

Big Daddy Derek™ !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #949,037

@OPenis
Didn't read. Thanks.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #949,039

@previous (Big Daddy Derek™ !Uvm54ORbmo)
You're illiterate.

Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 32 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #949,052

Well I read the story. It seems that a lady and her kids died because her sister was indifferent to their starvation. The husband of the mean lady was not indifferent, but did not know of the problem early enough, and had to see their pile of bodies. Now he has to go home to his cunt of a wife.

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 17 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #949,057

With horrible infant mortality rates, they had to toughen up any surviving spawn

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 30 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #949,070

@949,052 (Sheila LaBoof)
I take it as the mother and her kids just accepted their death?

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 7 years ago, 19 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #949,081

@previous (Catherine !ttGirlsPl2)
sure, because of the idea that they go to partake of the lord's bounty

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 37 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,098

In case anyone wanted to know what book I am reading this from.

This is the one (though the actual cover is less red, more maroon), but I found it at Costco of all places.

I am really glad I got this book since a lot of the stories are ones that I never heard of before. The shorter stories seem to be the most interesting ones like The Nail and God's Food.

A Jew Among Thorns was something else though.

Sheila LaBoof replied with this 7 years ago, 46 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,112

I like The Turnip.

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,132

The Three Black Princess, I get the feeling they were describing African slaves.

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 20 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,137

@949,112 (Sheila LaBoof)
What the fuck was that?
So the rich brother got jealous of his poor brother getting these gifts from the King that he tried to hire murderers to kill him but they only ended up putting him into a sack hanging from a tree where the poor now rich brother fooled some student into letting him go and entering the sack.

That's definitely an interesting story.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,177

@949,098 (Catherine !ttGirlsPl2)
no way, you read a grimms fairy tale in Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales of all places?? dang. Crazy to find such a rare book at Costco!

Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #949,231

@previous (G)
Are you being facetious?

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