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Out-of-Order History of Anthropomorphic Snacks #1- Grimm's Fairy Tales

Out-of-Order History of Anthropomorphic Snacks #1- Grimm's Fairy Tales

Like many kids, I was raised on the Brothers Grimm. My grandfather would read a story to me from an old two-volume set every time I saw him, and mark the date in neat pencil on the top margin.  I never really liked the fairy tales that Disney had already Disney-fied. I was definitely a little princess, but the old German versions of Cinderella, Snow White, and the like seemed weird and somehow off when compared to the glittering, animated, showtunsey versions I got from those plastic-cased VHS tapes. (Yep, it was the 80’s...) The tales I wanted to hear again and again...