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What is your favorite kid friendly book made just for traumatizing children? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Struwwelpeter. We had an English copy handed down by my grandfather. It's insane.

Example: "Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug ("The Very Sad Tale with the Matches"): A girl plays with matches, accidentally ignites herself and burns to death. Only her cats mourn her."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

I still have my toddler books with the graphic Struwwelpeter running in with shears and cutting the thumbs off the boy who wouldn’t stop sucking them.

It’s a… “nostalgic” childhood trauma?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

("The Story of the Wild Huntsman") is the only story not primarily focused on children. In it, a hare steals a hunter's musket and eyeglasses and begins to hunt the hunter. In the ensuing chaos, the hare's child is burned by hot coffee and the hunter jumps into a well.

lol wut?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

With stories like this out there why are the only movies that get made recycled trash as they milk the 4th, 5th, 6th movies in a franchise?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I like the one where he wouldn't eat his soup, and when he dies, his family leaves the soup on his grave

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Holy shit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Mentioned by Dwight in The Office!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Sounds like a German kiss story to me hah.