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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of Andersen’s stories are sad/somber. Consider the real “Little Mermaid” - very different ending than in the Disney version. His stories are often considered fairy tales, but as a PP noted they weren’t meant for children. [/quote]

Must everything be safe and sanitized for kids?  I mean Disney gets tons of flack for scrubbing the nuance and darkness out of the original stories.[/quote]

A lot of the original stories were very gruesome.

I don't know about you, but I am perfectly fine with the average 4 year old thinking Cinderella is all about sewing mice, sparkly dresses, pumpkin coaches and fairy godmothers, rather than watching an animated illustration of one girl cutting off her toes and another girl cutting off her heel to try to squeeze her bloody foot into a shoe to catchba prince.[/quote]

Kid is a wide age range.  At what point is the original ok? [/quote]

I have told my 5 year old that there are many different versions of old stories, and that one version of Cinderella has the toe and heel thing. I think it's different to say that once, than to read or watch a movie of it. I haven't told her about the Andersen mermaid; I had an illustrated version of that but I was probably 10.[/quote]

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