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A tiny creature is asleep on me right now so let me tell you about the accidental horror story B and I read to our tiny daughter
A mother has her children taken from her for someone else to raise. Desperate, she wanders into the forest for a place of safety, where she can have children in peace
In the woods, she meets a Sympathetic Gentleman. He tells her to come with her.
He offers her the use of a little cottage: she accepts. Inside, the cottage is soft and warm
It is also filled with the remains of the Sympathetic Gentleman’s victims
The mother goes to the cottage everyday, faithfully. One day, a friend asks her where she goes every afternoon: she tells him about the cottage and the Sympathetic Gentleman
The day comes: the house is ready. The mother is ready.
The Sympathetic Gentleman locks her in.
The Sympathetic Gentleman locks her in.
She hears screams outside, the barking of dogs
Her friend has come to rescue her: in payment, his allies rush in and devour her children. Every. Single. One.
Despondent, the mother returns home. She is allowed to keep, and raise four of her own.
It is...The Tale of Jemima Paddle Duck
https://www.marlowesbooks.com/The-Tale-Of-Jemima-Puddle-Duck-Potter-Beatrix-Book-140200?gclid=CjwKCAjwzIH7BRAbEiwAoDxxTnZQnV5Dl15cSvJZzvGpABHtOv-wyWkm6fW4EenV414QbAurRSWfsBoCdicQAvD_BwE
https://www.marlowesbooks.com/The-Tale-Of-Jemima-Puddle-Duck-Potter-Beatrix-Book-140200?gclid=CjwKCAjwzIH7BRAbEiwAoDxxTnZQnV5Dl15cSvJZzvGpABHtOv-wyWkm6fW4EenV414QbAurRSWfsBoCdicQAvD_BwE
That’s not how I remember this story! Says B.
Me:
Baby:
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Baby:
