<div><b>Once upon a time, fairy tales were grim.</b><br />  <br /> Cinderella’s stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds.<br />  <br /> Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half.<br />  <br /> And in a tale called #147;The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage,” a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each other. Yes, the sausage talks. (Okay, I guess that one’s not that grim#133;)<br />  <br /> Those are the real fairy tales.<br />  <br /> But they have nothing on the story I’m about to tell.<br />  <br /> This is the darkest fairy tale of all. Also, it is the weirdest. And the bloodiest.<br />  <br /> It is the grimmest tale I have ever heard.<br />  <br /> And I am sharing it with you.<br />  <br /> Two children venture through forests, flee kingdoms, face ogres and demons and monsters, and, ultimately, find their way home. Oh yes, and they may die. Just once or twice. <br />  <br /> That’s right. Fairy tales<br /> Are<br /> Awesome.   <br /></div>