fairly freaky tales

there's something to be said for grimm's fairytales. creepy stories about burning old ladies, ugly sisters, eating forest trekkers, mutilated arms, a cat with three legs, ripping oneself in two, incest.

"Then Gretel gave her a shove, causing her to fall in. Then she closed the iron door and secured it with a bar. The old woman began to howl frightfully. But Gretel ran away, and the godless witch burned up miserably. Gretel ran straight to Hansel, unlocked his stall, and cried, "Hansel, we are saved. The old witch is dead."

i think this author sums it up quite well.