Are you among those who wince at many of the nursery rhymes and fairy tales with which we were "entertained" when we were wee things? Some provide useful morals (for example, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"), but many are gruesome and frightening. I mean we're talking about child labor, death threats, murder, curses, poisonings, mutilations, the plague, etc.
Fortunately, modern parodies help take some of the sting out. Did you know, for example, that heroic if vain efforts were made to restore Mr. Dumpty?
Paramedics from the King Ambulance Service (the first in the region to employ horses) were rushed to the scene only to discover a sight that made the most experienced veteran turn pale.
"There were little pieces of shell everywhere, along with his clothes," said Paramedic Lieutenant Wee Willie Winkle, now recovering nicely from his sleep disorder. "The worst part was that Humpty was still alive! Good god HE WAS STILL ALIVE! His yolk and albumen were splattered all over the place! GOD IT WAS AWFUL!"
In that jollier vein, let's see how our LOLfriends look at nursery rhymes and folk tales.
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