This may surprise you, but it is true--most fairy tales are ruthless and bloody; they convey wrong values. The purpose of the stories is to scare a kid to a death rather than to soothe him on bed.
Recently, Anbo and I listened to several fairy tales together. Unfortunately, some of them are very bloody; some foolish; some very wrong:
In the story of the "little red hat", the belly of the wolf was cut open and filled with stones. Finally, the wolf was drown in the river. Surely, it is bloody.
In the story of "glass mountain", the little girl set off to a journey to look for her seven brothers, who were cursed into ravens by their father. The girl found her brother in a glass mountain. The girl has to cut off one of her finger as a key to open the gate. Yes, it is bloody. Inside the mountain, the servant told the girl that her brothers were out and not back yet. The girl then ate the seven dishes on the table. The story is not only bloody but strange: apparently, her brothers live very well; they even have a servant.
Here is a very dumb one: a kind girl met different kinds of beggars in a journey. She gave out what she owns. Eventually, she owned nothing and became even naked herself. The stars in the sky fall down and became her clothing and her fortune. This girl surely is a fool and the story conveys a very wrong idea--believing in a miracle.
You can disagree with me about the previous story; but I am sure that you will agree with me with this one--Frog Prince. In the story, a princess had a frog. The princess treated it very bad for its ugliness. Somehow, the frog transformed into a human form and became a handsome princess. Immediately, the princess and the prince fall into love and had good lives afterwards. What lesson can you learn from this story? Judge a thing by its surface?
However, my comment toward these tales madded Anbo. He disked me calling these stories foolish.
