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It was mentioned as a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen where the main character, Olle Lukje, would squirt milk into children's eyes instead of sand. It also introduced themes of death and sexuality, which are unusual for a children's tale.
Flash forward a bit to 1841 when none other than Hans Christian Andersen put out a fairy tale. Do you want to pronounce this?
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It was mentioned as a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen where the main character, Olle Lukje, would squirt milk into children's eyes instead of sand. It also introduced themes of death and sexuality, which are unusual for a children's tale.
Flash forward a bit to 1841 when none other than Hans Christian Andersen put out a fairy tale. Do you want to pronounce this?
I can. Are you ready for this? I was practicing. I looked it up. Really? Ulla Luke E. It's not dead on but it's okay.
And I guess, I mean it doesn't really say would he do the same thing basically? He would not. He would squirt milk in your eye rather than sand.
Yeah and he also it says in here that he introduces a boy in the story to death and sexuality.