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It was mentioned as a fairy tale from 1841 where the main character, instead of throwing sand in children's eyes, squirts milk into them, and was also said to introduce death and sexuality into a children's story.
Flash forward a bit to 1841 when none other than Hans Christian Andersen put out a fairy tale. Do you want to pronounce this?
— Episode: Short Stuff: The Sandman
Episode: Short Stuff: The Sandman
It was mentioned as a fairy tale from 1841 where the main character, instead of throwing sand in children's eyes, squirts milk into them, and was also said to introduce death and sexuality into a children's story.
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.
It means old shut your eye.
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. What?
Which is a little odd but it is typical like children's fairy tale nursery rhyme, children's story kind of thing where there's this weird duality between people who are really, really kind.