I've been reading classic children's literature to my daughter, now aged 1, and I have come to the conclusion that it is awful. /cc @greggyb
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Jack makes poor choices in disposing of the farm's fixed assets and attempts to recover by breaking into people's houses and murdering them.
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Two poorly supervised children are accosted by a predator in the woods. It's OK, though: they burn her to death.
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Another child scamping through the woods -- what is it with the woods -- meets 2nd predator. He kills her grandmother and impersonates her.
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A group of engineers laughs at a minority musician for failing to save more money. I mean, poor life choices sure, but have some empathy.
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A mother-in-law is jealous of her daughter and unsuccessfully attempts to murder her, twice. 2nd attempt ends in coma and forced marriage.
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Another mother-in-law neglects girl, marries her off to rich man with strange fascination with footwear who can't even remember her face.
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A young man wants to get married. His mother proposes the perfect filter: subject visitors to trivial inconvenience; see who complains most.
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A young woman is eating food which suggests she is very poor. She's scared away by an insect. Morale: bad things happen to poor people.
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One engineer is devastated when his 2 brothers have their houses inspected. Houses found non-compliant with building code; brothers killed.
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An old woman struggles with caring for many neighborhood children. Neither the children's fathers nor mothers assist. The children suffer.
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Here's a fun uplifting rhyme. It's about the time a quarter of Europe died horribly. Let's sing together about us dying horribly, too.
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A lazy man is threatened with starvation because his wife, who works, is injured on the job. He robs a tradesman and is praised as hero.
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