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A dicussion in the Dog House turned to fairy tales how they came about.
Growing up we had in the house a large volume of Grimms's Fairy Tales-some of the stories were really scary....
Do you remember any fairy tales that scared you, or still scare you to this day?
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My horror story was the Dancing Shoes....


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I have to agree with you Richard. Grimm Fairy Tales where pretty scarey for me too as a kid. Other then that no others come to mind.


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Oh boy do I remember one. It was the tale of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. They each had to travel over a bridge but there was an ugly old troll who lived underneath. When the first billy goat went across the bridge the troll came up and threatened to eat him. He told the troll that his brother, who was bigger, was coming along and so it went until the largest of the billy goats came and butted the troll into the water. For some reason this story really scared me but I kept asking my mom to read it to me anyway. We had a wooden bridge a few houses down which went over a small creek and my friend lived on the other side of the creek so I had to cross that bridge often. I used to worry that a troll lived under there.


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Hansel and Gretel! That witch was scary!!!!


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Originally Posted by Logan
Hansel and Gretel! That witch was scary!!!!
Agreed! And she cooked children !?! Talk about sick and twisted!


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Hansel and gretel always gave me nightmares. I also still cant watch Snow White, I watched a bit when I was little and it scared me so much! lol


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Fairy tales never scared me, guess I have no sense of danger! I knew they were made-up stories. In fact, no story really scared me until I was an adult and borrowed a Clive Barker book of short stories from the library (The Books of Blood).


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What about Cinderella's mean sisters.. Red Ridding Hood & the Big Bad Wolf.. The Three Little Pigs & the Big Bad Wolf.. Those are Fairy Tales right..


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Donkey Skin was one that....not scared me so much as gave me the willies. The father raping his daughter and trying to force her to marry him....ugh


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CathyBogart.... what kind of fairy tale is that
I can't remember any fairy tales that scared me... but then I didn't hear a lot of fairy tails before bedtime. My favourite books were "No Elephants" and "morris has a cold" and the Dr Zuess books lol.
But the song "rock a bye baby" made me cry.


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Originally Posted by Pam
Oh boy do I remember one. It was the tale of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. They each had to travel over a bridge but there was an ugly old troll who lived underneath. When the first billy goat went across the bridge the troll came up and threatened to eat him. He told the troll that his brother, who was bigger, was coming along and so it went until the largest of the billy goats came and butted the troll into the water. For some reason this story really scared me but I kept asking my mom to read it to me anyway. We had a wooden bridge a few houses down which went over a small creek and my friend lived on the other side of the creek so I had to cross that bridge often. I used to worry that a troll lived under there.
Me too Pam. Did your book have a picture of the ugly troll? Ours did.
I never said anything to anybody, but I always checked out the underpasses
very carefully.


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The wolf in Little Red Ridinghood and in some other fairy tales scared me to death. I have been dreaming of wolves.
Now of course I think they are great animals and do not eat grandmothers as standard dinner


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Originally Posted by CathyBogart
Donkey Skin was one that....not scared me so much as gave me the willies. The father raping his daughter and trying to force her to marry him....ugh
That's a fairy tale? Never heard of that one - yikes.
I don't remember being scared of any fairy tales, but I was terrified of Pee Wee Herman Especially Pee Wee's Big Adventure, that movie creeped me out terribly!


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As a child, I loved reading all the classic Fairytales, but, when Shirley Temple Black hosted a Television Show during the early sixties, many of the characters were brought to life right in the living room.
One program (story) in particular, Beauty and the Beast, scared the living day lights out of me!!!!


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Originally Posted by JenBKR
That's a fairy tale? Never heard of that one - yikes.
I don't remember being scared of any fairy tales, but I was terrified of Pee Wee Herman Especially Pee Wee's Big Adventure, that movie creeped me out terribly!
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LOL so funny you mention that. I felt the same way about that movie. But then again.... I don't think we just perceived it as creepy.... I think it is just CREEPY period lol