#WritersCoffeeClub 7 Feb: Share a pair of consecutive lines of a current or recent project
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#WritersCoffeeClub 7 Feb: Share a pair of consecutive lines of a current or recent project
"The child’s mother was now ordered to make up for the neglected discipline. She now had to diligently strike the child’s hand with a thick rod, and after she had done so for some time, the hand retreated back into the grave and stayed within it afterwards."
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#WritersCoffeeClub 7 Feb: Share a pair of consecutive lines of a current or recent project
"The child’s mother was now ordered to make up for the neglected discipline. She now had to diligently strike the child’s hand with a thick rod, and after she had done so for some time, the hand retreated back into the grave and stayed within it afterwards."
@juergen_hubert That isn't the Grimms' Fairytales version of that tale, is it?
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@juergen_hubert That isn't the Grimms' Fairytales version of that tale, is it?
No, it's a local legend from Heidelberg. And it's not the only tale of this type.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 7 Feb: Share a pair of consecutive lines of a current or recent project
"The child’s mother was now ordered to make up for the neglected discipline. She now had to diligently strike the child’s hand with a thick rod, and after she had done so for some time, the hand retreated back into the grave and stayed within it afterwards."
Oh my word.
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Oh my word.
A lot of German folk tales are messed up by modern standards, but this one stood out nevertheless.
