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1) Query: At my workshop on Thursday, a teacher asked me about a book that her husband had seen long ago. He said it was a scholastic book of German stories and that the stories were called a peculiar name. From what she said they sounded like extreme cautionary stories. One dealt with a little boy playing with matches and had him going up in flames like a match. Another, she thought, was about a girl who like to eat soup. She said they were not Grimm stories. Does anyone recollect such a collection from such a feeble description? I'm not even sure if they were folktales or authored modern cautionary stories. Anyone??
Marilyn K. 6/13/08
Response: Well, a simple Internet search brought me to this from a Jerry Griswold. "The most frightening children's book ever, most Europeans would agree, is Heinrich Hoffmann's "Struwwelpeter." First published in Germany in 1845, Hoffmann's illustrated storybook went on to be translated into dozens of languages and sell so many millions of copies that scholar Jack Zipes has called it "the most famous children's book in the world."
Hoffmann aimed to scare children into being good with tales, for example, about Harriet, who plays with matches and is burned up, and Augustus, who refuses to eat his soup and shrinks to stick-like proportions, dying in five days.
But the consensus is that the most frightening of these is "The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb," in which Conrad is warned by his mama about his habit but, when her back is turned, he puts the digit in his mouth. The Scissor-man bursts through the door and snips off the boy's thumbs. The last picture shows a chastened and amputated Conrad.
"When I was a child, 'Struwwelpeter' terrified me," author Marina Warner wrote about the book. "I did not find it funny because I sucked my thumb and I was truly afraid [the Scissor-man], drawn like a leaping pair of scissors, would come to get me and cut off my thumbs, as he does to little Suck-a-Thumb.... I must have been around 7 when I read 'Struwwelpeter,' and it took such possession of me that I kept going back and looking at the Scissor-man until I could bear it no longer and took the book to my father when he was gardening and asked him to burn it on the bonfire."
Marilyn K. 6/13/08
Response: Sounds like the junk opera "Shock Headed Peter," beter known as Struwelpeter. The book was written just before the turn of the century and is beloved by children in Europe. I took my then teens to see the play in 2000 in Austria. It was in German with English subtitles. They absolutely loved it. The play was recommended for kids 8 years and up! Some scenes from the book can be found here:
The book is actually a bunch of nursery rhymes told in the caustic tongue typical of adults at the turn of the century. For example, one such rhyme chides a younster for sucking her finger. The finger is chopped off in the play, by using red hankerchiefs for blood. Another has a hunter with rifle chasing a rabbit, the rabbit is then seen chasing the hunter with the rifle... I thought it entirely inappropriate for kids, which may explain why the play has never made it in America. Parents certainly meant well back then, but the language and images are unsuitable for kids. I even bought a copy of the book back with us to the states. In the operatic version a couple has a baby with grotesque hair. They are mortified and promptly hid the baby under the floorboards. This horrible secret served as the foundation for the rest of the play and the horrific scenes that follow.
Angela D. 6/13/08
• Der Struwelpeter. CD
(in German)
• SLOVENLY PETER (Struwelpeter), published by John C. Winston Co. (1940)
• Max und Moritz / Der Struwelpeter by Wilhelm Busch and Heinrich Hoffmann, published by Gondrom-Vig., Bindlach (November 1, 2001). (in German)
• Struwwelpeter in English Translation by Heinrich Hoffmann. (1995 - Ages 9-12)
Book Description
One of the most popular and influential children's book ever written, this time-honored tale — sure to produce lots of giggles — describes the gruesome consequences that befall children who torment animals, play with matches, suck their thumbs, refuse to eat, and fidget at meals. A collector's item, written in rhyming couplets and illustrated by the author.
Review by a reader
I read this little gem in 4th grade--my best friend stumbled across it somehow and showed it to me and we were both fascinated and disgusted (and a little frightened) by the stories and, more directly, by the charmingly rustic drawings. The now infamous story of Little Suck-a-Thumb made us both very relieved that we were, neither one, thumb-suckers. (the Red Long-Legged Scissor Man haunts me to this day...such a vivid and menacing figure, doncha think?) With Augustus--many modern women wish it were so easy to "become a little string". And as far as Harriet and the matches--I only wish my kitties would cry for me as Harriet's did...But I recommend this book heartily for adults who love the grim aspects of the Grimm fairy tales and anyone who liked the any Victorian/Edwardian "fairy stories" as a child (the original "Little Black Sambo" is another good vintage child's book...anyone reading it will see the racial aspects of the book are virtually non-existent. It only makes me hungry for pancakes!). Parental cautions? I am buying this for not only me but for my 7-month-old daughter. As to whether she will get to read it or not...well, I dunno. I think I will also buy a copy of "Peter Rabbit" as well. Mr MacGregor is a little less scary than the nasty red-long-legged Scissor Man.
Review by a reader
It's hard not to burst into xenophobic raptures when contemplating this bizarre little book. I mean, where else could a children's book of such an austere and humourless moral tone have originated than nineteenth century Germany? Have you heard the story of Harriet who played with matches? She BURNS TO DEATH! What should happen to naughty Conrad who sucks his thumbs when his mother isn't looking? The Long Legged Scissor Man leaps out of a door and CUTS HIS THUMBS OFF WITH A HUGE PAIR OF SHEARS, OF COURSE! And what of Augustus, who wouldn't eat his soup? HE STARVES TO DEATH! Naturally!
The only thing more ghastly than reading this to your lovely child as she or he is tucked up in bed is reading it in the original German: fear not if you don't understand German; in fact it's even better that way: far more scary!
And all illustrated in the most grotesque fashion, sure to surprise, delight and permanently derange even the most pleasantly disposed child.
Well, it never did me any harm...
Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann. (2003 - Ages 9-12)
Review by two readers
"This is a classic German children's book. My parents read this to me when I was a child; it was one of my favorite books. The book teaches children about manners. It teaches you that when you do something wrong, there are consequences. Der Struwwelpeter was originally written about 150 years ago."
"I was raised on this book from the age of 3 up, and it never "terrified" me; it was fascinating and a little scary to think these things COULD happen, but overall the lessons from the book stayed with me FOREVER. Stay well-groomed; eat your food; don't play with matches; don't suck your thumb... All great lessons, beautifully illustrated and cleverly told!"
• Struwwelpeter and Other Disturbing Tales for Human Beings by Bob Staake (author) and Monte Beauchamp (series editor). (2006)
Book Description
A visually stunning reinterpretation of the fairy tale classic.
Originally written in 1845 by German physician Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894), 'Der Struwwelpeter' reads like a fairy tale breaking loose from a doomed rollercoaster, crashing through a rusty calliope, and finally splashing into the miasmic ooze of Hell-but somehow still managing to float. Mesmerized as a child by the nightmarish prose and haunting images contained in the book, noted author/illustrator Bob Staake (MAD magazine, Cartoon Network, even Hallmark Cards) gives a 21st century spin to these 14 stories-each more politically incorrect than the next. The nastiest things happen to children who disobey the wishes of their parents: thumb suckers have their digits cut off, the pyro-fascinated are set ablaze and, of course, picky eaters rot away and die prematurely. In other words, precisely the type of bedtime stories you'll want to read to a six-year-old, provided it's not your six-year-old. Publishers Weekly calls Staake's illustrations "a stylistic collision of Russian constructivism and pop art that explode with energy and joyous intensity."
Gorgeously designed and illustrated, Staake's Struwwelpeter is sure to spark as many "oooo's" and "ahhhh's" as it does nightmares.
• Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks by Heinrich Hoffmann. (1999)
Review from a reader
"This version is a letter sized paperback, with heavy, slick paper used. It claims that the only other english translation is severely edited. Sarita Vendetta offers up her new illustration, and are just as, if not more disturbing than ever. There is just a hint of Gorey in her drawings. The latter part of the book offers drawings "based" on the originals of Hoffman. So if you are looking for something old and something new this may be for you. Also the Introduction by Jack Zipes gives biographical info on Hoffman and his writing of Struwwelpeter."
• Struwwelpeter; or, Shock-headed Peter and Other Funny Stories by Heinrich Hoffman. (2008)
• Der Struwwelpeter Auf Englisch by Heinrich Hoffmann. (1999 - Ages 9-12)
Review by a reader
I grew up on this book in english and german (came on the site seeking aa replacement for my sixty year old copy that had been handed down thru my family)! This is a fabulous book that kept my attention and that of my twin and cousins when read by my mother and grandmother and has since kept the attention of my children. It has wonderful illustrations and fabulous morals on manners, cleanliness, racism and such. Some may seem a bit macabre or harsh but in the same breath will NEVER fail to get your kids (or adults) talking about the lesson presented. My favorite had to do with a little girl who played with matches. I was introduced to the book at the tender age of 5 so I don't think it is scary but it does get the point across of certain dangers. I am thrilled to finnd it again! Thank goodness it is still available in any form!
• English Struwwelpeter, Or, Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children by Heinrich Hoffmann. (1972)
Review by a reader
Reading this book was like watching a horrific highway accident unfold before you. Unable to believe my eyes, I read to the end. One parable after another; each more freaky than the one before..... DO NOT leave your child alone in the room with this book!! If there is anything positive to say about this entry, it is that it definitely blind-sides you. No one could ever be truly prepared for this one.
Review by a reader
I was a thumb sucker and I was given this book to read as a wartime evacuee aged 6 in 1942. It scared me stiff then, and has been haunting me ever since. I never thought to see the day that it would come back to haunt me afresh...See it through the eyes of a child. Ban it now, says he; while still sucking a thumb! I only awarded it one star because from the instructions I wasn't allowed to give less.
Response: A CAUTIONARY TALE
The Story of Augustus,
Who Would Not Have Any Soup
By Heinrich Hoffmann
Augustus was a chubby lad;
Fat, ruddy cheeks Augustus had;
And everybody saw with joy
The plump and hearty, healthy boy.
He ate and drank as he was told,
And never let his soup get cold.
But one day, one cold winter's day,
He screamed out--"Take the soup away!
O take the nasty soup away!
I won't have any soup today!"
Next day begins his tale of woes;
Quite lank and lean Augustus grows.
Yet, though he feels so weak and ill,
The naughty fellow cries out still--
"Not any soup for me, I say:
O take the nasty soup away!
I won't have any soup today."
The third day comes; O what a sin!
To make himself so pale and thin.
Yet, when the soup is put on table,
He screams as loud as he is able--
"Not any soup for me, I say:
O take the nasty soup away!
I won't have any soup today."
Look at him, now the fourth day's come!
He scarcely weighs a sugar-plum;
He's like a little bit of thread,
And on the fifth day, he was---dead!
Besides Struwwelpeter, another favorite naughty-children-who-get-their-drastic-comeuppance story of my German-born husband's is Max and Moritz (Timeless Classics). You can read all about them on Wikipedia
Judy S. 6/14/08
• Max and Moritz (Timeless Classics) by Wilhelm Busch. (1962)
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7 Anyone familiar with the comic strip which featured the Katzenjammer Kids will recognize the Kids' antecedents in Max and Moritz . First published in Germany in 1872, the book relates seven mischievious and, by today's standards, malicious pranks played by the two before they are ground to bits in a mill and gobbled up by ducks. "Max and Moritz" editions have been generally unavailable, and students curious about the history of cartoon and comic illustration will welcome the chance to view these tinted etchings, facsimiles of the original text. Arndt's translation in rhymed couplets reads smoothly and provides a lively introduction to the historic duo. Susan Hepler, formerly at Ohio State University, Columbus
• Max and Moritz and Other Bad Boy Tales by Wilhelm Busch and Andy Gaus (translator). (2003)
Book Description
A new translation by Andy Gaus of these classic popular satirical Wilhelm Busch cartoons, with original illustrations, in black and white, throughout. This volume includes Max & Moritz a Bad-Boy Story in Seven Tricks; Ice Peter, A Funny Picture Story; Diogenes and the Bad Boys of Corinth; four poems from Critique of the Heart; and a biographical note on Wilhelm Busch.
• Max and Moritz: The Terrible Twosomes by Wilhelm Busch. (2005)
Book Description
Max and Moritz: This famous title appeared translated in many language.In 1871 was first time presented in U.S.and after that many other edition was published. This new edition is a color-ilustrated book with anattractive-intriguin cover, with dimensions of 11.0x8.5 inches.
Response: Interesting: "Struwwelpeter: Humor or Horror? 160 Years Later"
Comparison of old and new illustrations:
Site with stories and illustrations - keep "clicking" you'll get to the stories (interesting intro):
Project Gutenberg at:
Mary K.C. 6/14/08
Response: Well, I am an American and I had a copy of Stuwwelpeter when I was a very little girl. My grandfather collected books and he used to give me a book when I came to visit him. When I was 4 or 5 he gave me Stuwwelpeter -- translated as Slovenly Pete in my version. That would have been in the forties. I loved every bit of it, including the one with the little girl who cried so much her eyes fell out. It had a red cover with a silhouette of Peter himself embossed on it in black. I had it for a long time. I wish I still had it but I am afraid, somewhere along the way, I lost or misplaced it. Perhaps my childhood experience of Slovenly Pete is what accounts for my somewhat morose personality and my love of stories with a dark edge.
Janet M. 6/14/08
I published and bound a fine edition of this book Struwwelpeter in miniature, just as small as a postage stamp. You can see it at
along with a little description and history of the book.
and there are two clearer images at
Struwwelpeter (pronounced shtrooble-payter) was THE first book of cautionary tales, although it followed in a way from the Victorian trend for violence in children's literature. Remember that the Grimms shortly before took stark adult folktales and INCREASED the violence to make them suitable for children. Anyone outraged at that should remember Tom and Jerry cartoons and how young kids love fictional violence - it's raw and instinctive just like their own powerful feelings that they have to learn to deal with. Ignoring instincts won't make them go away, they need to be engaged with, exercised and educated, and especially in times when life was more brutal and death was a common experience. But Tom and Jerry always lived to fight another day; there was always respite, comfort and resolution, which is what stories are for - no struggle, no story; no resolution, no ending.
Anyway, Hoffman was the first (1845 not turn-of-the-century) to entertain children with illustrated cautionary tales and his book was a massive best-seller, and remained so for over a century, translated into various languages. It was published in English in as Struwwelpeter, but the eponymous character was translated as Shock-headed Peter. (This character and the Scissor man were combined into Edward Scissorhands in the film.) It was so popular that a parody was later published as propaganda all about Hitler.
Struwwelpeter isn't really suitable for Americans - apparently too delicate for such fare - but everyone else lapped it up. I've sat at my exhibition tables selling it and noticed that everyone except the Americans had been familiar with it as children - some had loved it as their favourite book ever, some had hated it. It polarises people.
Struwwelpeter is subtitled "Pretty stories and funny pictures".
You can see, in the links I put above, a photo of the frontispiece - of Harriet after she played with the matches, all aflame and billowing clouds of smoke. It's a very pretty picture!
Here's the whole of her story, but you'll have to get the book to see the other wonderful and funny pictures.
The Dreadful Story About Harriet And The Matches
It almost makes me cry to tell
What foolish Harriet befell.
Mamma and Nurse went out one day
And left her all alone at play;
Now, on the table close at hand,
A box of matches chanc'd to stand;
And kind Mamma and Nurse had told her,
That, if she touched them, they should scold her.
But Harriet said: "O, what a pity!
For, when they burn, it is so pretty;
They crackle so, and spit, and flame;
Mamma, too, often does the same.
The pussy-cats heard this,
And they began to hiss,
And stretch their claws
And raise their paws;
"Me-ow," they said, "me-ow me-o,
You'll burn to death, if you do so."
But Harriet would not take advice,
She lit a match, it was so nice!
It crackled so, it burn'd so clear,--
Exactly like the picture here.
She jump'd for joy and ran about
And was too pleas'd to put it out.
The pussy-cats saw this
And said: "Oh, naughty, naughty Miss!"
And stretch'd their claws
And rais'd their paws:
"Tis very, very wrong, you know,
Me-ow, me-o, me-ow, me-o,
You will be burnt, if you do so."
And see! Oh! what a dreadful thing!
The fire has caught her apron-string;
Her apron burns, her arms, her hair;
She burns all over, everywhere.
Then how the pussy-cats did mew,
What else, poor pussies, could they do?
They scream'd for help, 'twas all in vain!
So then, they said: "we'll scream again;
Make haste, make haste, me-ow, me-o,
She'll burn to death, we told her so."
So she was burnt, with all her clothes,
And arms, and hands, and eyes, and nose;
Till she had nothing left to lose
Except her little scarlet shoes;
And nothing else but these was found
Among her ashes on the ground.
And when the good cats sat beside
The smoking ashes, how they cried!
"Me-ow, me-oo, me-ow me-oo,
What will Mamma and Nursy do?"
Their tears ran down their cheeks so fast;
They made a little pond at last.
See, what could be sweeter than that?Tim S 6/14/08
• The Brothers Grimm and Folktale by James M. McGlathery (editor). (1991)
• The Ring of the Niblung by Richard Wagner. (Kindle Edition - 2008)
Book Description
Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods by Richard Wagner. Translated by Margaret Armour. Illustrated by the legendary Arthur Rackham (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Aesop's Fables, etc.)
• German Hero-sagas and Folk-tales (Oxford Myths and Legends) by Barbara Leonie Picard (adapter) and Joan Kiddell-Monroe (illus). (1994 - Ages 9-12)
Book Description
This collection includes the splendid legends of the great German heroes, among them the story of Gudrun, and the saga of Siegfried and the vengeance of Kriemhild. There is also a lively collection of traditional folk tales, with the escapades of the rascally Till Eulenspiegel, and stories such as The Mousetower and The Ratcatcher of Hamelin.
• The Frog Who Would Be King (Based on a German Folktale) by Kate Walker and David Cox (illus). (1995 - Ages 4-8)
• The Seven Swabians, and Other German Folktales (World Folklore Series) by Anna E. Altmann.
Book Description
Many people are familiar with the German tales of the Brothers Grimm, but usually in the sugar-coated versions of picture books and Hollywood cartoons. In this book you'll discover some other sides to German folklore. Using primary German-language sources, Altmann has gleaned a wonderful assortment of authentic tales to enchant and educate audiences of all ages. This collection includes many favorite German tales, such as "Rapunzel," "Snow White," "Rumpelstilkskin," "Hansel and Gretel," and "The Bremen Town Musicians"; as well as more obscure tales such as "The Seven Swabians" and "The Master Thief." There are tales for all kinds of listeners and readers--more than 80 stories in all, including tales that may shock you or make your hair stand on end, as well as those that will intrigue or amuse. The stories are organized in four sections: Animal stories (Tiergeschichten, largely fables), Comic tales (Schwanke, which range from the silly to the outrageous), Fairy tales (Zaubermarchen, or wonder tales), Local legends (Sagen, which include stories of ghosts and goblins, and religious legends). Background information and tale type information on the stories, a description of German life during the 19th century, color photos, a pronunciation guide for German terms, and traditional German recipes make this a wonderful resource for introducing audiences to German culture and traditions.
• The Pied Piper: A German folktale by David Wenzel. (1995)
• The Legend of the Christmas Spider (Adaptation of an Old German Folktale) by Julie Puntch (adapter), Grace Durnelle (editor) and Christine Felicelli (illus). (1993)
• The Blabbermouths: Adapted from a German Folktale by Gerda Mantinband and Paul borovsky (illus). (1992 - Ages 4-8)
From Publishers Weekly
In this adaptation of a German folktale, a poor farmer rescues a woman put under a spell and in return is given a chest full of gold pieces. There's just one catch: he can't tell anyone about it. Though the farmer swears he's no blabbermouth, word of his newfound fortune spreads throughout his village and eventually reaches the magistrate, who accuses him of stealing the coins. In the leisurely style of oral narrative, Mantinband ( Bang, Bang, Fiddle Dee Dee ; Papa and Mama Biederbeck ) chronicles how the farmer's clever wife saves their wealth by tricking her husband into spouting tales of insane goings-on so that the chest of gold is dismissed as just another mad fantasy. Although this retelling starts out with promise, it is ultimately unsatisfying. The wife hits on the solution without a moment's pause: we miss seeing the wheels turn and sharing her exultation as she hatches her plot. As a result, she brings on her husband's "madness" too swiftly. The narrative is enhanced by Borovsky's watercolors, with the simple lines and out-of-proportion figures possessing the naive charm of Central European folk painting. Ages 4-up.
• The shoemaker and the elves: A German folktale ("Everyone has a part" play series) by Ginny Hall. (1986 - dramatic play)
• The Three Feathers, A German Folktale by Mollie Clarke and Grahan Oakley (illus). (1963)
• Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry by Wilhelm Alfred Braun. (2008 - Kindle Edition)
Book Description
Weltschmerz (from the German meaning world-pain or world-weariness) is a term coined by the German author Jean Paul and denotes the kind of feeling experienced by someone who understands that the physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind.
Chapter I--Introduction
Chapter II--HÃlderlin
Chapter III--Lenau
Chapter IV--Heine
Chapter V--Bibliography
• ROBERT WALSER REDISCOVERED: Stories, Fairy-Tale Plays, and Critical Responses--Including the anti-fairy tales Cinderella and Snowwhite translated by Walter Arndt by Mark Harman (editor) (1985)
• Kafka, Gothic and Fairytale (Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft 66) (Internationale Forschungen Zur Allgemeinen & Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft) by Patrick Bridgwater. (2003)
Book Description
Kafka, Gothic and Fairytale is an original comparative study of the novels and some of the related shorter punishment fantasies in terms of their relationship to the Gothic and fairytale conventions. It is an absorbing subject and one which, while keeping to the basic facts of his life, mind-set and literary method, shows Kafka's work in a genuinely new light. The contradiction between his persona with its love of fairytale and his shadow with its affinity with Gothic is reflected in his work, which is both Gothic and other than Gothic, both fairytale-like and the every denial of fairytale. Important subtexts of the book are the close connexion between Gothic and fairytale and between both of these and the dream. German text is quoted in translation unless the emphasis is on the meaning of individual words or phrases, in which case the words in question are quoted and their English meanings discussed. This means that readers without German can, for the first time, begin to understand the underlying ambiguity of Kafka's major fictions. The book is addressed to all who are interested in the meaning of his work and its place in literary history, but also to the many readers in the English and German-speaking worlds who share the author's enthusiasm for Gothic and fairytale.
• Tales and Translation: The Grimm Tales from Pan-Germanic Narratives to Shared International Fairytales (Benjamins Translation Library, V. 30) by Cay Dollerup. (1999)
• [The Transformation of Humans into Animals: A Motif History with Special Emphasis on the German Fairytale in the First Half of the 19th Century].(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Folklore by Folklore Society. (2003)
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• The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm, Josef Schari and Padraic Colum (introduction) and Joseph Campbell (narrator). (1976 - Ages 4-8)
Book Description
For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children—and adults—learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (a.k.a. Sleeping Beauty) are only a few of more than 200 enchanting characters included here. Lyrically translated and beautifully illustrated, the tales are presented just as Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm originally set them down: bold, primal, just frightening enough, and endlessly engaging.
• The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, Deluxe Edition (Literary Classics (Gramercy Books)) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Lily Owens (editor) (2006 - Ages 9-12)
Card catalog description
All 215 of the stories published by the Grimms, including "Cinderella," "Rapunzel," and "Sleeping Beauty," as well as the less familiar "Wilful Child," "Idle Spinner," and "Lucky Hans."
• The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm All-New Third Edition by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and Jack Zipes (introduction, translator). (2003)
Book Description
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Perhaps no other stories possess as much power to enchant, delight, and surprise as those penned by the immortal Brothers Grimm. Now, in the new, expanded third edition, renowned scholar and folklorist Jack Zipes has translated all 250 tales collected and published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, plus twenty-nine rare tales omitted from the original German edition, as well as narratives uncovered in the brothers' letters and papers.
Truly the most comprehensive translation to date, this critically acclaimed edition recaptures the fairy tales as the Brothers Grimm intended them to be: rich, stark, spiced with humor and violence, resonant with folklore and song.
One of the world's experts on children's literature, Jack Zipes is a professor of German at the University of Minnesota and is the author of numerous books on folklore and fairy tales.
• The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, A.S. Byatt (introduction), Maria Tatar (translator). (2004)
Book Description
Maria Tatar redefines the Grimm canon with this authoritative and entertaining collection.
The Annotated Brothers Grimm celebrates the richness and dramatic power of the legendary fables in the most spectacular and unusual Grimm volume in decades. Containing forty stories in new translations by Maria Tatar—including "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Rapunzel"—the book also features 150 illustrations, many of them in color, by legendary painters such as George Cruikshank and Arthur Rackham; hundreds of annotations that explore the historical origins, cultural complexities, and psychological effects of these tales; and a biographical essay on the lives of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Perhaps most noteworthy is Tatar's decision to include tales that were previously excised, including a few bawdy stories and others that were removed after the Grimms learned that parents were reading the book to their children—stories about cannibalism in times of famine and stories in which children die at the end. Enchanting and magical, The Annotated Brothers Grimm will cast its spell on children and adults alike for decades to come. 75 color, 75 black-and-white illustrations.
• Rapunzel (Caldecott Medal Book) by Brothers Grimm, Paul O. Zelinsky (adapter, illustrator). (1997 - Ages 4-8)
In older versions of the classic tale Rapunzel, it always seemed improbable that a grown man could scale a tower using only his beloved's hair. Not so in Paul O. Zelinsky's Caldecott Medal-winning version of Rapunzel. Here, Rapunzel's reddish-blonde mane is thick with waves and braids, and cascades like a waterfall down the walls of her isolation tower. In Zelinsky's able hands it's easy to believe that a prince would harbor no hesitations about scrambling up our fair heroine's hair.
Of course, this is not the work of an amateur--Zelinsky's lush versions of Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, and Swamp Angel all earned him Caldecott Honors. His gorgeous, Italian Renaissance-styled illustrations are characterized by warm golden tones and the mesmerizing sensation of trompe l'oeuil. Not only does he have the touch of a world-class illustrator, Zelinsky has also proven himself a master storyteller. We are frightened when the sorceress demands to take the baby Rapunzel, we are alarmed when the flowing locks are cruelly shorn, and we rejoice when the prince and his now modest-haired love are reunited. The notes at the back of Rapunzel reveal his careful scholarship regarding the long history of the story (tracing its origins and transformations from Italy to France and finally to Germany and the Grimm brothers)--work that no doubt contributed to his clean, compelling version of the age-old tale. Children will be captivated by the magical story and evocative pictures and adults will delight in the fresh feel of a well-loved legend.
• Rumpelstiltskin by Brothers Grimm, Paul O. Zelinsky (adapter, illustrator). (1996 - Ages 4-8)
Paul O. Zelinsky, 1998 Caldecott medalist for Rapunzel, also has three Caldecott Honor Books under his belt: Hansel and Gretel, Swamp Angel, and this fine edition of Rumpelstiltskin. Zelinsky's oil paintings are perfectly suited to the strange saga of the little man with the secret name who knows how to spin straw into gold. The golden light infusing the late medieval setting subtly reinforces the theme.
The visual characterization of Rumpelstiltskin is a triumph: an odd elfin man with bulbous eyes, a gigantic, flat black hat, impossibly skinny arms and legs, and long, pointed black shoes. This Rumpelstiltskin is not scary or horrid, but rather mischievous and weird. When the young queen finally guesses his name, and thus is able to keep her baby, he flies off on his huge cooking spoon (with a pout), true to the Grimms's 1819 version of the story. (Zelinsky provides notes on his text in the back of the book, indicating his careful research into various editions of the original Grimm tale.) Zelinsky's retelling is straightforward and smooth, with only a few lines of text on each page to complement the truly magnificent full-page illustrations. A delightful book worth its weight in gold! (Ages 3 to 7)
• Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A Classic IIlustrated Edition (Classic Illustrated) by Cooper Edens (compiler). (2007 - Ages 9-12)
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• The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm (Norton Critical Editions) by Jack Zipes (editor). (2000)
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• Classics Illustrated Deluxe #2: Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Classics Illustrated Deluxe Graphic Novels) by Mazan, Philippe Petit and Cecile Chicault. (2008)
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Date of Birth: October 13, 1973
Date Appointed: January 22, 1996
End of Watch: September 19, 2000
Officer Robert "Bobby Joe" Mata, 26, died Tuesday, Sept. 19, when his patrol car slammed into a light pole. Mata was responding to another officer's call for assistance, and as he lay dying, 10 of his colleagues from Los Angeles Police Department lifted his patrol car off the ground and moved it in a futile effort to save him.
Sgt. John Pasqualo witnessed the frantic effort. "Ten cops literally lifted the wreckage and moved it," he said. "It's a very emotional experience for a police officer to see a black-and-white cracked up like that; unfortunately we've seen it too many times."
Mata and his partner, Officer Sonny Patsenhann, were enroute to a back-up request from a fellow officer who was involved with a stolen vehicle investigation with a suspect. Mata lost control of his police vehicle on a curve and collided with a cement light post. Both Mata and Patsenhann were trapped.
Responding officers were able to remove Patsenhann through the passenger window but, unfortunately, it took the Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics an hour to cut the car s top off and extricate Mata. He talked with paramedics during the ordeal, but went into cardiac arrest as he was finally being pulled from the wreckage. Mata underwent two hours of surgery, but because of his injuries coupled with the length of time his heart had not beaten on its own, he was not able to overcome the trauma of the accident.
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On Monday, Sept. 25, after his death Mata was lifted up by his colleagues one last time and carried to his grave. While a bagpipe wailed and his wife, Holly; his daughters, Kalei, 5, and Pi-Lani, 2; and his parents, Robert and Josephina Mata; watched in grief, eight uniformed pallbearers set down his flag-draped coffin on its gravesite. Kalei had just celebrated her fifth birthday the previous day.
Los Angeles Police Department's chief, Bernard C. Parks, as well as hundreds of police officers from throughout California, stood at attention for the interment services at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, Mata's native city.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Rowland Heights was the setting for funeral services honoring Mata. Colleagues choked back sobs as they described Mata as a man who was friendly to everyone, even gangbangers, and relished nothing more than a good joke. Mata's supervisor, Sgt. Rick Plows recalled Mata looking "like hell" one day as a police inspector made his way down a line of otherwise impeccably turned-out cops. The inspector, stopping in front of Mata, demanded to know why his boots, among other things, looked so shabby. Mata replied, according to Plows, "Sir, it's either polish for my boots or milk for my kids."
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Arenado concluded his eulogy looking out at Mata's widow, daughters and parents, and stating "We loved him, and we will never forget him," barely able to speak through his tears.
Neighbors recalled Mata as a jovial, energetic man best known for walking barefoot, regardless of the weather. Neighbor and family friend, Tauribio Ramirez, said Mata "was such a good kid, and so careful about avoiding trouble. He never wanted to have anything to do with criminals or gang kids."
Deputy city attorney, Elizabeth Greenwood, who worked with Mata for 18 months, said he received a commendation from the Los Angeles City Council in June. "It was for outstanding service in crime suppression and reclaiming the community," she stated. "I'll miss him. He was a sweet, quiet, outstanding police officer who dealt with everybody with honor and respect. A joy to be around."
The funeral drew an overflow crowd of nearly 2,000 to the church to hear a Mass celebrated by Bishop Gambio Zavala and Msgr. Michael Killeen.
Msgr. Killeen told the mourners that Mata was "a surrogate for all men and women who are sworn to our defense." He recalled the poignant circumstances of Mata's death taking place enroute to helping a colleague. Killeen continued, "It can be said, truly, Bobby Joe Mata laid down his life for his friends. He was committed, he was filled with love, and I'm sure that memory will never be forgotten."
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Mata, a six-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Dept. who was assigned to the Harbor Special Enforcement Unit Gang Detail, was the fifth officer from the agency in three years to die in the line of duty.
Mata's wife, Holly, is a recent graduate of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Academy.
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|Almar Ashfield
Almar adresses the others "If no one has anything against it I'll keep the pepperbox. I believe I'm the only one able to operate it anyway."
After that he talks directly to Sandru:"Sandru... how's the caravan? Can it travel north? Or do we need to get back to get supplies and the like? I would prefer to move north immediately, but I can understand if we NEED to go back to Sandpoint get supplies and a new vagon or two. But if that's the case I ask we do it QUICKLY"
|DM Hamied
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Sandru lets out a heavy sigh. "Sorin is right. The caravan is in no position to embark on such a journey at this moment. I agreed to aid Shalelu with her ruse, but archers will not feed us, nor do many of these men wish to accompany us."
"Indeed." says Sheriff Hemlock. "Happy to help with goblin trouble, but my place is in Sandpoint."
"You are not the only one." Sandru says, glancing at Koya. "But we can discuss that later. We will need a night to resupply in Sandpoint, and we must recruit some hands. The roads are more dangerous than ever, from what I understand. Tomorrow afternoon, I will take the caravan north." Sandru speaks with authority, but his voice wavers.
"Hate!" A high-pitched, shrieking voice cries out, interrupting the conversation. "Hate!" There is a goblin nearby, seemingly trapped under the corpse of its dog mount.
|Almar Ashfield
|DM Hamied
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|Sorin Nicusor
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Sorin walks over to Gutwad and looks down on him for some time without speaking.
Finally, "Hate. Yes. And that's what has brought you to this current situation; a very bad one for you, isn't it. This is always the end for those who tread the road of hate. Always. The only difference is how much misery they spread along the way."
"You were gived a second chance and, instead of using it to do something great, you used it to be a flunky. A flunky who was sent to almost certain death. Are you sure your anger is not misplaced? Interesting how hate and understanding never go hand in hand."
"Well, I suspect you aren't really listening to me. You've spurned the gods I respect and follow while failing the ones you and those you became a lackey for follow. I do not envy the destination of your soul."
Sorin walsk back to whatever he was doing.
|Almar Ashfield
Almar shooks his head as he recognizes the goblin chief now pathetically squirming under a dead rat-thing and spewing bile.
"I hope no one has anything against getting rid of this beast once and for all. But killing him with a pistol shot would be wasting a perfectly good bullet, so..."
Almar unsheates his rapier and delivers coup de grace to Gutwald.
|DM Hamied
"Hate!" Gutwad cries over the metal scrape of Almar's rapier being pulled from its scabbard. Sorin's words were met with silence, but the goblin clearly understands the drawing of a weapon. "Hate!"
I'll go ahead and roll the damage.
No need for a Fortitude save.
Any other stuff people want to do before heading back to Sandpoint to set up the caravan?
|Almar Ashfield
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Almar cleans his blade on Gutwald's corpse. He doesn't seem impressed by the late chief last words:"I think we can safely say he died with the sentiment he cared the most for on his lips. An appropriate end if you ask me"
We should search the other dead goblins... I believe it's actually mandatory adventurers behaviour according to the "Laws of D&D adventuring"... :D
|DM Hamied
14 small wooden shields
10 small shortbows
34 copper in total
Piles of dirty, torn rags
Partially dried meat, most of which seems at least a little rotten
"Bounty doesn't count based on ears, way things chanced." Belor Hemlock calls out to you as you loot the goblins' corpses. "There'll be a reward for all this through my office, sure, but its split even between all assembled. Don't go cuttin' ears off a goblin riddled with arrows if you didn't even lift a bow."
"Are we really as petty as that, Sheriff?" Ameiko responds. "The battle is won, and none have shown anything but valor."
"Hmph!" is all the Sheriff responds with.
|Almar Ashfield
|DM Hamied
Sorry about the spotty posting. Graduate semester just started up. I should have some time to catch up tomorrow.
Little is said on the trek back to Sandpoint. Sarenrae's sun rises to its full height and sinks back again, just disappearing behind the evening clouds as you make you pass through the city's northern gate.
"Get rest!" Sandru barks. "If you plan to journey north tomorrow, you will need to rise early and make preparations."
I'll assume you retire for the night. If not, feel free to roleplay your night activities. Do think of any NPCs you've encountered, and who you might like to ask along on the journey.
|Raziel Holhiem
Setomi will gather her spice box and other cooking supplies and will take over one of the wagons as her 'cook wagon'. She will look over the food stuffs and generally take care of the feeding of the people on the caravan. She also gathers all her belongings and stores them on the wagon.
|Almar Ashfield
|Lisabett Erikkson
|Sorin Nicusor
Sorin will accompany Raziel to the cathedral. He'll say goodbye to Minherzi and her mother (Does she have have a name? The focus was always on Minherzi; is the mother desribed at all? Or perhaps she was and I just don't remember it.) He'll then talk to Father Zantus.
"Excuse me, Father, I have a favor to ask. We leave tomorrow morning and I have no idea how long we'll be gone. I've been meaning to sell my house for the last couple of years but now there's no time. I thought perhaps that you might use it to house refugees," he looks over at Minherzi, "that have no place else to go. It is not luxurious by any stretch but it was built for more than one. Also, I would hate to have it fall into disrepair. Should any decide to stay in Sandpoint the house can be theirs as it seems unlikely that I would choose to live their again upong returning. I will, of course, reimburse you for any unexpected costs that may arise upon my return."
|DM Hamied
One more bit of mechanical business: Congratulations! You've reached level 3. We'll handle it in the discussion thread.
We'll talk caravan stats, feats, and the like after leveling is all settled.
Minhzeri's mother is named Kasha. I'm not sure she ever introduced herself during the course of the game, but Raziel knew it at the start of the game, and called her that at one point. Father Zantus likely would have mentioned it at some point as well.
Father Zantus lets out a surprised chuckle. "Reimburse me for any costs? Sorin, you are generous enough to offer your house to those in need...think not about the upkeep. If you are serious about this, and you certainly sound it, I will cover any such expenses."
|Almar Ashfield
I was considering if buying some other bullet and powder materials, I've got 19 gp so I won't be able to buy much, but I fear not being able to get them easily during travel... that said I can manage with what I've currently (30+ bullets)
Btw... it's that special time of play again...
HP roll 01:1d10 ⇒ 10
HP roll 02:1d10 ⇒ 9
HP roll 03:1d10 ⇒ 10
Edit:... sure I'm good with HP rolls! :D
|DM Hamied
Almar, sorry if I my wording was confusing. You don't need to roll all three of your HD, rather, you just need to roll for your third (which you just got by leveling). I'll accept the first result in your post.
Almar and Setomi
You come upon Sandru examining the damage the boar did. His glance at Setomi turns into a look of appraisal. "You may store your things in this one, Setomi."
Almar arrives at the caravan a moment later, and Sandru greets him with a smile. "May I offer my assistance?" After he helps the gunslinger load his belongings onto the caravan, his attention returns to Setomi. He stands watching her.
"What is Ameiko up to?"
Lisabett, Raziel, and Sorin
None of you hear Minhzeri approach, but you notice her after she takes Raziel's hand. She stands there, looking at the floor and saying nothing.
It sounds like folks are mostly ready to go, but I want to offer a little opportunity to roleplay your departure from Sandpoint. You may not be back here for some time. We'll get rolling on the journey soon...
|Almar Ashfield
Sorry, I just started rolling the dices and didn't read your post very well, the blame is all on me. But I wasn't rolling all 3 dices, I was roling 3 because in my live tabletop game we do it that way when we level, we roll three times and get the best result of the three OR we take the average result (you need to specify what method you choose before rolling). I know we do things differently here, I just didn't think of the difference at the time and applied the "familiar pattern". My fault, as I said. Anyway, if you want me to reroll, I'll reroll, no problem :).
"Well, thanks Sandru, I'll take my old job if you are willing to have me... but how's the caravan? Do you need an hand with the reparations? I'll gladly help if you let me
Setomi looks over the wagon and nods her thanks to Sandru. She begins to load the various boxes and bundles of foodstuffs. After a while she notices Almar watching her.
"I am not sure where she is at the moment. The sorting of all these provisions has taken up most of my time, and I have not seen her this morning." A slightly panicked look comes over her face, and she leaves the caravan and heads back to the Dragon, searching for Ameiko.
|Sorin Nicusor
Sorin kneels beside Minherzi. He smiles broadly.
"Hello, it's very nice to see you again. It looks like I might be going on a long journey and I wanted to say goodbye to you and your mother before we left. Is she around?"
Sorin will wait and see if Minherzi fetches her mother. Either way:
"I understand you've become very good with your flute. Would you like to play a song together before I go? You can play whatever you want and I'll follow along."
Again, Sorin will wait and see if she's willing.
|DM Hamied
Sandru watches Setomi walk away before he turns to address Almar. "Of course, Almar. I will prepare everything, only be ready." The Varisian pauses for a moment. "What do you think of Lisabett?" he asks candidly.
I don't think I made it clear, but this is still late at night, before the morning. You still don't know where Ameiko is, and you can still to look for her.
You find Ameiko sitting in the main hall of the Rusty Dragon. She has her eyes closed, but she seems to sense your presence as you enter. She turns to face you. "I am going north, Setomi, but I do not wish to heave my burden onto you. Whatever duty you feel you owe me, I'll not hold you to it if you wish to stay. It is hard to leave one's home."
Lisabett, Raziel and Sorin
Minhzeri tugs on Raziel's hand briefly before releasing it. She returns with flute in hand, her mother following. The young girl purses her burnt lips and presses them against the top of the instrument, blowing lightly.
Perform (Flute) - 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
Setomi moves over to the table and sits beside Ameiko. She places her hand on the other woman's arm and say, "Remember when we were little girls and we would sneak into the kitchen and steal Mochi?" She smiles a bit wistfully at the memory, but quickly sobers. "We are not those little girls any more Ameiko. You changed when you returned home from your 'adventures'. You grew up, and maybe not in the best way. I too have had to grow up quickly. Mother revealed much to me about our family and yours. It is not just for you that I go on this journey, but for my clan, even though I am the last. Giri. You know this word means duty, but so much more. I have Giri to you, but also to my family. We will fulfil our duty together, and maybe discover more about who we are in the process."
She stands and helps Ameiko to her feet. "There is much to do before we depart. Let's get going. Oh, and here!" She slides a jelly filled mochi from the sleeve of her robe and sets it in front of Ameiko, a small smile upon her lips.
|Almar Ashfield
Almar feels a bit puzzled by Sandru's abrupt change of topic:"Well... she's... she's... a competent tracker. She's certainly willfull and headstrong, ahe's outspoken and certainly doesn't allow herself to be hindered by other people opinions... But why this question Sandru? She's certainly beautiful, but I fear she'll give you the ride of your life, for good and for ill if you get my meaning" at the end of the tirade Almar looks at Sandru with a worried look in his eyes.
|DM Hamied
"Oh, I didn't mean..." Sandru is clearly flustered. "I should say, she has not committed to the journey, but I think she would be a great asset. I was going to approach her about it...but...she is young and her temper is quick. I merely wished to...consult you."
Ameiko smiles. "Thank you, Setomi. I am honored by your devotion, and surprised by it. Not because I ever doubted you, but because...this is all so strange. I...I am so glad you will be with me." She stands, picking up the mochi. "For what its worth, I would have left the Rusty Dragon to you. But instead, it will help to fund our journey."
|Almar Ashfield
Almar feels himself almost smiling at Sandru's words, but in the end he can just nod:"She'll be an asset as long as she'll understand she's not alone and that no one owes her obedience or fealty... she needs to earn those, as you well know. And I don't mean anything more than what I said: there's good steel in her, but it needs to be tempered, that's all... I actually think you could help her a great deal in realizing her full potential, so asking her to join us would work in her own interest in the long run...", after that the gunslinger just shooks his head and, in as a serious tone as he can manage adds:"In other words... go get her she needs us and we need her! But don't let her know that!"
|DM Hamied
|Almar Ashfield
Setomi looks stunned at the thought of Ameiko leaving her the Dragon. She moves over and hugs the woman. "Thank you for the offer...it means so much to know you would trust me with the Dragon! If things were different, I might have actually accepted, but we have a different road to follow. Come on out and see everyone, I think some are worried about how you have been acting."
Setomi takes a look around the Inn, her eyes misting a little as she remembers all the good times they had here. She sniffs, rubs her eyes with the arm of her shirt, and then smiles. She turns from the only home she has ever known, and walks out the door, to prepare for the trip north.
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett Survival 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Finding Minherzi's condition little changed, Lisabett purchases fishing line, several hooks and a bucket at the general store, and spends her last evening in Sandpoint herding all manner of crustaceans into her possession. The constant shrieking of the gulls whose attention she had won was something of an annoyance - a sardonic smile blossomed on her face to think of Sorin's lady, and considered the exercise time well spent in honing her patience with the creature.
Wintering with a peacemaker who openly wept in the presence of men had lent itself to a peculiar expression of behavior with them, Lisabett reflected while she fished. What little else did she have to express her displeasure with their idiocy than her voice? Among warriors - nei, among monsters cunningly disguised as men, physical strength exercised through battle was the expression of a man's will. A woman... either belonged to one man who could enforce his claim, or was open to plunder from them all.
Snarling, Lisabett tossed an inferior catch to the gulls. At sixteen she was a maid when lesser women ran about with one child on the hip and another nursing on their breast. Them that venerated the lord of the Hunt would, at any rate, while those who took Desna's name in vain upon the long table often had several themselves, but not from any one stud. When the greatest rate of travel is from the longhall door to flat upon one's belly with a man's upon ones back, one could scarcely contemplate the mysteries of the Lady of the Spheres.
As the ink of night became heavy and displayed Her favored landscape, Lisabett tossed the remainder of her catch to the gulls, then gathered up her line and hook in the pail and walked a ways to be in peace when she took her meditation. She lay on her back in the sand and let the rising surf lick at her bare toes, caring nothing for the salt that became trapped against her leg. Oh, it would have been prudent to buy more clothes before the journey, but Southern women were cut from surprisingly different cloth. The only she could claim had her height was the elven Mistress, and her shape had nothing of Lisabett's softness.
Sighing, Lisabett empties her mind and opens it to the song of the Spheres.
0 - Create Water, Detect Poison, Purify Food and Drink, Resistance
1 - Feather Step, Longstrider, D-Obscuring Mist, Speak with Animals
Lisabett Charisma check Childhood Crush 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22 huh...
Hair still dripping and bodice lazily cinched about her waist with several yards of lacing tied in coarse knock, Lisabett kneels and twists her curls into intricate plaits and braids while Minherzi plays her flute, taking the opportunity presented by a general lack of activity to indulge herself. When the girl's song ends, if she shows interest, Lisabett pulls a tendril of the Varisian's hair into a braid.
"Among our people, we wear these when we go to war," she tells the girl, and smiles brightly enough to show her dimples. "And those who sing and support us in those battles are our greatest allies."
|Raziel Holhiem
|Sorin Nicusor
Shortly after Minherzi begins playing the flute, Sorin will pull out his new flute and play it along with her; but always as an accompaniment. He wants the song to be hers.
Perform: flute 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
When the song is over, Sorin addresses the mother, "It looks like we'll be traveling, possibly for a long while and I wanted to say goodbye. I'm giving my house to allow for better accomodations for those, such as yourself, who have nowhere else to go. The Cathedral's a nice enough building but a house is better for living, especially, he looks down at Minherzi, "when there's children."
|DM Hamied
"I likely will not need to tell you a thing. She makes her opinions clear to all of Sandpoint." Sandru chuckles. "I'm off to my pillow. I'll be out here again at first light. Get some rest." With that, he walks away from the caravan and into a shadowed alley.
"Setomi, wait." Ameiko stops in the doorway. "I will go to my room while it is still mine. Those that worry after me will see me early next morning."
Lisabett, Raziel, and Sorin
Geez, Sorin. Way to upstage the poor kid...
Where Minhzeri's song is simple Sorin's is complex. Where the girl's playing is faint, the paladin's seems to echo from every corner of the Cathedral.
The little girl smiles at Sorin, then at Raziel. She turns at last to Lisabett, reaching back to feel the braid that the Ulfen made in her hair. She giggles. Tears come to Kasha's face. "Thank you." She says, smiling at Lisabett. "You have been so generous, all of you." The Varisian reaches into a worn satchel and produces a handful of cards.
|Raziel Holhiem
|Almar Ashfield
|Sorin Nicusor
"I too would welcome a reading," Sorin says, bowing extavagantly. "My mother, being my father's second wife, was quite obsessed with Harrow decks. Particularly at Festival time, she would harass anyone holding one and constantly pester them for readings. Though I never thought of it at the time, I beleive she developed quite a reputation and readers would hide their decks and pretend other tasks when they saw her coming." Sorin laughs.
|Lisabett Erikkson
Lisabett's eyes dart between the participants in the conversation. A reading of what? And why would it be required that I remain to hear? Sorin's speech put her ill at ease.
"No, thank you," she declines after a few more moments, eyes rarely straying from Sorin. She bows politely to the matron, spares a smile for Minherzi and then strides away as quickly as her legs will carry her.
Seem to have misunderstood the timeline. Lisabett's private time on the beach happens prior to leaving.
|DM Hamied
|Almar Ashfield
|Lisabett Erikkson
|Raziel Holhiem
|DM Hamied
Thanks for your patience, everybody. City-wide theatre fringe festival + the start of the semester = limited posting time.
You awake from a dreamless sleep to find a piece of parchment laid across your chest. On it, a pair of Tien characters are scribed beautifully.
The fierce shrieking of gulls wakes you from your sleep. Looking outside the mouth of the cave, you see two of the birds locked in deadly combat. Seconds later, one of them buries its bill in the other's neck. The dying bird lets out a fading wail and ceases to move. The other gulls on the beach continue their relentless cawing as the victor begins to feed on its fellow bird.
Your ears catch voices from beyond the door before your eyes open. You recognize one of them. Ameiko.
"Take good care of my Dragon, Enzi." She says.
"Are you sure you wish to do this, Ameiko?" A male voice replies.
"Yes. I cannot promise my return, and so the Dragon must move on without me. It is probable that I will return this way, but even if I come back to Sandpoint, my life is due some change."
Your chamber is quiet when you awake. Morning has come, and Kasha will be expecting you soon.
Your house feels especially large and empty as light finds its way into your windows. It is dawn, and the promised Harrowing awaits you.
|Almar Ashfield
Almar springs upright abruptly and makes the parchement fly on the floor. After a moment of startled silence he picks it up snd starts examining it:"It's written in that strange Tien runic script. No way to understand what it says... but more importantly, who put it on my chest and why?" . After a moment of consideration Almar dresses up and examines the rest of the caravan for traces or clues of what might have happened.
Survival check:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Setomi waits until Ameiko finishes talking to Enzi, then walks out from the kitchen into the main room. She smiles and nods to Enzi and then looks at Ameiko. "Are you ready to go Ameiko? I can wait outside if you need a few more moments." She stands by the door, waiting to see if the woman will join her.
|DM Hamied
Nothing on the ground or on the wagons indicates any movement through the area. If somebody came upon you while you slept, they did so methodically, and did not leave any trace that you can detect.
You recognize Enzi Rhasheni, a recent transplant from Magnimar. He is lanky, but is a graceful dancer and a gifted singer. Of the residents of Sandpoint to which Ameiko might sell her inn, he is a curious choice. He nods at you politely.
"I will need a few minutes, Setomi." Ameiko answers. "I intend to take my horse, but would like to store some of my belongings on the wagons. Would you be willing to carry this bundle to the caravan for me?"
|Lisabett Erikkson
Have a bit of a difficult time with this one, as it's hard to conceptualize what a person with above average reasoning skills would do when faced with Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds...
Lisabett watches the grisly scene unfold from the security of the shelter she has found. Every movement she makes is deliberate, and she does not for one moment take her eyes from the display of dominance the gulls make as she pulls her pack onto her shoulders, and then her blanket up over her head. She summons her magics and the air about her cools as she crouches near the mouth of the cave, frost slowly creeping up the edge of the blanket that she touches with her fingertips.
Sure, a single beast might dispatched for demonstrating such unnatural behavior, but this was endemic. A flock of gulls could savage her eyes beyond repair and leave her blind and useless, a fate worse than death. Driven into a mad frenzy, Lisabett did not expect that the bulk were willing to negotiate to allow her safe passage, nor did she have the weapons or the magic to dispatch the swarm effectively.
Inhaling sharply, and throwing caution and her fate to the winds, Lisabett drops from the cave to the beach, and rises to her full height, pulling the blanket up over her eyes, but not obstructing the precious orbs in any way, and slowly moves along the edge of the beach back to Sandpoint.
|Raziel Holhiem


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By R.L. Chomiak
Svoboda Newspaper In Ukrainian
Parsippany, N.J., November 29, 2002
Translated into English by R. L. Chomiak
at the request of ArtUkraine.com
KYIV -- It's autumn in Ukraine, and that's when people write and talk about
the famines: the big one of 1932-33, the post-revolution one of 1921, and
the post-war one of 1947. There are 2-3 conferences, several newspaper
articles, 3-4 TV programs. And, of course, a big concert, attended by the
country's highest officials. This year, however, there was an additional
element: talk about a really big monument in memory of the victims of the
artificial famine. The [Ukrainian] diaspora will fund a "proper"
There is a monument to the victims of the 1932-33 famine in Kyiv, near the
St. Michael's monastery complex and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is
not grand, but symbolically meaningful and in a good location. Lately, it
has become fashionable to criticize it, because it is not imposing enough,
and this, too, is the government's fault. In November, on the grounds of
Kyiv's International Academy of Personnel Management (MAUP), another
famine monument was unveiled. This one is a little bigger, and includes an
angel and a bell.
By interesting coincidence, talk about an "imposing" monument gained
currency about the time that news of an accident in the Vernadsky Library on
Volodymyrska Street ("Kyiv's spine" as Valeriy Hruzyn, a journalist and a
Kyivite calls it) became known. Mountains of rare books and periodicals
stored there were damaged by hot water from a radiator pipe that burst in
the middle of a night. For about a week everyone kept silent about it --
"Soviet-fashion." Then news of the calamity leaked into the media.
Among others, Prof. James Mace, former executive director of the American
commission on the Ukrainian famine and today a teacher at a Kyiv university,
wrote about it in the newspaper "Den'", where he also works. He recalled
some years ago, he shipped from the commission to the Verkhovna Rada
(parliament) copies of materials the commission gathered, including tapes of
interviews with the famine survivors. When he moved to Kyiv, he learned
that the shipped materials were stored in some basement and were beginning
to rot. And this wasn't because of someone's ill will. They just didn't
know where to deposit the materials.
There is a dearth of state-of-the-art libraries, archives and museums in
Ukraine. And not just. Ukraine is a recognized world leader in botanical
research. A few years ago Ukrainian botanists worked in Cape Kennedy
developing for NASA plants that could be grown aboard the space station. At
the same time their colleagues in Ukraine were taking home rare plants from
their laboratories, because the laboratories were inadequately heated in
But a proper memorial to the famine should be built in the capital of
Ukraine. The question is -- what kind?
There is no lack of granite and bronze monuments in Kyiv. Recently the city
announced a competition for a new monument to unification: the January 1919
unification of the Ukrainian People's Republic with the West Ukrainian
People's Republic. One can expect that this new one will be similar to the
Independence monument on Independence Square.
There is nothing here, however, resembling Washington's Holocaust Museum.
And that one is not just a museum, but a research center, an archive,
conference facilities, in other words, a living, active memorial. Here is a
chance for the diaspora to show Ukraine what a modern museum-library-archive
is all about; a center open to all.
An aside is in order here: In Ukraine, access to research libraries is
limited. I know this from personal experience. To use the Vernadsky
Library, the one that was flooded by broken radiators, I was told to bring
three things with an application: 10 hryvnyas -- got it! a passport -- got
it! proof that I have higher education -- a problem! Yes, I did graduate
from college, but I usually don't carry my diploma with me. In fact, it has
been so many years since I had it in my hands, that I am not sure where my
diplomas are filed. So what that I managed to earn "two higher education
diplomas" as people here like to say (and oh, how frequently!) I don't have
the papers to prove it.
I had to resort to "blat" that is so abhorrent to me; had to use connections
to the library hierarchy. And I did receive the picture ID to use the
library. While working on it, I recalled several times the news stories
million-dollar donations to the New York Public Library from grateful
industrialists, without higher education diplomas, simply because when they
were poor laborers they went to the library to keep warm and to read, or
because they got a successful idea while using the library. You meet all
kinds of people at the New York Public or the Library of Congress!
Library science is highly developed in the US, and Ukrainians in America
have more than their share of library specialists.
Why don't we build a living memorial to the famine in Kyiv, including an
archive, a library, a museum, a research center, conference rooms, with
modern heating and security systems, like those in the new "elite" buildings
going up in Kyiv. And access to this memorial complex should be democratic,
as it is in similar American and Canadian facilities. It should be open to
people with "three university diplomas," as well as to those whose education
is limited to what life taught them, because the famine managers in Ukraine
didn't check the diplomas of their victims. In time, such museum-archive
will receive donations from successful Ukrainian entrepreneurs, even those
without a higher education, as is the case in North America.
Today, libraries and archives in Ukraine survive in dreary conditions. The
flood in the Vernadsky Library was hardly an unusual calamity. A few weeks
earlier a village library in the Poltava region burned to the ground. This
became generally known through the efforts of a popular TV personality Olha
Herasymyuk, who with the help of the newspaper "Den'" collected from the
viewers and readers thousands of books for the village library. (It
happened to be in her father's native village, as well as the place where
the 18th century Ukrainian philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda was born.)
A library-archive-memorial to the famine in Kyiv would give the diaspora a
chance to show how such complexes should be built. As for building a bronze
or a marble monument, or to raise a symbolic grave mound, they know how to
do it here better than we do. Years ago Taras Shevchenko wrote: "They
piled the earth, and returned to their homes, and no one remembers." Not,
at least, till the next anniversary.


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at maximum height, the ball stops for a moment, and then returns back down.
so, final velocity,
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Bruce W. MacDonald, author of the Council Special Report China, Space Weapons, and U.S. Security testifies before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and focuses on three questions: 1) Does U.S. overall space policy advance space security? 2) Does the United States invest resources so as to best protect and defend space assets? 3) What role can diplomacy play in advancing space security?
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Hey Naena.
You may have to introduce an extra transformation to get what you want. There is an area that is right up your alley called ancillary statistics:
Ancillary statistic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Take a look at this and see if you can adapt the knowledge and theory of this area to your needs.


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Afeltra, Javiera; Meis, Jacques F. G. M.ab; Mouton, Johan W.b; Verweij, Paul E.a
aDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and bDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Sponsorship: This study was supported by the EC-TMR-EUROFUNG network (ERBFMXR-CT970145).
Received: 25 October 2000; accepted: 1 February 2001.
Because invasive aspergillosis is encountered relatively infrequently in HIV-infected patients, we hypothesized that prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) might also prevent invasive Aspergillus infections.
Invasive aspergillosis is a significant cause of morbidity and death in immunocompromised patients, including those with AIDS. Although the incidence of this infection is low, the risk is increased in those with low counts of CD4 T lymphocytes, neutropenia and during corticosteroid treatment. Sulfonamides, especially trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole (TMP–SMZ), are antimicrobial agents that have frequently been employed to prevent PCP, toxoplasmic encephalitis and bacterial respiratory infections in HIV-infected patients. During prophylaxis with TMP–SMZ, 13.9% of patients develop adverse events that necessitate discontinuation [1], and alternative regimens such as dapsone, or aerosolized pentamidine are considered [2]. Because Pneumocystis is now believed to belong to the fungal kingdom, we investigated whether these drugs were active against Aspergillus spp. This is of relevance because patients at risk of PCP are often also at risk of developing invasive aspergillosis.
The literature was reviewed for cases of invasive aspergillosis in HIV-infected persons or those with AIDS, which had also documented the drug that was used to prevent PCP. Only 18 cases have been described in the literature that met these criteria [3–5]. Among these, 14 patients had received dapsone or pentamidine prophylaxis and four TMP–SMZ. The largest series was published by Denning et al.[5], in which 13 patients with AIDS were described who developed invasive aspergillosis, of whom 12 (92%) had received PCP prophylaxis with pentamidine. Taking into account the proportion of patients who receive either TMP–SMZ or alternative regimens, the probability of developing invasive aspergillosis in patients who received alternative PCP prophylaxis is much higher than for those on prophylaxis with TMP–SMZ (relative risk 21.5). This suggests that TMP–SMZ might show activity against Aspergillus as opposed to pentamidine or dapsone. Therefore, the in-vitro activity of TMP–SMZ, dapsone and pentamidine was determined against a collection of 20 clinical Aspergillus fumigatus isolates and 10 Aspergillus flavus isolates. The in-vitro activity was determined according to the proposed guidelines of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards for the susceptibility testing of conidium-forming fungi (M38-P) using a broth microdilution format [6]. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was read at 50% inhibition of growth compared with that of the drug-free well. TMP–SMZ was active in vitro against A. fumigatus (geometric mean MIC 54.6 μg/ml, range 40–160 μg/ml), and trimethoprim alone was inactive (geometric mean MIC > 8 μg/ml) (Table 1). The antifungal activity of TMP–SMZ appeared to be fungistatic based on MIC/MFC ratios. Dapsone and pentamidine were inactive in vitro against all Aspergillus isolates at therapeutic concentrations. The recommended dose of TMP–SMZ for the prevention of PCP pneumonia in patients with HIV infection is 160/800 mg a day [2], which results in peak blood levels of sulfamethoxazole that range between 40 and 60 μg/ml. These blood levels are equal to or above the MIC of 19 out of 20 A. fumigatus isolates, but are too low to inhibit any of the A. flavus isolates.
The results of the literature review and the in-vitro findings suggest that PCP prophylaxis with TMP–SMZ may prevent invasive aspergillosis in HIV-infected patients when it is caused by A. fumigatus, although the concentrations achieved in the blood are sub-optimal compared with the MIC of the isolates. Further studies are required to confirm this observation, and to establish whether sulfonamides also show activity against other fungal pathogens such as Cryptococcus and Histoplasma.
Javier Afeltraa
Jacques F. G. M. Meisab
Johan W. Moutonb
Paul E. Verweija
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I have a confession to make. It's something I've learned about myself over the last couple of years of having children who have reached the age of reason: I'm terrible at going to Confession. Over that last two years, I have managed to prepare two of my children to receive their first Penance and First Holy Communion. I have made sure that they have attended Mass every Sunday for most of their lives, let alone since receiving these sacraments. However, I realized recently that I have basically dropped the ball in respect to helping them make frequent use of the sacrament of Confession. In my efforts to not take over their own relationship with God and tell them when they need to go to Confession, I ended up leaving them with no guidance whatsoever. Catholic parenting fail, part 1.
Realizing our failure in this area, my husband and I decided to make more of an effort to attend the sacrament more regularly. We've been "meaning to" for weeks and finally did this past Saturday. Unfortunately, when helping the boys prepare, I realized that they had basically forgotten the entire thing. Catholic parenting fail, part 2. I panicked for a minute, and then remembered a great little book I just received (for review) the other day. A Little Book about Confession for Children by Kendra Tierney is a delightful little book that is just as helpful to parents as it is to children. In attempting to prepare her own son for Confession, Tierney realized that there was more she needed to know to be able to answer his many, many questions, and realized that there were probably other parents in the same predicament. And thank God she did. This "little book" is big on helpful information and solid theology and doctrine. (On this note, I do wish they had sought an Imprimatur, because from what I've seen it could easily have gotten one and set parents' minds at ease, but I digress.)
On Saturday, I grabbed the book and used it for its examination of conscience that is geared specifically towards children and its quick review of the form of the sacrament. Throughout the week, we've been going back to it again and again to answer questions such as "How can I be sorry for my sins?" and "How can I make up my mind not to sin again?", questions that can be difficult to answer clearly and concisely without a little help. In the future, I plan on using this book to help my next son prepare to receive his first Penance. The book makes a parent's job as primary educator a little bit easier, and as a parent to six, I'll take all the help I can get.
Available here:
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Due to a recent court ruling, every Michigan voter who wishes to vote in an election must comply with a new state requirement by showing picture identification at the polling place, the City Clerk's office announced.
"Voters can satisfy the picture ID requirement by showing a Michigan driver's license or a Michigan personal identification card," City Clerk Mary Ann Rilley said.
Voters who do not possess either document may show any of the following forms of picture ID as long as they are current:
•Driver's license or personal ID issued by another state
•Federal or state government-issued photo identification
•U.S. Passport
•Military identification card with photo
•Student identification card with photo from a high school or accredited institution of higher education
•Tribal identification card with photo
The State of Michigan election law anticipates that not all voters at the polls with have picture identification with them. Voters that do not have picture ID with them will be able to vote if they sign an affidavit.
For more information regarding the new identification requirement, call the City Clerk's office at (734) 374-1474.


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During winter term, North Central's Oesterle Library will feature publications by 10 faculty members and the history of Oesterle Library. The displays are showcased in the library's lobby.
Community Publications
• Gerald Gems, professor of health and physical education. "Polish Americans" and "Progressive Era, 1900-1920" in Sports in America: from Colonial Times to the Twenty-first Century: an Encyclopedia, 2011.
• Zachary Jack, associate professor of English. "Extreme Sports" in Sports in America: from Colonial Times to the Twenty-first Century: an Encyclopedia, 2011.
• Maureen Kincaid, Nancy Keiser and Kristine Servais, associate professors of education. "Using a Collaborative Leadership Model in a Teacher Education Program" in American Journal of Educational Studies, May 2011.
• Steve Macek, associate professor of speech communication and coordinator of urban and suburban studies. "The Reporters' Rebellion: The Chicago Journalism Review 1968-1975" in A Moment of Danger: Critical Studies in the History of U.S. Communication Since World War II, 2011.
• Neil Nicholson, assistant professor of mathematics. "Piecewise-Linear Virtual Knots" in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, September 2011.
• Lawrence Van Oyen, professor of music and director of bands, and Rich Wilders, Marie and Bernice Gantzert Professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences, professor of mathematics and chair, Division of Science. "Turning Students into Symmetry Detectives" in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, September 2011.
• Gregory Wolf, professor of German. "Claude Osteen" and "Steve Hargan" in Society of American Baseball Research Biography Project, September 15 and October 19, 2011.
Theme Case
"A History of the North Central College Library" is a pictorial exhibit depicting the history of the North Central College Library, from its starting location in the basement of Old Main through the 2002 and 2005 renovations of the lower level of Oesterle Library. This display is the second in a series of exhibits highlighting various aspects of the College's history using materials from the Archives.


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