“You love him too, don't you?”

One of my favorites--He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum--is one of the Kings of England rewarding a duke with a very nice piece of land to own.

And if you think fairy tales are somewhat grim in the US, the original European versions are far worse! As I child, I leaned Red Ridinghood in French. Little Red Riding Hood is eaten by the wolf and that's the end. Then the moral--listen to your mother or you'll be dead. No saving by the kindly woodcutter!