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Wow! This is getting a bit dark. 😬

“The season had dipped into autumn, and the trees in the distance started popping into their Hallowe’en clothes.” 🍁

“Red meat is bad for the complexion.”
“So is anaemia.”

Part II

“Your average princess can’t anticipate pain, even if she has pricked her finger on a spindle half a dozen times, or slept on hard peas for half a year.”

Well, that was easy! 😂🕷️

“You must do that three times a day.”
“And will I live?”
“If you die, it will be an education.”
“But if I die, I’m sure I won’t learn a thing.”
“But I would have learned a great deal.”

“In the fairy-books, all Briar Rose had ever had to do was lie down the moment things got hot, and when she woke up everything had been done for her, which is a fairly universal dream.”

“For if one prince being crunched up by a dragon is inspirational, twenty-four princes being crunched up by a dragon is cautionary.”