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Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers is a comedic fantasy Victorian novel by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, published in 1882. In the novel, a magic wishing-stone causes a father & son to switch places. The father goes to boarding school while the son goes to work. #WyrdWednesday
Karkadann were the most fearsome desert creatures. Thundering hooves, razor-sharp teeth, horns they used to impale prey. Yet the young caregiver-in-training looked on them with #adoration.
"Look how big you're getting," the boy said, tossing meat to a young one.
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A Grimm fairy tale called "Brother & Sister" is the story of two siblings who venture into a forest to escape their evil stepmother. The stepmother, a witch, bewitches the forest springs. The brother drinks from one & transforms into a deer. #FolkloreThursday
The Ozark Howler has been sighted in the Ozark Mountains since the early 1800s. Described as bear-shaped with stocky legs, horns, shaggy black fur, & glowing red eyes, it emits a cry that sounds like a mix of a wolf's howl, an elk's bellow, & a hyena's laugh. #WyrdWednesday
After Aza nearly died delivering her first child, she started collecting #hippopotamus figurines.
"I had a vision of a hippo during my near-death experience," she explained to her husband. "Taweret is an Egyptian hippo goddess who protects women in childbirth."
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The nursery rhyme "One for Sorrow" was originally about magpies, but there are many variations about crows, jackdaws, & other birds. According to superstition, the number of birds you see determines what kind of luck you'll have. #FairyTaleTuesday
The Aesop fable "The Fox & the Grapes" is about a fox who struggles to reach grapes growing in a high place. He gives up, saying the grapes are probably sour anyway. This tale has been interpreted as an illustration of cognitive dissonance. #FairyTaleTuesday