This year's pinup theme is going to be "fairy tales!" Starting off is Red Riding Hood! I really like how this one came out, I'm looking forward to doing this whole series!

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The lazy spinning woman. A young wife is trying to avoid spinning. So when her helpful husband goes to cut wood for a reel, she hides in the tree and says "whoever cuts wood for a reel will die", and the man runs away in terror.

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The young giant. A farmer has a son as tall as a thumb. One day the son is stolen by a giant who suckles (!) the child until he becomes a giant too. The giant child then returns to the world of men and causes chaos with his super-strength.

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The sea-hare. A princess uses her magic windows to challenge her suitors to a deadly game of hide-and-seek. A fox helps the hero to outwit her, by transforming him into a "sea-hare" and giving him to the unsuspecting princess.

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The wishing table, the gold-ass, and the cudgel in the sack. Three brothers acquire magical items. An evil landlord steaks the self-filling table and the gold-vomiting donkey, but isn't prepared for the cudgel.

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Eve's unequal children. God comes to visit Eve, so she shows him her prettiest children and hides her ugly ones - this is somehow the origin of social class division.

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The brave little tailor. Having successfully squashed some flies, the little tailor sets out to take on the world. Here he is defeating sone giants by tricking them into fighting each other.

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The old man made young again. Jesus and St Peter are visiting a smith and, just for fun, they use the forge to rejuvenate an old man. But when the smith attempts the same trick, things don't go so well.

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A peasant and a rich man go to heaven. The peasant is disappointed that he is ignored, while the rich man is heralded with much joy. St Peter explains "we get poor men all the time, whereas there's not been a rich man here for 100s of years"

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Mrs Fox's wedding - when the nine-tailed fox (apparently) dies, various suitors approach his wife, via her maid, the cat...

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The little lamb and the little fish - the evil stepmother turns her stepdaughter into a lamb and her stepson into a fish. But when she tries to eat them, the cook spots that something is up (the animals speaking in rhyme is a bit of a clue).

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Walpurgis Sprite 30: Beleth Fitcher's Bird
You'll tar more feathers with honey than vinegar
But try both just to be safe

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