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Fairy Tales

You're Dead to Me

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The Newancs Window

Fairy tales are really riddles wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. They have this high coefficient of weirdness, which is what gets us hooked. We're not just homo sapients, but also homo significants, always searching for meaning through these symbolic stories. These stories cross linguistic boundaries, national boundaries, cultural boundaries and they tell us not just about our similarities, but also our differences. And they show us how things should be, how you secure a fair happily ever after.

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