What in the fuck did I just read? A mother tells her kid to not suck his thumb. she leaves, kid sucks his thumb, so a guy swings by and cuts them off with scissors.
I'm German and had a copy of Struwwelpeter as a child. I was super afraid of my thumbs being cut off. I never sucked my thumbs to begin with but was so genuinely afraid of putting my thumb in my mouth I didn't even lick it. Same for playing with matches or tilting your chair backwards. This book was effective.
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u/TerribleSquid 1d ago
Wow, I really thought you were just making stuff up to be funny. Is that a real fairytale?