In earlier centuries, one of the roles of children stories was to warn kids of child predators (Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel...) After I wrote Spider Songs (previous post), I felt like it was echoing a poem I read before, so I searched the web (Ha!).
Remember "The Spider and the Fly"? I think that's the poem that was influencing me. I completely missed the child predator subtext in it when I was a kid. It's a real treat to reread a childhood tale and realize it's more rich than when you first read it.
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