Barn Spiders

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• ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I don’t know this story but in Poland, books that were mandatory to read in primary school included:

  • story about a poor kid who really wanted to play violin, dared to touch violin belonging to the landlord and was beaten to death as a punishment (Janko muzykant)
  • story about a young girl that gets sick, as a “fold remedy” is put into an oven for the duration of a prayer and dies (Antek)
  • story about a kid who goes to school under German occupation and studies so much he gets brain inflammation and dies (Syzyfowe prace)
  • story about a dog that gets left behind when his family moves, starts running in a desperate attempt to find his owner, finds her and dies of exhaustion in her arms (what was the title??)
  • story about a horse working in a coalmine that can’t ever get out because he entered when he was younger and now the ceiling is too low, the horse dies (Łysek z pokładu idy)
  • story about a kid how gets pneumonia from playing outside with friends and dies (Chłopcy z placu broni)
  • story about a kid who fights Germans during occupation, gets caught, is tortured and beaten up so badly that he dies shortly after his friends rescue him (Kamienie na szaniec)
  • story about a teacher working in a small village, trying to teach poor children science. he gets sick and dies because there’s a blizzard and they can’t deliver medicine in time (Siłaczka)
  • story about a dog that rides trains. the dog is hit by a train and dies (O psie który jeździł koleją)

  I’m probably forgetting about couple more “fun” stories. So yeah, I would love to have read about spiders fucking instead.

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  • princess@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    what i’m taking from this is that Polish morality tales basically go “you do anything, you die, probably ironically”

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    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes and also “Poles have to suffer for the greater good of Europe”: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_Europe

      It’s all pretty depressing and fucked up.

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I wonder why alcoholism is a problem there.

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  • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You okay Poland? That’s some depressing kids stories.

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  • ladicius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Polish primary school is metal.

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    • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      The Polish lullabies include a song about a royal family (king, page, princess) who live in happiness and love until they get eaten by a cat, a dog, and a mouse. Only after singing about this massacre does the parent do a big reveal that they were made out of sugar, gingerbread, and marzipan, respectively (“Był sobie król”/“Once there was a king”)

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  • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    story about a dog that gets left behind when his family moves, starts running in a desperate attempt to find his owner, finds her and dies of exhaustion in her arms

    :(

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• Ingiald@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That tracks, Charlotte loved Wilbur like a mother and mothers sometimes violently fuck. Preferably without the children knowing

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• SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  God forbid women do anything

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• Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That wasn't in the book. Only in the extended director's cut of the movie.

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  • nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Time for a live action Disney remake of Charlotte’s origin story and inner darkness, starring Florence Pugh.

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Release the Scholastic Cut!

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  • makyo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Directed by Lars Von Trier

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    • okwhateverdude@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Tora, Tora.

      Image

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• Romer@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah, but seriously. We all know who the father is. It’s Wilbur, right? That was always the point of the story, right? Right?

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Some pig!

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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Girthy Pig!

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