My son goes to the library every Friday and he and my wife pick up about 10 new books. They picked up Puss in Boots. I thought I remembered it, but after reading it, it was all new. That was one smart kitty cat. Any thoughts?

Lucky for Puss he's not a dog...

I found a book of Grimm's fairy tales at Barnes & Noble based on the original stories and they weren't as I remembered them as a kid. These were stories that showed why they were called the "Dark Ages".
Greg

I have seen those as well. Makes me wonder if we are just too easy on our kids today, or if they were just trying to traumatize them with the stories.

Well, "traumatize" might be a little bit too strong a term, but it is the general idea. Actually, many fairy tales were originally intended for adults, but of the ones for children, they were mostly moral-instruction type stories. So some of the violence might have been there to scare them into being good.