11 Brutally Honest Versions Of Nursery Rhymes

Why do we expose our children to this violent filth?

A sparrow murders a robin with a bow and arrow. The blood flows freely and is collected in a dish, for some reason, by a fish. The sparrow is eventually tried and hanged by an angry crowd of woodland creatures.

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A woman with big feet drowns in front of her lover, who does nothing to save her, pleading that he doesn't know how to swim. After her death, he becomes involved with her sister.

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