Post by SilverEyes on Jan 23, 2004 22:03:58 GMT -5
But it was much earlier even than that when most people forgot that the very oldest stories are, sooner or later, about blood. Later on they took the blood out to make the stories more acceptable to children, or at least to the people who had to read them to children rather than the children themselves (who, on the whole, are quite keen on blood provided it's being shed by the deserving*),...
*That is to say, those who deserve to shed blood. Or possibly not. You never quite know with some kids.
~Terry Prattchett from the book Hogfather
*That is to say, those who deserve to shed blood. Or possibly not. You never quite know with some kids.
~Terry Prattchett from the book Hogfather
