via telegraph.co.uk
Alexander McCall Smith
As a child I was terrified out of my wits by some parts of that dreadful 19th-century German book, Der Struwwelpeter, with its grim illustrations and its threatening text. In particular, I remember being scared stiff of the tailor in the story of “Little Suck-a-Thumb”, an evil-looking character who sported a large pair of bloodstained scissors. He would creep up on children who sucked their thumbs and cut them off. I have a very clear and very early memory of one night being terrified that he was on his way, and being reassured by my parents that this was not the case.
No comments:
Post a Comment