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Originally Posted by SAH
publishers cherish the child's mind against copyright
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Well, the copyright Relic years there has already ended, but about the child's mind - that's for sure. After all, the Russian folk tales, too, is essentially in the original is much more brutal than in today's adaptations. The original versions were created in the Middle Ages, when both people and society which they represented, and, accordingly, the children were different (
some medieval thing just led us in horror, while his contemporaries were in the order of things). Yes, and children in general are perceived differently: for them is important unambiguous interpretation - good prevailed, defeated evil and /or punished (another interesting point), all married and lived happily ever after