damagedi

Yesterday while I was walking about I picked up an old book on Japanese fairy tales. I don't know if it's the different culture or just because it's a different 'time' but man way to go to tell stories to scare the crap out of kids.

You know until yesterday I'd never heard of Japanese Goblin-spiders.

"During the daytime they look just like common spiders; but very late at night, when everybody is asleep, and there is no sound, they become very, very big, and do awful things. Goblin-spiders are supposed also to have the magical power of taking human shape so as to deceive people."

So basically you have to be afraid of spiders and never trust strangers you meet at night. You know that's probably good advice for kids.

You know what I learned from fairy tales when I was a kid?

Never eat a bear's porridge.

Try as I might I can not recall ever seeing a bear eating porridge let alone had the opportunity to eat said porridge.

Come to think of it I have been bitten by spiders and met some rather unsavory strangers at night

If only I had known about Goblin-spiders earlier