A magical gift destroys a family, but perhaps out of the ashes something beautiful will bloom. 

In this week's episode we read 'The Pink': a tale of deception, love, justice, health and safety breaches and fire-breathing poodles. 

There's also an extra special treat in the form of 'The Myrtle', a related story by the titanic Neapolitan fairy tale writer Giambattista Basile. Seduction, murder and high drama - it's quite the roller coaster.

And finally, we pick the next four stories we'll be giving the Grimm Reading treatment.

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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

Other music: Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor I. Allegro and F Minor II. Adagio performed by David Ezra Okonsar / Brahms's 16 Waltzes, Op.39, #13 performed by Martha Goldstein