Why the suddenness of the stepmother’s killing and return to supper for the other family members?  This seems a marked change from the ritualistic aspects of the story – the singsong account of the boy’s ordeal by his bird form.

(From a discussion on the Brothers Grimm’s “The Juniper Tree.”)

(Sorry about the bad sound on my end.  It’s been corrected in future episodes.)

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