Illustration for the Guardian’s Great Fairytales supplement by Laura Barrett; The Tale of the Juniper Tree  My mother killed me. My father, he ate me,My sister Marlene,Gathered all my bones,Tied them in a silken scarf,Laid them beneath the juniper tree,Tweet, tweet, what a beautiful bird am I.-The Juniper Tree, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Illustration for the Guardian’s Great Fairytales supplement by Laura Barrett; The Tale of the Juniper Tree 

My mother killed me.
My father, he ate me,
My sister Marlene,
Gathered all my bones,
Tied them in a silken scarf,
Laid them beneath the juniper tree,
Tweet, tweet, what a beautiful bird am I.
-The Juniper Tree, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

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    Read this one to my sister and her friend last week before bed. Quite creepy!
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