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What does one say about Andersen’s Fairy Tales, other than that they are a must read? All fantasy lovers should of course read it, because all fantasy has this sort of primal connection to early humanities� fear of the dark forests. Everyone else should read it just to see how these tales have evolved into the modern stories that we all know now. I hear people constantly complaining the Disney teachers girls all the wrong lessons (and I have some very biting arguments about that, but another time), but what they should be doing is handing these stories out to kids instead. Kids need the whole story. They need to know that Ariel felt like she was walking on shards of broken glass when she walked on her feet, and they should know that Cinderella had her sisters dance to death in iron shoes. Why? Because Life is Pain, and anyone that tells you differently is trying to sell something. Sometimes the world can be dark, and scary, and these stories, more than Disney, will definitely teach you that. Sometimes the Match Girl dies alone in the cold, and sometimes, being a good, kind person, will save you from a horrible death. Both are good lessons.