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Apr 5, 2020 27 min

The Water Nixie

from Grimm Reading Hosted by Adam Field & Matt Hughes

When two clumsy children fall down a well, a Water Nixie forces them to do unpleasant chores for her. Will they ever get out? And how will a hairbrush and slippery mirror come to their aid? Find out in the shortest story we’ve ever read: The Water Nixie. After the tale, we present a mental-somersault of a theory on what the story could mean, before being taken on a journey by Jacob Grimm into the history of Nix and Nixies. We then read out correspondence on sexism in fairy tales and our story Sweetheart Roland by some surprising contributors. Twitter Facebook Instagram Patreon [email protected] Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko Other Music: Debussy's Reflets dans l'eau ("Reflections in the Water") performed by Jacopo Salvatori // Debussy's Ondine ("The Water Sprite"), Preludes Livre 2, performed by Ivan Ilić

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