Children's books are usually filled with fantastical characters going on amazing adventures,

all to teach kids wonderful lessons about life.

But sometimes a classic kid story can strike you as really weird, or even a bit disturbing,

like fairy tales with super freaky origins and old cautionary stories that take punishments way too far.

We're about to take a look at some of the darkest, weirdest, and most shocking children's

tales that you won't believe are real.

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You're be amazed. For parents in the 1800s, nothing was more daunting than having a little girl who didn't want to act like a little girl.

And it was this that led to the creation of little misconsequence back in 1880.

It's a book aimed at young girls filled with cautionary stories about bad manners, like

The Tomboy Who Changed Into a Real Boy.

That title may seem pretty self-explanatory, but the story goes into some seriously disturbing details.

It follows the daughter of an Earl, who really doesn't want to act like a prim and proper young lady.

So instead of learning boring embroidery, she goes off sledding, climbing trees, and playing

football with the boys.

That doesn't exactly sound like a big issue except, as punishment for her boyish actions,

she mysteriously begins to look and sound like a boy. Her voice grows hoarse,

her physique looks rougher, until one day she suddenly transforms into a real boy down in the

pants department. Now I'm no doctor, but I'm fairly certain that's not how this works. Though

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