The Twelve Tortoises (Part I)

Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest

Pinna

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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LISTEN EARLY AND AD-FREE WITH SUBSCRIBER ACCESS NOW, OR CATCH THE WIDE RELEASE ON SEPTEMBER 18. Caroline must outwit a greedy innkeeper, escape danger, and unravel the mystery of her lost brother—with the help of a flock of mysterious swans and her own unshakable determination. On a scale of Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest this episode is Grimmer. Want more episodes now? Listen to this show—and many more—on the Pinna app! Start your 7-day FREE trial at pinna.fm and use code GRIMM for a special discount on your subscription.

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0:00.0	PINNA
0:02.0	PINN
0:05.0	PINN
0:06.0	PINN
0:08.0	Hi, my name is Adam Gidwitz.
0:18.0	I'm an author. I'm also a storyteller. I like telling all kinds of stories,
0:23.6	but I especially like telling grim fairy tales. You may think you know grim fairy tales, and you may think that they are sweet and boring.
0:32.6	But listen, those tales you heard were the cute, happy little kid bedtime versions of the grim tales.
0:39.3	The original grim fairy tales aren't like that at all.
0:43.3	They're weird, and sometimes gross, and often scary.
0:48.3	In other words, they're grim.
0:51.3	And I'm about to walk into a classroom and tell one of the original grim, grim
0:57.0	tales, to a bunch of kids. Do you want to join me? Do you want to hear a grim fairy tale? Let me
1:06.2	help you decide. On a scale of grim, grimmer, and grimist, this episode is grimmer. The heroes of this story
1:15.6	find themselves in a very grim situation indeed. If I get to a part of the story and you start
1:22.7	to feel scared or uncomfortable, this is what you could do. You could turn down the volume and count to five.
1:30.6	Then turn the volume back up.
1:32.9	If it still seems like a part you don't want to hear, just turn the volume down and count
1:37.5	to five again.
1:38.8	You know how much weird and gross and scary you're ready for.
1:42.7	You know what you need.
1:45.0	Okay, I'm at the classroom door now.
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