The Two Travelers (Part ll)

Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest

Pinna

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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With two magical eyes that let him see the world in very different ways, a tailor learns how to balance hope and caution—and how seeing things clearly can change everything. On a scale of Grimm, Grimmer Grimmest this episode is Grimmest. 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	Hi, my name is Adam Gidwitz. I'm an author. I'm also a storyteller. I like telling all kinds of stories, but I especially like telling grim fairy tales.
0:24.6	You may think you know grim fairy tales, and you may think that they are sweet and boring.
0:29.6	But listen, those tales you heard were the cute, happy little kid bedtime versions of the grim tales.
0:36.6	The original grim fairy tales aren't like that at all.
0:40.3	They're weird, and sometimes gross and often scary. In other words, they're grim.
0:48.3	And I'm about to walk into a classroom and tell one of the original Grim Grim tales to a bunch of kids. Do you want to
0:58.0	join me? Do you want to hear a grim fairy tale? Let me help you decide. On a scale of grim,
1:06.8	grimmer, and grimist. This episode is grimaced, because there is just a lot of death,
1:14.4	like so much death. If I get to a part of the story and you start to feel scared or uncomfortable,
1:22.1	this is what you could do. You could turn down the volume and count to five.
1:29.1	Then turn the volume back up.
1:35.1	If it still seems like a part you don't want to hear, just turn the volume down and count to five again.
1:38.9	You know how much weird and gross and scary you're ready for.
1:41.6	You know what you need.
1:46.0	Okay, I'm at the classroom door now. There are kids inside waiting to hear a grim fairy tale.
1:51.0	So, are you coming in? Grim, grimer, grimness.
2:07.3	What are you doing?
2:12.1	I'm just stretching my legs.
2:13.5	Do you want to do it with me?
2:16.8	No.
2:18.9	Okay.
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