Hi. To celebrate the new season of Grim, Grimmer, Grimmist, I am uploading another Adam's

Secrets episode. This is an episode that we put out a couple of years ago, but I re-listened to and

sort of took a walk down memory lane, remembering how it was recorded, the experience of recording

it, and some little tidbits about

the story and the experience of making this episode. So, enjoy this episode, and at the end,

stay tuned for a little director's cut, walk down memory lane with me. And don't forget,

if you want to hear all the episodes without ads, you can subscribe at pina.fm and use code Grimm with 2Ms for a discount.

I hope you enjoy the episode.

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. You may think you know grim fairy tales,

and you may think that they are sweet and boring. But listen, those

tales you heard were the cute, happy little kid bedtime versions of the grim tales. The original

grim fairy tales aren't like that at all. They're weird, and sometimes gross, and often

scary. In other words, they're grim.

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 join me? Do you want to hear a Grim fairy tale?

Let me help you decide.

On a scale of grim, grmer, and grimist, the story I'm

going to tell today is grimmer. It's not the scariest story, but it's definitely suspenseful, and there is

one very evil scheme. If I get to a part of the story and you start to feel scared or uncomfortable, this is

what you could do. You could turn down the volume and count to five, then turn the volume back

up. If it still seems like a part you don't want to hear, just turn the volume down and

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