Politically Correct Bedtime Stories

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James Finn Garner has taken 12 time-tested tales and retold them with the newfound sensitivity of our times. Here's a snippet from Little Red Riding Hood: The wolf said You know my dear it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone. Red Riding Hood said I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society the stress of which has caused you to develop your own entirely valid worldview. Now if you'll excuse me I must be on my way. Leap into a fairy-tale world where trolls are dirt-accomplished and odor-enhanced witches are kindness-impaired and Cinderella wears a gown woven of silk stolen from unsuspecting silkworms. We can only regret that Garner had to exclude The Duckling That Was Judged on Its Personal Merits and Not on Its Physical Appearance for space reasons.