On the Unhappiness of Fairy Tales

A dead little girl clutches a matchstick in her hand.

A big bad wolf lives deep in the forest.

Snow White hides in a dwarf's cottage at the foot of the mountain.

The mermaid who turned into foam left behind only a shell hair clip, buried in the depths of the sea.

Then, a frog claiming to be a prince floats by in the winding stream.

They all know that the fairy-tale world is not a happy place...