The Toadstool Tales are a series of children's stories adapted by Beatrix Bloxam from The Tales of Beedle the Bard which she thought was damaging to children. Her innocent stories are widely unpopular and induce nausea and vomiting on those who read them.
History[]
The author, Beatrix Bloxam first heard a story from The Tales of Beedle the Bard when she was a child. After she learned the story of The Warlock's Hairy Heart, she was traumatised and bedridden for a week. She also developed a habit of sleepwalking. At one point, later in her life when she had grown up, Beatrix decided to rewrite Beedle the Bard's popular children's tales into tales she thought were more appropriate for "little angels" to protect their innocence. The result was her book, The Toadstool Tales.[1]
The book was very negatively received and induces uncontrollable retching in the children who read them. They are also known to demand that the book is taken away and beaten to a pulp.[1]
Content[]
The only tale Beatrix could not find a way to make better was The Warlock's Hairy Heart which she removed. The story of The Wizard and the Hopping Pot was changed into the story about Wee Willykins. The final paragraph in particular contains nausea-inducing nonsense detailing how Willykins cured his "dollies" of their "poorly tum-tums", and reminding them to brush their "teethy-pegs" after giving them "sweeties". Beatrix ends the story with Willykins promising to help the "dollies" and stop being an "old grumpy-wumpkins".[1]
Notes and sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Tales of Beedle the Bard: Albus Dumbledore's notes on 'The Wizard and the Hopping Pot'