• D61 [any]
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    6 months ago

    Many MANY years ago for some high school assignment we were supposed to find some short story/folk tale to read and then stand up and talk about it in class.

    Somehow I found a folk tale about a guy walking home from town and he attracted the attention of some small devil.

    It was a cold day and as the devil followed the man home it saw the man blowing on his hands and asked, "Why do you blow on your hands?"

    The man replied, "Because my hands are cold."

    Making back home, with the little devil still following, the man makes himself something hot to drink. He blows on the hot beverage before taking a drink. The little devil asks, "Why do you blow on your drink?", to which the man replied, "Because my drink is hot."

    At this point, the devil loses its shit, tells the man he's insane and fucks right off.

    That quote made me think of this story.