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In the world of fairy tales, many realistic expectations are suspended. Not only can animals talk, but mirrors can too, and so can bones and brooks. In fairy tales, witches can do wicked things to people and non-people. Little men can spin straw into gold. Animals and even children can be made of gold. Human hair can grow to dizzying lengths, coins can appear out of the blue, and the dead can even be restored to life. Characters in fairy tales take all these supernatural things for granted; they are never surprised when they encounter a witch or a giant, when they are given a sack that forever fills itself, or when a passing animal strikes up a conversation with them.
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