It seemed more and more like something out of a children's book

Sloane Crosley
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It seemed more and more like something out of a children's book - the butterfly that followed the little girl all the way home to her fifth-floor walk-up. How above-the-law children's books are. Hansel and Gretel (littering, breaking and entering), Rumpelstiltskin (forced labor), Snow White (conspiracy to commit murder), Rapunzel (breach of contract). ✨ Sloane Crosley (2012). I Was Told There'd Be Cake, p.115, Portobello Books
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