Those Grimm brothers," she said with a sigh, "they'll never amount to anything." And she was right because all they ever became was writers. (Vivian Vande Velde)

Those Grimm brothers," she said with a sigh, "they'll never amount to anything." And she was right because all they ever became was writers.

Vivian Vande Velde

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