A young girl has a few fairy tale adventures but manages to stay an insufferable brat throughout.
This is an amusing story, told well enough, but the most interesting part are the online comments (more than 140 of them). It’s quickly pointed out that the catalyst of the story (the little girl is sold to peddlers) is an offensive gypsy stereotype. The author was aware of the problem and tried to fix it by removing all overt references to gypsies and Romani but as some of the reactions prove, she probably didn’t go far enough. It really struck me how much of a blind spot we have for the plight of the Romani. Unfortunately, judging by the comments, it’s a blind spot a lot of people will desperately cling to.
