Johnâs started reading classic fairy tales to Rosie at bedtime. Here are Sherlockâs reviews (on a scale of 1 to 5 stars):
Little Red Riding Hood: Â â â â â â
âI admire the girlâs independence, but this idiot child doesnât recognize the difference between her beloved grandmother and a dangerous WOLF? The SAME WOLF she met in the forest less than an hour ago? And you think MY disguises are sillyâŚâ
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Â â â â â â
âI like the part about the Evil Queen demanding Snow Whiteâs heart â nice and macabre. So Snow White runs away to the forest and becomes a housekeeper for a gang of diminutive gay miners? Â They shouldâve just ended the story there â I donât care for all that pointless, predictable nonsense about the poison apple and the prince.â
Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Â â â â â â
âIf those bears were any worse at deduction, theyâd work for New Scotland Yard.âÂ
âThought you might relate to Goldilocks, love â youâre both picky, impatient, show zero respect for othersâ personal propertyâŚâÂ
âOh please, John. Goldilocks is a moron â now, if Rosie wants to learn how to perform a proper home invasionâŚâ Â
âNo.â
The Three Little Pigs:Â â â â â â
âItâs a scam, obviously. At least two of these pig brothers are guilty of insurance fraud, and the third may be in on it as well. A wolf BLEW your house down? While straw and sticks may not be the sturdiest of building materials, the lung capacity of the average fully grown Canis lupus is not great enough to produce the force necessary to demolish even an exceedingly shoddy dwelling.â
The Little Mermaid:Â â â â â â
âWhy no pirates? Would be better with pirates.â
Rapunzel:Â â â â â â
âIâd like to know Rapunzelâs diet, genetic makeup (or at least ethnicity), cranial circumference, surface area of her scalp, the height of the tower, the surrounding climate and humidity level, what sort of shampoo/conditioner she used, whether or not she used hairspray or styling product âŚnumerous variables affect the tensile strength and growth rate of human hair, you knowâŚâ
Sleeping Beauty:Â â â â â â
âSleep is tedious.â
Cinderella: â â â â âÂ
âI love a ball. The ball is good â beautiful gown, the prince in his dress uniform, love at first sight, dancing the night away, AND a mystery! Yet itâs all ruined because I canât stand the utter STUPIDITY of trying the glass slipper on every eligible maiden in the landâŚit doesnât take a deductive genius to recognize thatâs a waste of time!â
Rumplestiltskin:Â â â â Â â â
âThis one actually has some valuable lessons. For one thing, someone is always listening â royal minions in a fairy tale, Mycroftâs cameras and covert agents, the homeless networkâŚweâre under surveillance of some sort at all times. Be vigilant, be aware, observe. Also, if you happen to have a ridiculous name, OWN IT â thereâs no point trying to keep it a secret, because itâll come out eventually, JOHN HAMISH WATSON.â Â
















