The first story in Grizzly Tales: Toy Time Tinkers is absolutely chilling. Just enough to make your spine freeze into ice, because it's the gruesome fable of a boy who wants every single thing in the world that all of his friends at school had, but then an evil son of a butcher comes along to teach him a lesson. And what's that lesson you ask? Well, P.D. Grizzly didn't tell you anyway. I can. Listen carefully:
The Butcher Boy actually delivers a warning message of greed and jealousy, plus a wise message on spending money wisely. If you've read the book Money Ninja before, you have heard absolutely nothing. Gilbert is jealous because everyone else at school has, unsurprisingly, enough pocket money to buy some very expensive toys, which he tries to compete against by buying his own.
Now, before Gill actually met Chuck and his creepy, blood-soaked family in the animated version, throughout the episode there is a repetitive image of a butcher carving some meat violently with a bloodied cleaver. This is a cleverly vile representation of the 'Three Strikes & You're Out' warning, as every time this image is shown, the Knucklebones fiercely and secretly give Gilbert a few strikes before he is given his punishment, something that would leave him meeting his fate at the hands of Chuck and his sinister, meat-cutting family.
In my opinion, I think what Gilbert should've done to avoid this horrid punishment is keep a collection of notebooks which are wish lists on what he wants to get someday, and spend his money wisely on little things instead of big things, such as: a bar of chocolate, or a small toy, or a magazine or comic, which is what all kids his age buy with pocket money.
And that's what everyone desired to do after reading this cold, blood-stained tale. What about you?
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