Fables and Folktales: The Boy Who Found Fear At Last

A bite-sized little folktale about a little man on a big adventure!

"Average coronation ceremony contains one pigeon" actually statistical error. Average coronation contains zero pigeons. "The Boy Who Found Fear At Last" is an outlier and should not be counted

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[sulemanhaider]

So he wasn't scared by literal ghosts, zombies, mermaids, bandits and the legal system... but was scared by responsibility.
Relatable!

[tomerkramer]

poor kid realized he has responsibilities and immediately got a panic attack

[lolli_popples]

“Mom I found fear.”
“How?”
“I’m king of the realm now.”
“WHAT”

[DaxterL]

It's a small thing but the "Are you sure you don't want anything else?" "Like a third bracelet?" really got me, so adorable and hilarious

[DoneRandomLee]

The idea that they weren't sure so they released more pigeons and they all kept going to him until everyone is like "fine he is the king" is just so good. I agree this should be more well known

[Dominic-Noble]

Sometimes I find the moral of old folk tales a tad convoluted but "adult responsibility is the scariest thing of all" hits WAY too hard 😱

[Punaparta]

Honestly, that the only thing that this crazy little boy who thinks he's invincible actually fears is power and the responsibility that comes with it is a brilliant twist.

[patrickiamonfire]

Boy going back to his mom with an army of guards, a horse carriage with immense wealth and power: Mother I found out what fear is.

[samuelmelcher]

I love the subversion of becoming king in a folk tale. So often it's part of the happy ending, like so often it ends with "He married the princess" or "The king named him as his heir" or "He achieved his destined birthright to the throne" and now we move straight to our "happily ever after", but no. In this story, being named king is still the climax, but actually having to rule is a massive responsibility that usually gets completely glossed over, but here it takes center stage. I love it

[NeroCM]

The idea that he basically got cuddle-piled by pigeons and that's how he got over his first time experiencing fear is too precious for words.

[bmstradivari]

So the weight of adulthood expectations is what finally gets him throughout his harrowing adventures? Honestly, kinda relatable.

[theanimeunderworld]

The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.
And weasels, those little bastards will get you

[daviddaugherty]

The bandit boss crying beause he's not scary is one of the most hilarious yet weirdly wholesome things I think I've ever seen.

[faerylnhiikira]

The best part of Red's art for this video is the fact the boy keeps jumpscaring everyone else. Just casually pops in like 'hey, what's going on?' and everyone else freaks tf out. 🤣

[Kagane]

At first I thought this would be a version of a Brothers Grimm fairytale, of the youth who journeyed to learn what fear was. It ends quite differently, but the outcome of that story was hilarious to. There, after a similarly fruitless journey to find fear, the man de-cursed and won a haunted castle and married a resident princess . However, having failed to find fear increasingly depressed him, which increasingly annoyed his wife. So one night she filled a bucket with cold water and fish, and dumped it on her sleeping husband. Who woke screaming, and finally knew how true fear felt.

[theguy]

The Bandit leader being sad after not being able to scare a literal kid is so hilarious and wholesome at the same time

[Spitestar]

Not scared of monsters or dying... But responsibility and failure? Oh boy, I just found the most relatable folktale yet

[billyholland]

He was completely terrified by the idea of taking responsibility and actually caring about trying to make things work...probably a better leader than quite few IRL people would be!

[gana]

I heard a version of this story, but the ending was 100% different. After going out and having all his adventures, the boy finds out his mother is getting older and experiences the fear of losing her before he gets to see her again. So he travels back, and helps take care of his mother, finally understanding what fear is, in his case the fear of losing a loved one.

[ThiccTropius]

3 mystical women: try to scare the young boy to no avail
A single pigeon: hold my birdseed