In the canon
The Sandman
- Form
- Form Short Story
- Year
- Year 1816
- Originally in
- Originally in German
- Pages
- Pages 50
The Sandman comes for children who will not go to bed, an old nurse tells a small boy, and throws sand in their eyes until they jump bloody from their heads, then carries them to the moon to feed his own children, who have hooked beaks like owls. Nathanael never stops believing her.
"There is no Sandman, dear child," replied my mother.
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