> Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling. When the woman asks a neighbor for advice on how to get her child back, she is told

> Goblins steal a mother’s child and replace it with a ravenous changeling. When the woman asks a neighbor for advice on how to get her child back, she is told to make the changeling laugh, because “when a changeling laughs, that’s the end of him.” The older I get, the more I tend to see literal meaning instead of metaphor. This is pretty good advice for a mother dealing with PPD/derealization/cabin fever.