That's bordering on bestiality, CapriUni.

Um.... huh?

I must be very naive, 'cause I don't see how... unless (maybe) it has something to do with my misspelling "rein" as "reign"...

Or is it the story itself, where half-hedgehog boy climbs into bed with his new bride?

Or the scene where he removes the clothes of the first, "false", princess (though why she should be shamed for the dishonesty of her father is beyond me...)?And I really don't think it's very realistic that she would let Hans Mein Igel take off her clothes, so in my retelling, I just have him pierce her clothing with his quills, and scratch her skin underneath... (at least, he's not a porcupine -- those quills actually come loose, and work their way deeper into your flesh as you move).

Though, with the second bride, he does remove his hedgehog skin before he gets into bed with her.

Personally, I think of his skin of quills as symbolic of his father's resentment of him -- he's only able to shed it once he is accepted and respected on his own terms.

Not sure what symbolism, in any, the bagpipes have... unless they just underline his low class/outcast status...

I think he made a good call when he chose the highest tree in the deepest part of the forest as his place to practice... ;-)

Oh, and you want beastiality? This story is nothing compared to The Singing, Springing Lark (note the time that they sleep).