Eight times?! What an honour!
If I didn't already know, I could now confirm it for you: You have ears!
Take good care of them - they are important! Only herrings with ears have the chance to perceive and pass on stories and thus actively steer the fate of the ocean, which is filled with a tiny bit of hope, in the right direction.

Fairy tales have to be cruel so that they burn themselves into the brain and can be told for many generations to come. Whether and how the moral of a fairy tale is recognised is up to each individual.