The Bridge of Un-normal: On Fairytales
I have recently redescovered my obsession with fairytales. A lot of people claim to love fairytales, but have they acctually ever read any? I found a site with 209 of Grimm’s fairytales and me and my brother have been reading them for hours. Some of htem are really really weird, while others are…
"The story was very similar to the modern one with the exception of the glass slippers and pumpkin coach. But, lurking behind the pretty tale is a more sinister variation by the Grimm brothers: in this version, the nasty step-sisters cut off parts of their own feet in order to fit them into the glass slipper – hoping to fool the prince. The prince is alerted to the trickery by two pigeons who peck out the step sister’s eyes. They end up spending the rest of their lives as blind beggars while Cinderella gets to lounge about in luxury at the prince’s castle"
