CINDERELLA

Cinderella

 Glass slippers, an endearing fairy godmother and helpful mice are what usually comes to mind at the mention of this story.

However, the Grimm brothers' 19th-century version, itself an adaptation of Perrault's, is much darker. There have been several versions of the story spanning different times and cultures and Disney credits Charles Perrault's 1697 version, Cendrillon, as the inspiration for its film.

In their version, the fairy godmother doesn't exist. Instead, Aschenputtel (German for "Ashfool") is given the dresses for the three balls she attends from a tree she planted — and watered with her tears — by her mother's grave.

When the prince comes trying to find the owner of the slipper, the evil stepsisters resort to cutting off parts of their feet to try and fit the slipper — one cuts off a toe, the other cuts off her heel.

The blood dripping from their shoes gives them away, and in the end, they have their eyeballs pecked out by doves.

Bye for now.