159 pages down... 521 to go

Last night I made it to page 159 of the monster Grimm's collection, and I've encountered a few of the classic fairy tales along with many others i'd never heard of before.  Up to this point I have read the following tales:

The Frog Prince
The Cat who Married a Mouse
Fairy Tell True
The Youth who Could Not Shiver and Shake
The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
Faithful John
The Good Bargain
The Wonderful Fiddler
The Twelve Brothers
The Rogue's Holiday
The Enchanted Stag
Hansel and Grethel
Rapunzel
The Three Little Men in the Woodsa
The Brave Little Tailor
The Fisherman and his Wife
Cinderella
The Riddle
The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
The Widow's Two Daughters
The Seven Ravens
Little Red Riding-Hood
The Town Musicians
The Singing Bone
The Three Golden Hairs
The Lady-Bird and the Fly
The Maiden Without Hands
The Three Languages
The Clever Elfe
The Tailor's Three Sons

I thought you'd be interested in knowing that Cinderella was not helped by a fairy Godmother in the Grimm's telling... rather it was nature that helped her. For instance, the birds come to her aid when she has to complete the impossible tasks given to her by her evil step-mother- she is promised that if she picks up every last seed from among the ashes she can go to the ball... Furthermore, trees play a large part in this story- she kneels praying before a tree and says a little rhyme to get a dress for the ball- "shake and rustle, little tree, throw gold and silver over me" - and there is no mention of midnight being the cut off time, rather she escapes the prince after each ball (cuz she goes to three) by being clever and hiding in a tree or behind the woodshed and the animals bring her old rag clothing to her and take her fancy dress and slippers away in time and the prince and her step mother each time find her asleep on the hearth. Interesting right?

Little Red Riding-Hood is much the way I knew it as a child, but the artwork included in the book is at times a bit suggestive- even though Little Red was a very small child..

Check out the pictures below of both of these classic tales along with some pics of specific text from both tales.. The first few are from Little Red Riding-Hood, the majority are from Cinderella and the last 2 pictures are the contents of the book, up to where I've read. Enjoy!

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