Modern Day Fairy Tales

Before people wrote their stories or had the internet, everything was told over and over again at the dinner table or a party. Every region has a story, or has told several stories, and Germany is no different. Their gruesome tales of what are now stories for the children are known throughout the world as the rags to riches of Disney princesses everywhere. But, who took to write down each tale from the mouths of peasants and which ones have been altered and formed into a story fitting for the modern day?
Two young men journeyed throughout Germany to record the stories of the peasant residents. Many of the peasants had these stories passed down through the generations or heard from others around them. Very few of these stories were written or documented until The Brothers Grimm came through and listened to each one with content, writing them down as they went. …show more content…
However, each of these stories had an ending to really tell. Cinderella, in the 1800’s, was treated terribly by her stepmother and sisters. They used her as a maid and would not allow for her to go to Prince’s upcoming ball, as the story goes. There is no godmother, instead the birds do the ugly chore of picking lentils from the fireplace. They then bring Cinderella her shoes and dress. Instead of becoming a peasant child at midnight, she runs home to arrive before her mother and sisters who would surely kill her if they knew. On the second day of the ball, the prince watches Cinderella run away for the second time but on this day, he covered his stairs in sap to be sure her shoe would fall off. When the prince takes the shoe to the house of Cinderella, the stepsisters try desperately to fit into the shoe, they even resort to cutting parts off their feet off. In the end, Cinderella prevails and all of her step-family gets their eyes pecked