PW #2 Fun facts about fairy tales [part 1]

The facts are about the story of Cinderella. Did you know that the story of Cinderella has ancient roots from Greece and Egypt? Over the years, the story traveled to China as Yeh-Shen in the 9th Century, and appeared again in Italy around the 17th century, named Cenerentola. Lastly, it was translated from French to English by Charles Perrault and was officially written by the Brothers Grimm. There is however a common myth suggesting that originally, Cinderella was wearing fur slippers. So the word “vair” [fur] was mistaken for the word “verre” [glass] and the phrase “pantoufle de vair” [fur slipper] was turned into “pantoufle de verre” [glass slipper]. The last fact about the story of Cinderella is a little gross/unpleasant. In the original story of Cinderella, everything was the same except for a horrifying detail. In the movie, the stepsisters put their feet in ice to make them smaller, but the trick didn’t work. Their feet were still as bad as before, maybe a size smaller if they were lucky. In the original story, the stepsisters tried the same trick, failed, and chopped their toes of. The prince fell for the trick twice, but noticed the bleeding before he took any of them back to his castle. eventually, Cinderella put the shoe on and didn’t bleed out. The end. ?

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