> > > > > The first version of Cinders I knew had her older sisters cutting off their toes, and shaving their heels in an attempt to fit in the shoe.
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> > > > I had heard an old German version in junior high school where the sisters had their eyes pecked out by birds.
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> > > Cool, At what point was the pecking done?
> > > Sam"wants to rewrite the fairytales, oneday"hael
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> > Near the end of the story, I think. I haven't heard it in a while.
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> > This whole thing reminds me of a fairy tale parody I wrote when I was a junior in high school. I've been thinking about posting it up here sometime soon.
> >
> > Adam "and they all lived happily ever after...well, the good guys at least" Bomb
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> The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what fiction means.
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> Lyn"name that quote!"ette

Just in case you wanted to know about the original Cinderella: her "fairy godmother" was her dead mother living in a tree; the prince, trying to see her again, held 3 balls(get your mind out of the gutter), all of which she attended; the shoe came off because he spread pitch on the steps; her stepsisters cut off their heel and toe to get the shoe to fit but some birds in the tree pointed it out; finally, the sisters got their eyes pecked out at Cinderella's wedding. Rent the movie "Into the Woods" or see it live if you can; it has the whole story plus some others. :)