She went to the festival and danced with the prince. When she was ready to leave the prince wished to go with her so she escaped into the pigeon house but no one found her there because she had returned home. On the second day she was granted an even more beautiful dress and danced with the prince again. This time when she wanted to leave she escaped up the pear tree and returned home. On the third day she returned to the festival with the most dazzling dress and danced with the prince. When she wanted to return home she ran over tar that the prince put on the stair and her slipper stuck but she escaped. The prince swore to only marry the lady who fit the slipper. The eldest stepsister tried first but could not fit the shoe so she cut her …show more content…
The difference between the first edition and the seventh edition was more fluff. In the seventh edition of the fairy tales the stories have been worded differently and they are more lengthy (Zipes). The wording of the stories were not the only things that were changed down the road. Their publication of Children’s and Household Tales were appealing to young children but the fairy tales were not considered acceptable or appropriate for kids. The brothers’ critics believed that their stories were too violent for the children too. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm did not want to change the fairy tales that they had published because the stories were not intended for young people, they were written to preserve German history and serve as a piece of their heritage. Although the brothers did not want to tamper with the tales, they ended up being adapted to remove the gory and violent elements. Some stories that were considered very violent were removed completely (Johnson). The Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales have been changed multiple times and eventually they were used by Disney. Disney modified the stories and made them more appropriate for children and less gruesome. One example of a modification is in Rapunzel. In Disney’s version they removed the part where the prince was blinded, Rapunzel was lost in a desert, bore twins, and became mentally unstable. Most of the modifications are only slight so the stories still contain the main story