Hawkins 1 Tyler Hawkins Ms.Koon En100-520 11/2/15 The Dark tales of Cinderella Do you like when you read about something that you used to read in the past, and you find the dark secrets that you never realized as a kid. If you do then I have the perfect tale for you about the original Cinderella. One of the first Cinderella stories was by the Grimm brothers who wrote a lot of fairy tales. The brothers were told the story by common villagers, then the brothers wrote the story in 1812. The story has many different twist than the modern day Cinderella, that most people think of. The Grimm brothers put there own little dark twist on the story compared to today's. The Grimm brothers version of Cinderella started off with Cinderella's …show more content…
Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters treated her horribly, they took all of her nice clothes away and made her dress in nasty worn out clothes. They also made her work for food she had to wake up before daybreak and start on various of chores until the end of the day. At the end of the day she did not even have a bed at the end of the day she slept on the ground on dirt. Cinderella's dad comes one day and says he was going to the market and asked the girls what they wanted. One stepdaughter said she wanted beautiful dresses, the other said pearls and jewels. But Cinderella said she just wanted the branch that her father hit his head on. He brought the girls what they asked for, and Cinderella took the twig to her mothers grave that turned into a beautiful tree. That Cinderella prayed under three times a day in which a white bird came every time and gave her anything she wished for. Then one day the king said that he was going to have a festival for three days. That you need to bring all young beautiful girls so that his son can pick his wife from the girls. The step daughters got super exited and started getting ready for the festivals, and making Cinderella help them