The fairy tail has been passed down many generations, before the grimms decided to save it by writing it down. The original stories were not told for kids. They were meant for the older people and usually told about very dark and messed up things. The Grimm brothers went and found and saved these stories. They changed them for kids and adults, so the story appeals to who they were selling these stories to. Brothers Grimm where two very smart people, who came from poverty, after their dad died. They both were interested in the history of Germany. When they grew up, they both went into teaching at the University of Gottingen and taught foreign languages. Then they decided to write down all the folk tales they heard from when they were kids and