The Ones That Didn't Get Away Perrault has his Red Riding Hood gobbled up, followed by a verse informing us that "pretty girls, who're bred as pure as pearls, should question the words addressed to them by men". ... Perrault and the Grimms both tell us to be good, don't stray from the path, beware of men, and especially, repress any interest in sex. ... Perrault's version gives Cinderella a godmother with no apparent connection to the spirit of her mother; it is this version which gives us the pumpkin, mice and fairy godmother, and which has become the most well-known ver...

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