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Going back to the old version of locking her in the attic and creating many horrible chores for her exists in this version also. But in the end the of course she marries the prince, and the evil stepmother and stepdaughter get the treatment they deserve of being slaves themselves while the nice stepsister marries a kings men.
             The Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm version of Cinderella, "Ashputtle" begins in the same way as all the others the mother dies and leaves the beautiful girl with her father who marries evil women and has two daughters. Ashputtle has a different character than the rest of the versions she is a piety character. She was known as Ashputtle because she always looked dirty in dusty from the ashes she had to sleep in. "At night, when she was tired out with work, she had no bed to sleep in but had to lie in the ashes by the hearth." Asputtle didn't care about beauty as much of the other Cinderella versions did. For example when her father asked her what she wanted from the fair she told him "break off the first branch that brushes against your hat on the way home, and bring it to me." While the conceited stepdaughters wished for pearls and beautiful dresses a branch meant more to Ashputtle. When the time came to go to the ball Ashputtle helped the sisters to get ready and even begged to go to the ball too. However the evil stepmother refused unless Ashputtle could pick all the lentils out of the bowl in two hour then she could go. Ashputtle did just that and the stepmother took her promise back and still didn't let her go. Finally the tree doves saved the day and they delivered all the gold and silver to Ashputtle from the mother's spirit delivers her to the ball. When Ashputtle arrived there she danced with the prince all night and of course like most versions she dropped her slipper. The prince had everyone in the kingdom try the slipper on and when it came to the stepsisters turn they cut their heel and toes off to fit into the slipper.


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