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"The way
to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in."
~W. H. Auden~Poet
What they said was very true; for a few days later, the
king's son had it proclaimed, by sound of trumpet, that he would marry
her whose foot this slipper would just fit. They began to try it on the
princesses, then the duchesses and all the court, but in vain; it was
brought to the two sisters, who did all they possibly could to force
their foot into the slipper, but they did not succeed. – Charles
Perrault, France
"Listen," said the mother secretly. "Take this knife, and if the slipper is too tight, just cut off part of your foot. It will hurt a little, but what harm is that? The pain will soon pass, and then one of you will be queen." Then the oldest one went to her bedroom and tried on the slipper. The front of her foot went in, but her heel was too large, so she took the knife and cut part of it off, so she could force her foot into the slipper. – Brothers Grimm, Germany
"Sit down," they said to one of them. They tried the slipper
on her; it was ten times too large for her. The other one sat down; it
was too small for her. "But tell me, good man, have you no other
daughters? Take care to tell the truth! because majesty wishes it, under
pain of death!" - Italy
The above excerpts are just a few examples from around the world of the pivotal "slipper" scene from Cinderella. Many of us don't realize how many different versions of fairy tales there are and how these fairy tales play an important role in teaching values and ideas to people around the world.
During this project, you and your teammates will immerse
yourselves in a fairy tale and discover the role it plays in influencing
our own values and beliefs.