Grimms' Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. After her mother dies, Ashputtel suffers under her stepfamily and plants a hazel twig on her mother’s grave.
2. Birds complete the pea-sorting tasks, but her stepmother still refuses to let her attend the feast.
3. A bird supplies fine clothes, and Ashputtel dances with the prince on three days while hiding her identity.
4. Ashputtel escapes each night, but on the third evening she loses a golden slipper.
5. Both sisters force their feet into the slipper, but a dove alerts the prince to their bleeding feet.
6. The slipper fits Ashputtel, the prince recognizes her, and she rides away with him and the dove.

Cosa notare

The prince makes the slipper the test of his bride’s identity. This leads to the sisters’ failed deceptions and Ashputtel’s recognition.

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