Cinderella Is Grimm

I was disappointed by the lack of blood and excess of compassion in the Cinderella fairy tale that Tatar decided to print. I wanted the Grimm's version!! And I wanted sparrows to peck those nasty girls' eyes out at the end!! Probably a good reason that others and I were disappointed is that, while fairy tales usually have a "happy" ending, in our culture these days, we don't just want happy in general, we want happiness for the underdog, for the Cinderella's and ugly ducklings, and we want punishment for the people who deserve it; in this version of Cinderella, she just forgives her nasty stepsisters and even lets them come live in the palace with her. I much preferred what happened to the stepsisters in Ever After. The nice, plump one got to continue living her life, and the skinny evil one had to be a servant, in an ironic role-reversal with "Cinderella."
This is the part of the Grimm Brother's version where the stepsisters try to fool the Prince by cutting off parts of their feet! http://www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/cinderella.htmlla.html
"But she could not get her big toe into it, and the shoe was too small for her. Then her mother gave her a knife and said, "Cut the toe off, when you are queen you will have no more need to go on foot." The maiden cut the toe off, forced the foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the king's son. Then he took her on his his horse as his bride and rode away with her. They were obliged, however, to pass the grave, and there, on the hazel-tree, sat the two pigeons and cried,
'Turn and peep, turn and peep,there's blood within the shoe,the shoe it is too small for her,the true bride waits for you.' Then he looked at her foot and saw how the blood was trickling from it. He turned his horse round and took the false bride home again, and said she was not the true one, and that the other sister was to put the shoe on. Then this one went into her chamber and got her toes safely into the shoe, but her heel was too large. So her mother gave her a knife and said, "Cut a bit off your heel, when you are queen you will have no more need to go on foot." The maiden cut a bit off her heel, forced her foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the king's son. He took her on his horse as his bride, and rode away with her, but when they passed by the hazel-tree, the two pigeons sat on it and cried,
'Turn and peep, turn and peep,there's blood within the shoe,the shoe it is too small for her,the true bride waits for you.' He looked down at her foot and saw how the blood was running out of her shoe, and how it had stained her white stocking quite red. Then he turned his horse and took the false bride home again."