Most of our favorite fairy tales were originally intended to teach children some important lessons – and scare the bejeebers out of them...
They've been a bit sanitized over the centuries. Here are some examples of the original bedtime stories children were expected to sleep on:
• Sleeping Beauty: In the original version, it wasn’t the kiss of a handsome prince that woke Sleeping Beauty – it was the nudging of her newborn twins. While asleep, she was impregnated by a monarch, who’s wife tried to kill them all.
• Snow White: At the end of the original German version, the wicked queen is punished for her evil deeds. She had to dance wearing a pair of red-hot iron shoes until she falls over dead.
• The Little Mermaid: The REAL mermaid was duped into drinking a magic potion by the man of her dreams, who wound up marrying a different woman. Distraught, the Little Mermaid threw herself into the sea where her body dissolves into sea foam.
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