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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Some of our favorite fairy tale characters did NOT live "happily ever after."



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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