Monday, October 26, 2009

A NEW TAKE ON SOME OLD FAIRY TALES: "All three were beautiful of face but vile and black of heart."

Amazon.com: Into the Woods: Hudson Talbott, Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine: Books: Cinderella's mother had died, and her father had taken for his new wife a woman with two daughters of her own. All three were beautiful of face but vile and black of heart. And, jealous of Cinderella's good qualities, they cruelly thrust upon her the dirtiest tasks around the house.
'You wish to go to the festival?' the Stepmother asked mockingly.

'Look at your nails!' chuckled Lucinda, one of Cinderella's stepsisters.
'Look at your dress!' giggled Florinda, the other.
'You wish to go to the festival and dance before the Prince?!' they all exclaimed, and fell down laughing out of control.

2 comments:

  1. A beautiful of face and black of heart? That's my kind of girl!

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  2. Oh, I didn't know; I know dozens of them.

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