The Grimm Truth about Cinderella

(This was a Writer’s Quest poetry suggestion using these four elements: character...Cinderella, object...pepper spray, setting...Germany, problem...broken bones)

When some say Cinderella

They often think of Walt. While Disney made her famous, Brothers Grimm would both find fault.

Although the 1950 film was classic, Sugar coated from the start, Had the Grimms made a movie, They’d never cast two mice in any part.

Even Julie Andrew’s film, With each 1957 song, Would not match the German story, No, the Brothers Grimm would call it wrong.

They’d include her mother’s deathbed scene, As she’d speak her last request, Telling her daughter to remain good and kind, To be Cinderella at her best.

’65 starred Leslie Ann Warren, 1922 was Walt’s movie short, Had either done some research, The Grimms would have no retort.

The Grimms had no fairy godmother, Just a wishing tree at her mom’s grave, So that when she needed some assistance, Cinderella could be saved.

Even with Whitney Houston

In the 1997 role, Didn’t contain the mess in the fireplace, When her stepmom threw the lentil bowl. The lass endured the harsh remarks, Fighting back tears as they were spoken, Scrubbing hard wood floors with her fingers, And hoping that none would be broken. There was still a clock at midnight, A beautiful gown and some new shoes, But there’d be no royal ball, It was a festival, the Grimms would choose.

The Prince would be quite handsome, Charismatic in every way, Every lass would find him quite charming, No need for pepper spray!

Apparently there can’t be a Cinderella story, Without her losing at least one shoe, The Prince finds her and they marry, Happily ever after is what they do.

Brothers Grimm still wrote of two stepsisters, But they’d be beauties; what a surprise. They would steal her clothes and jewelry, But at her wedding, white doves peck out their eyes.

Perhaps I’m wrong and they all did their research, But decided not to go out on a limb, Truly feeling that the brother’s Cinderella, Would just be too morbid and too Grimm.