#*fairytale

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twelve princesses, each more beautiful than the last, sleep in twelve beds in the same room. their room is securely locked each night, yet by morning their dancing shoes are found to be worn out as if they've been dancing all night. after being unable to receive an answer from his daughters, the king promises that any man who can discover the princesses' secret within three days and three nights will be promised his kingdom and one of his daughter's hand in marriage.

when her stepsisters departed for the ball, cinderella cried in despair. her fairy godmother soon appeared and cast her magic in order to help her get to the ball. mice transformed into horses, a pumpkin into a carriage, her own rags turned into a beautiful gown with glass slippers. yet, the magic could only last until midnight.

out of anger of being forgotten, the evil fairy had cursed for the princess to prick her finger on the spindle of spinning wheel and die. the last fairy, who have yet to bestow her gift, alters the curse so that the princess would fall into a deep sleep for a hundred years and only to be awakened by true love’s kiss.

when she went sent out to retrieve her father's axe, three birds were perched onto it. she told them to fly home where it was warmer and gave them crumbs from her bread. for her kindness, they gifted her with a wreath of flowers onto her head. her stepmother, jealous, sent her own daughter to do the same the next day. the stepsister treated the birds cruelly and they cursed her to say nothing but "dirty creatures" afterwards.