Creepy Details of Fairy Tales Ignored in Modern Versions

2. Cinderella’s evil stepsisters mutilate their feet

We all know that Cinderella’s nasty relations try to hoodwink the prince by cramming their feet into the glass slipper. What you may not remember is that these two hellcats chopped off their toes and heels to win his affections. Also, the prince wouldn’t have noticed the blood gushing from the slipper if a duo of chatty pigeons hadn’t informed him otherwise. (“Rook di goo, rook di goo! There’s blood in the shoe. The shoe is too tight, this bride is not right!”) Moral of the story: A.) the prince was a halfwit; and B.) that shoe looked and smelled like an abattoir by the time Cinderella tried it on.