Grimm Reading Notes
Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959). (Source: Tumblr )
The Frog Prince
-young princess in bonnet and clogs (German?)
-golden ball was her favorite plaything
-lost the ball in the spring when playing with it
-a frog offers to help in exchange for the princess' love and letting him live with her and eat from her plate and sleep in her bed
-princess thought to trick the frog
-when the frog got the ball for her she ran home and did not stay to listen to the frog
-"Open the door, my princess dear, Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade."
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade."
-after three nights the frog turned into a prince
-princess married the prince and they lived happily ever after
Rapunzel
-a man and a woman prayed to God for a child -had a window that looked into the enchantress' garden -the woman craved the rampion (rapunzel) in the garden -she started to look sick because she craved it so much-her husband went to get it not caring about the consequences-the wife then wanted 3 times more -the enchantress showed mercy as long as they gave her the baby-Ell- measurement of cloth, usually as long as a persons arm-Rapunzel locked into a tower at age 12 -prince climbed up her hair and talked to her like a friend -enchantress cut off her braids and abandoned her in the desert-prince jumped out the window and lived, but was blinded by thorns and wandered around the forest-found Rapunzel with the twins she had given birth too and when she cried over him, two of her tears healed his eyes
The Straw, The Coal, and The Bean
-a poor old woman was cooking a dish of beans
- a bean fell out near a piece of straw and coal
-all three reflected on what would have happened to them and decided to stick together
-when they left they came to a small brook
-the straw offered to lean across it and make a bridge
-the coal went across first, but got scared in the middle and stopped
-the straw burned and broke into two pieces and fell into the brook and so did the coal where it died
-the bean laughed so much it burst, a tailor saw and took pity and sewed her back together and used black thread
-since then every bean has had a black seam
The Mouse, The Bird, and The Sausage
-starts with "Once upon a time"
-all three set up house together
-"When people are too well off, they always begin to long for something new."
-bird refused to do his part
-dog ate the sausage
-mouse burned up in the pot
-bird drowneed in water
- a lesson to learn
The Musicians
-an old donkey ran away from his owner so that he wouldnt be killed and wants to be a musician
-saw a dog and asked the dog to join him and he did
-they cam across a cat and aksed her to come with
-found a rooster and invited him to come along with them
-saw a house far off while travelling and went there to try to find shelter and food
-scared robbers out of house with "music"
Clever Elsie
-parents wanted to get her married to a man named Hans
-Hans said if she wasnt really smart he didnt want her for a wife
-cried over if she married Hans, had a child, and he had to draw beer that the pick axe may fall on him and kill him
-Hans found her clever and took her as his wife
Briar Rose
-sleeping beauty story
-"Once upon a time"
-king and queen were grieved that they had no children
-Queen helped a litttle fish from dying and the fish granted her wosh for a daughter
-had a party to celebrate the child
-but when inviting the thirteen fairies, they only had 12 plates, so left one out
-13th fairy cursed the girl to pirck her finger on a spindle when she was 15 and die
-the 12th fairy softened the curse by saying she wouldnt die but just fall into a 100 year sleep
-king had all the spinning wheels burned in the kingdom
-on her 15th birthday, was left alone in the castle and found an old woman at a spinning wheel spinning
-was curious about the spinning wheel and pricked her finger on it
-everyone and everything went inot a deep sleep with the princess
-thick thorns grew around the palace and killed any princes who tried to get through it to the castle
-another prince heard about it from an old man who warned him but went anyway
-because 100 years were up, prince did not see the thorns but flowering shrubs and walked through them easily
-found Briar Rose and kissed her
-she woke up along with the rest of the palace
-they lived happily ever after
Bibligraphy and Sources
sources come from the Grimms' Fairy Tale sbook published by the Project Gutenburg
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