EverAfter1998

Grand Dame:
I find your collection of folk tales quite brilliant, actually.

Jacob Grimm:
Thank you.

Grand Dame:
But I must say, I was terribly disturbed when I read your version of the little cinder girl.

Jacob Grimm:
Well, there are those who swear that Perrault's telling with its Fairy Godmother and um...

[laughs]

Jacob Grimm:
Magic pumpkins would be closer to the truth.

Wilhelm Grimm:
Some claim the shoe was made of fur. Others insist it was glass. Well, I guess we'll never know.

Jacob Grimm:
Forgive me, Your Majesty, might I inquire about the painting? She's really quite, um... extraordinary.

Grand Dame:
Her name was Danielle de Barbarac.

[Reaches inside the box the footman has brought to her]

Grand Dame:
And this... was her "glass" slipper.

[the Grimm Brothers look at each other in shock]

Grand Dame:
Perhaps you will allow me to set the record straight?

Wilhelm Grimm:
Then it's true, the story?

Grand Dame:
Yes. Quite. Now then, what is that phrase you use? Oh, yes. Once upon a time, there lived a young girl who loved her father very much...