| The Girl Whose Name was Forgotten -- by Adam Gidwitz |
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You know a story like this. It’s called Cinderella, or, sometimes, Ashputtle. WAIT! Don’t quit. You probably don’t want to hear Cinderella. That’s good, because I don’t want to tell it. At least, I don’t want to tell you a version that is anything like the versions you’ve heard before. You’ve maybe seen a really cute movie of it starring some singing mice, or you’ve read a picture book where everyone lives happily ever. Well that’s too bad. There are no singing mice in the real Cinderella. Nor does everyone live happily ever after. Instead, there are lots of cruel people at the beginning and lots and lots of blood at the end. In other words, I think you’ll like it.
Once upon a time, there was a girl who did not have a name. Well, that’s not exactly true. She had been given a name by her mother. But her mother died, you see, and the name was lost. Well, the father remarried, and his new wife had two daughters of her own. You may have heard that the daughters were ugly—one skinny as a chicken bone, the other as fat as the kettle the chicken bone is boiled in. But that isn’t the truth. The truth is that these two step-sisters were beautiful. Painfully, stunningly beautiful. The girl whose name is now forgotten saw her step-mother and beautiful step-sisters move into the house and stand between her father and her, the way the moon stands between the earth and the sun during an eclipse. Her father soon forgot all about her, and so she lived in the corners of the house, and was treated as a servant. The step-mother and cruel sisters made the girl slave away. She got up before daybreak, carried water in from the cold, made the fires, cooked, washed, sewed and stitched. And when those chores were done, and the girl would try to sit by the rest of the family, the sisters would spit at her, or rise and go into the kitchen and throw a pot of lentils into the ashes of the fire. “Find every single one!” the sisters would shout at the girl. “Or we’ll make our mother beat you with a stick!” The girl would turn and look to her father pleadingly. But he no more saw her than you see the other side of the earth. So the girl would go and sit before the stove and sift through the ashes for the ash-colored lentils and weep. And the step-mother and step-sisters would laugh cruelly, and say, “Look, she’s the color of ashes! Little Ashputtle!” Or “All covered in cinders! Pretty Cinderella!” And, because her real name was lost, that is what they began to call her. The only thing that made Ashputtle—or Cinderella, whichever you prefer—the only thing that gave her any solace was to go to her mother’s grave. She planted a little olive branch there, and she wept upon it until it took root and sprung up into a full tree, with silvery leaves that clattered against one another in the wind. And all the birds from all around would land in those branches and chatter and sing to the girl whose name was forgotten.
One day, as the girl sat by her mother’s grave, a wind blew through the olive leaves, and they clattered as if they were speaking to her. It sounded as if they said, “Cry not, my darling girl. Go home. There is good news for you there.” At this, the girl leapt to her feet and ran back to the house, for indeed she needed some good news. At the house, she discovered that a letter had been delivered from the castle. It was an invitation to a great ball at the palace, that would continue for three nights. From all the most beautiful girls in the kingdom, the prince would choose a bride. “Where have you been?” the step-mother snarled. “Clean the gowns! Stitch them up! Sew them so they look like new! Hurry, hurry, hurry!” So the girl said, “And when I have, may I make my own gown for the ball?” The step-mother stared at her as if she had said something very strange. “That is the stupidest thing you have ever said.” Well, the step-mother and step-sisters soon left for the ball, and the girl was devastated. She ran to her mother’s grave. “What happened to the good news?” she asked. “There was no good news! There is never, ever any good news!” But the olive leaves clattered against one another in the wind, and again the sound was like words. “Look up, dear girl,” the leaves said. And Ashputtle looked up, and just then a dress of silver fell down upon her, and before her feet were two golden shoes. She lifted each of her delicate feet and slipped it into each shoe. Then she ran to the ball as fast as she could. When she entered, her step-sisters and her step-mother did not recognize her. They thought she was some foreign princess. Never once did it occur to them that it might be Ashputtle, for they thought that she was sitting at home in the dirt like usual. The prince approached her, took her by the hand, and danced with her. And after that he would dance with no one else. He never let go of her hand, and whenever anyone else came and offered him a dance with their daughter, the prince would merely nod at the girl with no name and say, “She is my partner.”
Now at this point, you’re probably thinking, “This sounds just like the version I’ve heard already.” Well, it’s true. This part is very similar. But you’ve got to read it. You see, it’s setting up the beautiful, bloody finale.
They danced late into the evening, and then the girl wanted to go home. The prince said, “I will go along and escort you,” for he wanted to see to which family the beautiful girl belonged. However, the girl with no name was ashamed of how she lived, and as they approached her house she slipped away into the darkness and leapt into the pigeon coop, locking the door behind her. The prince waited until the family came home, and then told the father that there was someone in the pigeon coop. But when the father unlocked it, it was empty. As the family filed into the house that night, they found the girl lying asleep before the dying kitchen fire. The next night the girl with no name returned to the ball, this time wearing a dress that seemed to be spun from pure gold, and wearing those two golden slippers. Again, the prince would dance with no one else. When it was time to go home, the prince followed her, wanting to see into which house she went. But she ran away from him and into the garden behind the house. A beautiful tall tree stood there, on which hung the most magnificent pears. She climbed as nimbly as a squirrel into the branches, and the prince did not know where she had gone. He waited until her father came, then said to him, “The unknown girl has eluded me, and I believe she has climbed up the pear tree.” The father stared up into the tree, and a thought occurred to him, “Could it be that other daughter of mine?” He had a ladder brought and he climbed up into the tree, but no one was in it. Later, when he and his wife and stepdaughters went into the kitchen, the girl with no name was lying there in the ashes as usual, sleeping soundly. The third night, the girl with no name came to the ball in the most radiant gown of all—it sparkled like a million stars in the night sky, as the golden slippers twinkled beneath its rich blue hem. Tonight, the prince would not lose this star of a girl—he had decided it. And so, as he danced with her, he had his servants smear the stairs with tar. When the girl left, he demanded to know where she lived. So she fled from him. But as she ran down the steps, her left slipper stuck in the pitch. She did not stop, but sped away into the darkness, afraid that he would follow her and see what a dirty, humiliating life she lived. The prince stood on the steps, holding in his hands a small shoe made of pure gold.
And here’s where it starts to get really, really good.
The next morning, the prince went with the shoe to the house with the pigeon coop and the pear tree. The father came to the door, and the prince said, “No one shall be my wife except for the one whose foot fits this golden shoe.” The two step-sisters were happy to hear this, for they had very pretty feet. The older one took the shoe upstairs with her. With the step-mother standing by, the step-sister attempted to put it on. But, as much as she heaved and pushed and squeezed, she could not get her big toe to fit inside. Then the step-mother gave the stepdaughter a knife...
That’s right. You read that correctly.
The step-mother gave the stepdaughter a knife and said, “Cut off your toe. For when you are queen you will never have to walk again!” So the girl cut off her toe, forced her foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the prince. He took her on his horse as his bride and rode away with her. However, they had to ride past the grave, and there, on the olive tree, sat two doves, who cried out:
Coo, coo! There’s blood in the shoe! The foot’s too long, the foot’s too wide, This is not the proper bride!
Then the prince looked at the stepsister’s foot and saw how the blood was pouring out of the shoe like a red river. “Huh,” he thought. “I guess it’s not her...” So he turned his horse around and took the false bride home again, saying that she was not the right one, and that the other sister should try on the shoe. The other step-sister went into her bedroom with the shoe, and got her toes in all right, but couldn’t make her heel fit. So the step-mother gave her a knife and said, “Cut a piece off your heel. When you are queen you will no longer have to walk at all!”
Because she thought they’d get away with it this time. Of course.
The girl cut off a piece of her heel, forced her foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the prince. He took her on his horse as his bride and rode away with her. When they passed the olive tree, though, the two doves were sitting in it, and they cried out:
Coo, coo! There’s blood in the shoe! The foot’s too long, the foot’s too wide, This is not the proper bride!
The prince looked down at the stepsister’s foot and saw how the blood was running out of her shoe, and how it was spurting all over her stocking and staining it crimson. “Huh!” he exclaimed to himself. “I guess it’s not her either!” So he turned his horse around and took the false bride home again. “This is not the right one, either,” he said to the parents, as the step-sisters turned pale from loss of blood. “Don't you have another daughter?” “No,” said the man. Because he really couldn’t remember another daughter. Then he thought, “Well, there is this ugly little kitchen maid from my first wife. But she’s not whom you mean.” The prince asked to see her, but the step-mother answered, “Oh, no, she is much too dirty. She’s covered with cinders, so we call her Cinderella.” “Sometimes she’s covered with ashes,” added the father with a chuckle. “And then we call her Ashputtle.” But the prince insisted on seeing this Cinderputtle or whatever she was called, and they had to call her in. She first washed her hands and face clean, and then went and bowed before the prince, who gave her the golden shoe. She sat down on a stool, pulled her foot out of her heavy wooden clog, and put it into the golden shoe. It fit perfectly. When she stood up, the prince looked into her face, and he recognized the beautiful girl who had danced with him. He cried out, “She is the true bride!” The stepmother and the two step-sisters turned pale. The wretch, the filthy girl, would marry the prince? Would be their queen? They all ran to their bedpans and were horribly sick. Then they lay in their beds with jealous fevers for ten days and ten nights. Meanwhile, the prince took the girl onto his horse and rode away with her. As they passed by the olive tree, the two doves cried out:
Coo, coo! No blood in the shoe! This one is the bride that’s true!
They doves flew down and landed on the girl’s shoulders, one on the right, the other on the left, and remained sitting there, singing for joy. And they all lived happily ever after.
The End.
Right?
Wrong.
When the wedding was held, the step-mother sent the two step-sisters to make nice with Ashputtle. “If she’s going to be queen, maybe she’ll find you some rich man to marry... Then you’ll really never have to walk again!” (And she looked sheepishly at her daughters’ bandaged feet). So the step-sisters, still beautiful, but now limping, went to the palace and acted as if they did not hate their sister and wish her dead. The girl with no name tried to be kind to her sisters, and she invited them walk on either side of her in the wedding ceremony, the elder on her right and the younger on her left. Well, she thought she was being kind. For the doves were still perching on the girl’s shoulders. And as they walked into the church, the doves each leaned over and pecked out one of the sister’s eyes.
What can I say? I warned you.
After the prince and the girl with no name were married, they all left the church, and the older step-sister walked on the bride’s left side this time, and the younger one on her right side. And so the doves leaned over and pecked out the other eye from each of them. And thus, for their wickedness and falsehood, they were punished with blindness as long as they lived, while the girl with no name was treasured by her husband and by all of her subjects forever and ever after.
The End
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You said it would be bloody, with no happy ending. It was bloody, but only in the case of the "Bad Guys". And there was still a happy ending. I want a story where everybody dies!!!!!
Like, the sisters should have killed Cinderella and then the prince was so mad he beheaded the whole family and then since his bride was dad he committed suicide. Behold, I just came up with a more gory ending.
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November 29, 2010
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WHAT THE?!?
*feels quesy*
Thanks PB, I guess I should tell you know that my GREATEST FEAR is being maimed without surgery... seriously. When I read those parts, I knew I would feel sick, which I am right now. Just CUT IT OFF?! What? No! NO!!! And the Prince didn't CARE that blood was there! He was like, oh ok! She is maimed and bleeding, woops! Guess she isn't my gal! NOOOO!!! I don't mind blood, blood is ok. Just the *shutters* cutting off part hit me.  And beheading is OK too, it is just the pain part that hits me. OUCH!!!
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November 29, 2010
PLUS!
Oh my dark chocolate! PLUS!
The toe one (wich freaks me out the most) has to go through the BONE! THE BONE!! Bones are hard if you didn't know! It is not just soft cookie cutter flesh, oh NO! That knife went through bone! And maybe, just maybe, the knife didn't go through the bone the first time!! ( I can barely write this) Maybe she had to do it AGAIN!! FEELING THE PAIN!!! And doing it willingly!! I am sure she wanted it fast, but what if it wasn't?! At least she did it willing...
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November 29, 2010
IT SOUNDS....
MORE...UH...REALISTIC. AND NO HAPPY ENDING.
I NEVER EVER GOT EMAILED ABOUT A GHOST WRITER. I THOUGHT THEY MEANT AN ACTUALLY WERE A GHOST. IF YOU ARE READING THIS SENTENCE, LET ME WARN YOU, IT IS THE END...OF THIS COMMENT...AND THIS SENTENCE.
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November 29, 2010
WOW
LOL!!! I'm sure parents would sue the Disney filmmakers if they made THIS veersion into an animation!!
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November 30, 2010
*BITES HALF OF BOTTOM LIP*
*BITES HALF ON BOTTOM LIP* Um... so much mention of blood and cutting off tells me not to read this
 ... I don't think I will... SEE YA SUCKAS!!!! *Runs away speed of light and leaves cloud behind*
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November 30, 2010
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loved the story!
Ud think the step sisters would faint from the pain of cutting of their toe and part of heel, but no, they want 2 get married so much they just swallow the pain. And then get their eyes pecked out by doves, who apparently, like eyeballs. gross story but I liked it keep ritting!
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November 30, 2010
LLAMA
Hahaha!! I guess our comments do warn those who dare to read the story.
But seriously, that is my greatest fear. 
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November 30, 2010
That was amazing!
I've hear this version before, but not written in modern language.
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December 01, 2010
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i read this story befor. my mom read it to me. it was a Turkish book for young childre. i remeber crying when i hurd about all the blood and what not.
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December 04, 2010
omg!
I AGREE WITH THE PERSON WHO SAID THEY WERE *queesy* and their title was WHAT THE?! its sounds EXACTLY what i would write!
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December 05, 2010
It was...
really long but really really good and you could have addeda l;ittle more... nothing!
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December 05, 2010
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Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought it was amazing Adam!!! Can I call you Adam? Anwway,i loved it!! All the versions I have heard ,I think that one was the scariest ever!! Really well written and my friend would love to read it because she loves fairy tales and scary stuff so I'll ask her oppinion on it and i bet she would like it lots!!
 Anyway have you written anything else like this cos' I'd love to read it Adam!!!!!!  
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December 05, 2010
Need... One.... More
Hehe. I was qouteing Max-Ernest in the fourth book. Well I was saying that I need another story! Must.... buy....book!!!! Need to get it for christmas! Oh yeah! *Does a jig * I love scary stuff. I hate the Grimm brothers version. It is lame and princessy. I HATE princess's. They are all " I get everything I want!!!! Yeah! " So yeah. Love it, love Adam ( and by that I mean his books ) , love PB!
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December 05, 2010
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*retches*
That was so awesome....
And so sick....... And not like how Yo-Yoji means it. I mean: "Oh God I'm About To Barf" sick. But so awesome, too.
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December 06, 2010
yup
I've read this before, the Grimm version. It's very interesting, and if you're me, you aren't too disgusted by the blood and
oh, who am I kidding? I just read PLUS!'s comment and... wow... sick...
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December 06, 2010
Hmph!!!!! Yeah!
I got the book!!!!! It is awesome!!!! Do you wana know about it? Huh, huh? I will tell ya. OK, so there was this one where Gretel cuts off her finger to open a door, oh, and did I mention in the begining that their father cuts off their heads? Anyway, there was also one where Gretel is in this town and she sees this cool boy and he is a magician and he is a murderer that cuts little girls into pieces!!!! He dies though.
If you want to know more ask me. It gets more bloody and gorey and strange!
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December 07, 2010
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must... not.... read.... TELL ME MORE!!!
@lalala
Thank you! I am not alone!! (that was my post, by the way) @ Memory Wait. How did their father cut THEIR heads off... won't that mean they can't do any of the stuff afterwards, AKA LIVE?!?
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December 07, 2010
@ Secret Name
Yeah this is where it gets wierd Secret Name... he puts their heads back on and they start playing again like nothing happened. Yeah, I didn't get that to. Also, the dad turns into a dragon man thingy and Gretel cuts HIS head off. Then THEY put HIS head back on and he lives again! If only that happened in the real world. A bunch of people who got their heads cut off would live again. Oh, I forgot to mention that when they cut his head off, Get ready for YOUR head to be blown off, when they cut his head off, a little dragon crawls out of his bloody, headless neck!!!!! GROSS!!! I will postt more if you want me to!!!!!
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December 07, 2010
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WOW
ommg this author is just retelling the story .... the Grim brothers are the ones who made this story and They were the ones who r the ghost writers scince they are dead ofcourse
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December 07, 2010
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LOL nice story... u no i actually saw the IMPOSTER at one of the book signings and have a few pics and videos....
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December 08, 2010
To the author
Hi! I expected more blood and what involved Cinderalla (Ashputtle) to be murdered by her stepfamily right before her wedding and become a ghost and haunt them! Then Cinderputtle's mom was furious and came at night to kill her husband for not remembering their daugters name and Cinderputtle became a ghost and killed her stepfamily and the prince so they could live together, but hey that's just me!
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December 08, 2010
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PLEASE READ!
I forgot the smileys
I've always wanted to be an author! THX TO J.K. Rowling I HAVE INSPIRATION!!!!! READ HARRY POTTER! NOT TWILIGHT!!! If you like the secret series ull like Harry Potter!
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December 08, 2010
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shakira shakira!
YESSSS!!! I AGREE LONG NAME THAT HAS CASS AND MAX-ERNEST!!! Rowling (and PB and other authors) have gave me inspiration to become an author!! HARRY POTTER!!!
Also Fablehaven is a really good series too! It is for fantasy lovers! I saw PB too! I took LOADS of Pictures and a video! The video was of my friends and me singing while waiting in line to get our books signed though. It wasn't of PB! I wish it was though.... aw memories.... 
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December 09, 2010
stop it
whay are you writing a story about me without asking my permaission?? how rude!! i will have you sentencedto death if 5 more people see this story.you better cross your fingers that they dont read it!!!
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December 10, 2010
Awesome
Im pretty should theres a book similar to this and also in the Grims fairy tale the story went a lot like this
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December 13, 2010
hate to tell youu this but....
gril with no name i hate ti tell you this but i know fo fact 2 people have
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December 13, 2010
*shutter*
umm......... im kinda grossed out but it was worth wasting my time than studying
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December 15, 2010
More Ghosts!
PB-
This story has been up there for FOREVER!!!! I'm not saying it's not good- I LOVED it- but do you have any other Guest Ghost's stories you can post? Pleeeeeease! I'll send you authentic Thai chocolate! Thanks! -Honeysuckle
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December 16, 2010
i bought it
if your reading this,its too late, because i just bought this book is not good for you and i have already read the name of this book is secret and i have already read if your reading this its too late and tomorow im gonna get this book isnt what it looks like so ha!!!
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December 18, 2010
ummm...... THAT ROCKED
OMG THAT DUDE SHUD WIN LIKE SOME AWARD OR SOMETHING THAT WAS SOO COOL AND FUNNY. IT WAS LIKE THE VERISON OF CINDERELLA THAT MY LIL SIS WATCHES BUT A LOT MORE VIOLENT AND GORY THANKS FOR A GREAT STORY!!!!!
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December 18, 2010
OMG!
that was amazing i praise u. u rock! WAIT WHEN'S THE 5th SECRET BOOK COMING OUT?!?!?!?!!?
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December 20, 2010
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Bloody? Different Version? No Happy Ending? LIES!
I hate to burst your bubble, but I heard this story before, only her name was possibly remembered. It wasn't that bloody either. I thought somebody would die. And the story has a happy ending. I guess it was still a good story though.
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December 21, 2010
Heard It Before!
I've heard this same story in Act 1 of Into The Woods, the Broadway musical. The only difference is that instead of birds saying they aren't the real brides, it's her mother in her grave.
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December 21, 2010
??????!!!!!!!
Good story but with a happy ending. You shouldn't have put a happy ending because you said lots! Of blood and no usual happy ending. Merry X-mas though.
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December 25, 2010
Good story. Happy ending
Liar. You said their would be no happy ending and lots if blood. Their was a happy ending. And only a little bit of blood. Besides the fact that you lied it was a good story.
 merry Christmas.
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December 25, 2010
I already knew this story :D
My brother was in the production "Into The Woods" (for the second time) and they had the same exact story where the sisters were beautiful, the sisters had to cut part of their foot off, etc. I liked this story
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December 26, 2010
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It had a happy ending but still lots of blood... jsut the way I like stories to be. Because if the ending's completely grim, it's not any fun.
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December 28, 2010
NO TITLE
I read A Tale Dark And Grimm! BTW it rocked! I added it to my favorite books list
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January 01, 2011
Diney just got served
Wow!! Way much better than the other versions. Much more creepy...and bloody. Still got the fairy tale elements though, happy ending, magic, everyone acting like doves know everything. "Oh! the doves say you're not the right bride, and you're all bloody. See ya!" But, i must admit... DISNEY JUST GOT SERVED!!!
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January 03, 2011
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Well, I don't know what to say but it really was great way better than great!! I loved it but the end it was a bit scary, but it was way better than Cinderella.
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January 11, 2011
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Did you know that Cinderella or whatever it's called was banned from some childrens libraries? Child labor and abuse. RRIIGGHHTT
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January 15, 2011
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I read a manga JUST like this at mangafox.com and its title cinderella and it is exactly like this but with pictures
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January 21, 2011
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Recommended
So I really love this story, and though the amount of blood you suggested at the begining wasn't in there completely I still loved it. I also recommended it to my friends... YAY! links.
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January 22, 2011
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VERY GOOD!! It should have WAY more blood though.
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February 11, 2011
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeee
essssssssssssssssoooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeeee eeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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February 11, 2011
GIMME MORE!!!!!! NOW!!!!! PLZ????
(Fake whiny voice)I wannna nothr..... I wanna nothr
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February 17, 2011
YUM
That sounds delicious. This made me really really REALLY hungry. Anybody got any eyeballs, toes, or heelss?
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February 25, 2011
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Okay.........................
i just made the made the mistake of reading this story to my baby sis.....ouch. I liked it, though. but it could have had a more bloody ending. the prince is an eejit. it's like, oh no she's bleeding, so i guess we can't get married.
what a dope.
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March 18, 2011
Mmmmm...Bloody...
I love how you said "The beautiful bloody parts." VERY beautiful. MEAN DAD. HATE HIM. AS MUCH. AS I. HATE THE. STEP SISTERS. AND THE. STEP MOM. Just saying
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March 23, 2011
woa . .
crrreeeeeeepppy and yea TOTALLY needs more blood!!
LURVE IT!! Meh I want your book.
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March 28, 2011
uh
*grimace*
i have to say, that was a bit too gory and bloody for me. but plenty of other people like it, so who am i to judge?!
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April 09, 2011
yeah
dude....taht was great and all..but...why didnt the stepmum like- use a bandage to like- keep the blood from pouring out?
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April 10, 2011
Loved it
When i was reading it at first i thought that Ashputtle was going to die but now one died. I loved the story it was seriusly awsome. But i can not bealive that Cinderrelas dad actually forgot that she was his doughter.
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April 12, 2011
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blooooooooooooooooood
more bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddddddddd ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd dddddddddddddddd
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April 12, 2011
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Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..............
i liked it.
btw i read a tale dark and grim just cuz of this, and it was pretty good. actually GREAT! P.S i will now eat spaghetti with tomato sauce. just felt like telling you.
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April 21, 2011
COME ON PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is the EXACT version I read in Grim's Fairytails!!! thet SAID it was different,they SAID it was good but oh no, they just HAD to lie. o. wait. i bet no-1 read that book. WHOOOOOOOOOOOPS!!! sorry!
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April 30, 2011
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u need to put spoiler alert as the title if ur gonna spoil the book in ur comments  
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April 30, 2011
The cats out of the bag now, GOOD GOD THAT'S HORRIBLE
Adam Gidwitz, and PB (peanut, butter and mayo)
thank you for posting this. I love this and I'm going to read it at a three year olds birthday party. because I'm smart like that. I LOVE HIS BOOK, A TALE DARK AND GRIMM.... Both of these writers PB & AG have amazing voice personality, good voice, and amazing humor. They both have funny writing. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!! XD, princess
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May 06, 2011
ummmmmmmmmmm................................
LOVE YOU ADAM GIDWITZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but this story could be a lot more scarier especially from you still i really want to know how many books did u write????????????????????????
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May 23, 2011
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@? he never said whether it would be no happy ending for the good guys or the bad guys
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June 07, 2011
Yay!
Thanks for sowing me this version! But shouldn't there be more blood?!?!?!?!
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June 18, 2011
Cinderputtle!!! :D
I love this! I have a book of Grimm's Fairy Tales, so I've actually read this version before, but yours was much more interesting.
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August 01, 2011
The PAIN!
When the sisters have to cut their toe/ heel off the I have to wonder whether it was that simple. There are veins and bones and cartilage and marrow, and yet they just cut it off? When I read this I imagined them with little chainsaws with an expression of horrific craziness. Other than that I enjoyed reading it though I must comment that the 'bad ending' was the for the bad guys.
p.s.- My favorite part was when the prince put tar on the stairs....I just find that hilarious!
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August 12, 2011
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that was one wicked mean step-mother and why didnt the dad remember her name?and yeah when the stepsisters cut their feet i was like"did not see that one comming"
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August 17, 2011
ok, then
ok then i exepected(wrong spelling) some thing a lot more.....by the way i love A tale Dark and Grimm!!!!!!
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August 18, 2011
Yes, yes, yes!
I have always thought of myself as Cinderella and sing to myself the mice's song, "You can do it, you can do it, Cinderelly." This is an even better ending to the story than Disney's. Because our Western ethics teaches that it is not ours to seek vengence, we may feel guilt in wanting harm to come to others. Nevertheless, in this telling, the story ends something like I would wish and makes me happy! Oh, well. Cinderella lives happily ever after and the 2 sisters get theirs.
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August 23, 2011
EEEEEEEEEEEEEewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Too Bloody and scary dude or dudette! No Offense
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September 07, 2011
BREAKING NEWS!!! PBS REAL NAME REVEALED!!!!!
well,the Xxxx xxx XXX says that his name is........Elmo. However, the copyright for the name of this book is secret(also known as cass and max ernest and the not so secret pyramid) is Rapheal S1mon (replace the 1 with aaffdan i)!! alagfaso, pb saiffgdd tffhgfat hage we4tgrote worked with nickolodean on a agfgfgseries callefafad roagfcket boostgfa(or saggomethging) wellag oafgn thagfat saaagfame seriagafes, a manaaa namaaeagafd rapheal simon did two episodefdsafgafs!!!
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September 11, 2011
omglee
hey! that guy (adam gidwitz) came 2 r skool. i was on a field trip tho, so i didn't get 2 c him, but my frend told me he told this story 2 them.
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September 15, 2011
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I have heard a version that ends even better than that - where they are forced to dance themselves to death in shoes made out of red hot iron.
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September 19, 2011
@piper Re:COME ON PEOPLE!!!
HEY PIPER U MEANIE, ADAM GIDWITZ's STORY ROCKS!!!!!!! BEFORE U GO AROUND SAYING THAT NO ONE IS GONNA READ HIS BOOK, GROW UP AND ACTUALLY GET THE BOOK!!!!!!A TALE DARK AND GRIMM IS THE AWESOMEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ!!!!A BUNCH OF PEOPLE LOVE HIS BOOK AND IT IS FULL OF BLOOD AND PEOPLE TURNING TO STONE AND COOKING THEMSELVES AND TURNING INTO DRAGONS AND BEAST-BOYS AND HEARING CROWS AND COMMITING TREASON AND WITTY OUTCRACKS AND GETTING THEIR HEADS CUT OFF ON CUTTING OFF THEIR FINGERS AND STEALING PRINCESSES AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH A MURDERER AND DIEING SSOO SUCK ON IT PIPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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September 25, 2011
Plus
Plus hansel goes to Hell to get the Devil.
So grow up mr. piper pooper.
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September 25, 2011
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go on go on! keep writing adam!
i think all ur stories are incredibaly amazing and im only 11! XD
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October 01, 2011
You WILL want to know my title: AWESOME
I had waited years 4 this to come out! I WAS TIRED OF THE STUPID CINDERELLA LIVES HAPPILY EVR AFTER VERSION!!!!! Thank you adam gordwitz WRITE MORE BOOKS!
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October 17, 2011
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to behonest i think it should have ended so the prince faints at the sight of blood in the shoe,he has to go to hospital and the whole of cinderella's family have to shave all their hair of and sell it so that they can pay for stain remover to get the blood out of the carridge.Soon after they join a traveling circuis people would come from miles round to see their heads glistening in the sunlight. the ring master would start the show by slapping each of their heads to the tune of twinkle twinkle little star...THE END
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October 26, 2011
Blood!
why does everyone on this website like blood so much?(not that i can talk or anything...but still) talk like a sheep, talk like a sheep , meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh
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October 27, 2011
Well...
..that's just the original ^^ try the ending of Snow White, where the queen has to dance herself to death in red hot iron shoes
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October 30, 2011
Unsuspisious comment
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November 19, 2011
BROTHERS OF GRIMM WROTE THIS!!!
You evil fraud, this wsa written by brothers grimm
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December 15, 2011
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Omg!!!! Really good story. But not that much blood, I thought that befor the wedding the 2 sisters would kill her or something but it's a really good story
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December 22, 2011
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December 28, 2011
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Disney movie sucked
The Disney movie sucked cuz there was no blood and there were singing mice.
 I like the bloody version better cuz the Disney movie cut out the good parts and added boring "kid friendly" parts. More blood in the sequel plz?
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January 01, 2012
Disney movie sucked
The Disney movie sucked cuz there was no blood and there were singing mice.
I like the bloody version better cuz the Disney movie cut out the good parts and added boring "kid friendly" parts. More blood in the sequel plz?
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January 01, 2012
Grim
I have actually read a very similar Grim story. I've never seen the Disney version, so what does singing mice have to do with the story of Cinderella? I also like the Just Ella version of Cinderella. Just Ella is like almost my favorite book of all time. Ella Enchanted is also really good.
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January 04, 2012
I Think That It Was A Little Too Bloody....
I think that you should have said that she had not cut off her toe, I think that she should have just cut off a 'fake' toe, or she could have just cut the slipper open, or she also could have got another pair of the same exact pair, but a size that fit here. I am not questioning your work, that is all that I have to say. Thank you fro listening. Jules
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January 15, 2012
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This was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, awesome, but no more plucking out eyes, okay? Made me a bit sick.
You could of had more gore though......maybe the stepsisters had to cut off ALL their toes, and then they got malled by bears. Or something else with claws. Gore rocks! Adam Gidwitz, keep writing the blood stories!
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January 28, 2012
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Yo,piper, Adam Gidwitzt is awesome.
He is a great writer! I'm very offended
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February 12, 2012
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There's a scarier version where Cinderella tricks the stepmom into eating her daughters at the end. Look up Cinderellla on Wikipedia and there's like four different versions. There's a link on Tam Cam, read that.
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February 24, 2012
love it and i know pb's real name  LOVED THE STORY ITWAS GREAT!!!!! oh and by the way P.B.'s real name is: Raphael Simon
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February 28, 2012
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That was really good!!!!!!
Dear Adam Gidwitz,
I thought your book was so good!!!! ...although the parts with the blood creeped me out a little. but overall it was really good!!! Please write another book!!!! Love, Sara K. P.S. Dear PB, I really love the Seceret Series and I'm your biggest fan!!!!(Plus I'd really love to meet you). Your one of the BEST AUTHORS EVER!!!!! Your Biggest Fan, Sara K.
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March 25, 2012
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No offense
Dear Adam Gidwitz,
No offence Adam  (Can I call you Adam? Please?) Love, Sara K.
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March 25, 2012
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Play
I saw this in a play once ( prescollers went and at that part they did not scream)
cruddy
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April 02, 2012
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HELLO?
To all of the folks that thought that everyone should die...that wouldn't work. This version has bloody justice. If everyone died then there would be no justice. I do wish the prince hadn't just been like "oh, okay, she isn't the right girl". Seriously he should have been like "How stupid are you trying to trick me and crippling yourself in the process. What makes you think you are worthy?" That's mentally gory
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April 04, 2012
Odd
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April 08, 2012
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There's a scarier version where Cinderella tricks the stepmom into eating her daughters at the end. Look up Cinderellla on Wikipedia and there's like four different versions. There's a link on Tam Cam, read that.
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April 20, 2012
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May 18, 2012
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