Reading Notes: Grimm (Librivox), Part B

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The Twelve Dancing Princesses

  • What is the kings plan if none of his daughters marry? Would any of them become queen?
  • Seems kind of harsh that if they fail he kills them. Why can't they just fail and go back to their lives?
  • I have a feeling that the princes dad wouldn't be okay with another king killing his son. Sounds like a recipe for war
  • Why does this old lady know the princess's tricks? And why does she have a cloak?
  • Could be an interesting story to have her be a family member or old servant that knows how the princesses sneak away. Maybe she wants them to stop so she reveals all this to the soldier
  • These princesses are kind of mean for deliberately causing all these men to lose their lives just so they could go dancing
  • Maybe old woman from above could be one of the sisters in disguise, who doesn't want to send men to their deaths anymore
  • They should probably be listening to the youngest sister, because she's right to be so concerned 
  • Why can't the princesses just marry these princes? Why are they hiding everything? And were the fathers of these princes also suspicious of where they went at night?
  • I think the soldier should have let all the princesses marry their princes. He should have chosen none of them. They aren't great people

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12 Dancing Princesses

Bibliography: The Twelve Dancing Princesses from Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm link to online reading

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