Charlotte Huck

This is another fairy tale distinctly lacking magic, which again confuses me. The only "magic" in this story is her being able to fit three ballgowns into a walnut shell. In this version of Cinderella, "Princess Furball" doesn't have an evil stepmother, rather a greedy evil father who essentially sells her to an ogre. There are three balls, which is unlike the Cinderella I'm most familiar with but I'm aware that this isn't a new concept to the story. The three trinkets that Furball takes with her seem thrown in there, with only the ring holding any sort of significance to the story. I'm not sure if the trinkets each symbolize something, but I'm not getting it if they do. Like the story I'm familiar with, the prince falls in love with the princess based on her beauty with no real basis of love established. This story also differs in that this Cinderella was already a princess before marrying the prince.… (more)