Cinderella.

Cinderella: An old sory told all over the world. The original version of Aschenputtel is very similar to the 2ed half of Allerleirauh (aka Princess in Disguise, aka Cap'o'Reeds), & the first half or the original Beauty & the Beast. Originally, Cinderella's father was still alive & when he went into town for business, he'd ask her & the stepdaughters what gift they'd like from town. She'd ask for something stupid like "the first twig that hits you on the way." Ironically, when she plants the twig he brings her into the ground, it grows into a freaking tree! This part is like Beauty & the Beast, because Belle asked her father to bring back a simple rose when her sisters ask for jewelry & clothes.

Now it gets into Allerleirauh. The king's wife is dead & it's time for him to choose a new bride....not the prince, though he Grim's change that latter on, & the ball lasts 3 days. There's no fairy godmother in this old story, but the tree has a dove living in it that magically can cary 50 times its own weight & can apparently understand human language. After reciting a whiny pom, the dove carries her a different dress & a pair of shoes every night. It's not explained who does her hair. The shoe she's wearing on the 3ed day is made of solid gold & she steps in some pitch the prince purposely spilled on the stairs.

Apparently her foot is so freaking small that no girl over the legal age except her has the same sized foot. By the time the prince gets to her house, the stepmother convinces the girls to lop of their toes & heels to get into the shoe, but the magical talking dove always comes over & tells the prince that there's blood in the shoe. When the prince asks for the cinder wench, it's the father who insists that she's not worth trying, but the shoe fits. Another version has the prince returning from months of searching for princesses, countesses, etc. & runs into her on the way home & discovers she has the other shoe. Durring the wedding, doves gouge out the sisters' eyes...as if missing foot parts weren't bad enough. In the Chinese version, the mother & sisters are either crushed by a boulder or sealed in a cave.

In Allerleirauh, the king wanted to marry his own daughter, who resembled his late wife. She had him make her 3 dresses among other things, before she ran away. The king has a shitty memory & it's his own hunters discover her in a coat of many furs & drag her ass in as a trophy. She ends up working in the kitchen for food & shelter & slips her wedding gifts into the soup she makes for him. Always he asks to see her & where she got the stuff, apparently too farsighted to recognize his own flesh & blood, but she lies & says she doesn't know. He throws 3 balls, she always shows up, he finds the last gift on her...his late wife's wedding ring, & finally realizes it's her & marries his own daughter. In Cap'o'Reeds, the girl is thrown out by her own father & has a coat made of Reeds & marries a king she's NOT related to.