I vote for #Stepheneyre!

I think it is a very important question for this holiday weekend :)
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I'm about to crack my first beer.

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1) Mice
2) Gingerbread
3) Grandma
4) Twice
5) Porridge
6) to die when she touches a spinning wheel's spindle before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday
7) legs (nice ones)
8) The Little Mermaid

And I vote for #Stepheneyre
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1) Mice!

2) Gingerbread, candies, & sugar windows
(but their home was probably made of wood, being that their dad was a woodcutter...)

3) First he dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood, then as Grandma.

4) Three times: As a peddler, an old woman w/ a comb, and the farmer's wife.

5) Porridge - at least until Goldilocks eats some!

6) The enchantment said that upon reaching adulthood she would prick her finger on a spindle and die.

7) Legs (va-va-va-voom!) so that she may be with her human prince.

8) Rumpelstiltskin!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/americanmcgee/493069375/

...and for Q of the Day I vote for @ThuWhiteRabbit :)
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#Stepheneyre for QOTD
1) Mice

2) Gingerbread and candy

3) Grandma (I never got her name in the stories...)

4) Two times

5) Porridge (or if you're from the South... "grits")

6) To fall asleep by her sixteenth birthday if she should touch a spindle, and only broken with a kiss.

7) To be completely human

8) The Ugly Duckling (because it's a tale of transformation and discovery!)
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1) What animals were the horses first before Cinderella's Fairy Godmother changed them?
A: mice

2) What is the house made of in Hansel and Gretel?
A: cake 'n' candy

3) What did the wolf dress up as in Little Red Riding Hood?
A: as grandma

4) The witch in the original Snow White disguises herself how many times?
A: several times

5) What is in the bowls of the three bears in Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
A: porridge

6) What was the spell cast on Sleeping Beauty?
A: she was to remain asleep until a prince comes along and kisses her

7) What does the Sea Witch offer the Little Mermaid?
A: legs

8) What is your favourite Fairy Tale?
A: Beauty and the Beast

Now, for the Q of the Day, my vote goes to #Jerienbo. I like to see, and answer, a specific question that has a quantifiable answer to it, from time to time.
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What do all these questions have in common? Fairytales! Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault, Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson and Walt Disney are all common sources of fairy tales we know and love today. Before I take the time to answer the main questions posted, please take the time to review the background information that provided the content for my response.

Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault, Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm were the first to put the orally transmitted stories into print. They also adapted their content to their own liking and sometimes combined stories into one. In 1634, Giambattista Basile's collected stories in 'Pentamerone' from the peoples of Crete and Venice. This provided much of the content in 1695 that Charles Perrault would use for his 'Tales of Mother Goose'.

The Brothers Grimm first recorded fairy tales in 1812 from the people of Germany. They also borrowed from Charles Perrault any authentic German fairy tales he might have recorded. Walt Disney adapted the Brothers Grimm tales further when in 1937 he released 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and followed it with many more. Walt Disney loved the Brothers Grimm because his German-American mother raised him on them.

Only one man stands apart. Hans Christian Anderson's volumes of fairy tales published 1835-1837 were mostly inspired by his imagination. He is the most original, though his 'Little Match Girl' does appear to be inspired by a Brother Grimm story titled 'The Star Money'.

What follows is a synopsis of the links I used to answer each question. Each answer is followed by a summary sourced from links posted. I have been very careful to be as accurate as possible and put my responses in my own words even as I draw from my sources. I hope you are interested enough to check out the websites I have listed.

1. The fairy godmother in Disney's Cinderella movie turns four of the mice into horses for the carriage trip to the Prince's ballroom dance. When they change back, three of the mice are the same, but one is different. It goes from Jaq, Gus and the twin mice to Jaq, Gus, one of the twins, and the little mouse Luke. The film was adapted from Charles Perrault's 'Tales of Mother Goose' version of the German fairy tale, where the godmother changes six mice into horses that Cinderella fetches from a mouse trap. His inclusion of a fairy godmother made his version the most popular.

2. The Brothers Grimm fairytale of 'Hansel & Gretel' describes a little house in the forest belonging to a witch that is built of bread, a roof covered in cakes, and windows made of clear sugar. No gingerbread or candy is mentioned! Wilhelm Grimm recorded the common folktale from his wife. Authors have rewritten the classic tale of the Brothers Grimm tale so many times that most versions of the witch's house have become childhood marvels of gingerbread and sumptuous candy.

3. In Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf disguises himself as her grandmother. Charles Perrault, who collected fairy tales in 'Tales of Mother Goose', was the first to record the story in print.

4. In the original story of Snow White, recorded by the Brothers Grimm by the name of 'Little Snow White', The Queen disguises herself three times and visits the dwarfs' cottage while they are away during the day, trying to kill Snow White.

5. Porridge is in the bowls of the three bears, in Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Joseph Cundall based the story, in his work, 'Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young Children', on English poet Robert Southey's 'Story of the Three Bears'. In his words, he claims:

"The "Story of the Three Bears" is a very old Nursery Tale, but it was never so well told as by the great poet Southey, whose version I have (with permission) given you, only I have made the intruder a little girl instead of an old woman. This I did because I found that the tale is better known with Silver-Hair, and because there are so many other stories of old women."

It was speculated that when the English poet Robert Southey wrote the first version of the story, he combined themes from a Norwegian story of three bears and the fairytale Snow White, in which the heroine enters the dwarves' house, tastes their food, and falls asleep in one of their beds. Southey is credited with the story because he was the first to put it in print. The best explanation of the origins of the story is that like the Brothers Grimm, he was retelling a popular tale.

6. The wicked fairy places Sleeping Beauty under an enchantment that upon reaching adulthood, dooms her to prick her finger on a spindle and die. It was the first story to appear in 'Tales of Mother Goose'. Before this, Giambattista Basile first recorded it in his fairy tale collection titled 'Pentamerone', full of stories orally transmitted in his native Italy. It was titled 'Sun, Moon & Talia'.

7. In Hans C. Anderson's original tale of 'The Little Mermaid', the Sea Witch offers her a magic draught of potion that will change her into a human being. In order to gain the immortal soul of a human, however, she must win the love of the prince she seeks and be married to him by a priest. Mermaids live a long time, but they do not have souls, and thus have no immortality. If the prince chooses to marry another, she is doomed to die the next morning, to become foam like all the other mermaids on the crest of ocean waves. The Sea Witch offers her potion in exchange for the best thing the Little Mermaid possesses - her voice. In Disney's adaptation, the sea witch Ursula instead gives her three days as a human with the potion, during which she must win the prince with 'a kiss of true love' or she will turn back into a mermaid.

8. What is my favorite fairy tale? 'The Little Match Girl' by Hans Christian Anderson. I believe that all children are particularly disturbed by the thought of children suffering. 'The Little Match Girl' is the most explicit and concise story I know of the loneliest child in the world. Abandoned by everyone, she has only the angels and God to turn to as she freezes to death out of fear. In her death, she is given the most beautiful visions. I really hate it when children die. Most fairy tales I have outgrown, their lessons being fairly simple. This is the only fairy tale I know of that's just as powerful for adults as it is for children. It is also the most excellent story to read as a measure of a child's empathy.

Finally, I vote for nadiraziz response to the best t-shirt joke you've ever seen. I guess now we know what heaven-on-earth looks like, and what to watch out for to avoid hell-on-earth!
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All the great fairy tales start with Wikipedia's list of first original German fairytale collection from Brothers Grimm!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm%27s_Fairy_Tales#List_of_fairy_tales

Learn all about Cinderella characters at Disney!
http://disney.go.com/homepage/index

Visit the Walt Disney Family Museum's page on Cinderella!
http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/collection/masterworks/cindere...

Cinderella movie funny goofs and mistakes:
http://www.moviemistakes.com/film270

Want to know all the names of Cinderella's mice? See original Cinderella posters, lists of characters, and more at the Big Cartoon Database!
http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/28-Cinderella.html

Read the version of Charles Perrault's Cinderella that became so popular, Disney made it into a movie!
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault06.html

Visit the Disney fan club on Fanpop:
http://www.fanpop.com/search/clubs/disney/videos/cinderella

Visit National Geographic to read the original recorded Hansel & Gretel from Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm's first fairytale collection, 'Children's and Household Tales'
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/hansel_grethel.html

Compare versions of the Brothers Grimm 'Hansel & Gretel'. The Brothers Grimm rewrote their works several times. See what the witches house was really made of!
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm015a.html

Learn more about the origins of 'Goldilocks & The Three Bears' on Wikipedia. You can also visit pages on Snow White from this link!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldilocks

Visit a blog that provides a look at beautiful Pre-Raphaelite art inspired by fairy tales:
http://thebeautifulnecessity.blogspot.com/2009/04/fairest-of-them-all-fairy...

The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Anderson:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Match_Girl

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QOTD: #Santinog Asks: Whats the best t-shirt joke you've ever seen? I'm a fan of wordplay, so I'm looking forward to more answers to this question. :)

1) What animals were the horses first before Cinderella's Fairy Godmother changed them?
1A) The horses were mice.
"The Pumpkin, and the Rat, and the Lizards, being changed by the Fairy, into a Coach, Horses, and Servants; to take Cinderella to the Ball at the Royal Palace" by George Cruikshank
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/CAMELOT/cinder/images/CRKSNK3.jpg

2) What is the house made of in Hansel and Gretel?
2A) The house was built of bread, and roofed with cakes; and the window was of transparent sugar.
"Nibble, nibble, like a mouse,
Who is nibbling at my house?"
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrations/hanselgretel/images/anderson_hansel.jpg

3) What did the wolf dress up as in Little Red Riding Hood?
3A) Red's Grandmother
http://www.heavenandearthdesigns.com/images/scott_gustafson/Little_Red_Riding_Hood1.jpg

4) The witch in the original Snow White disguises herself how many times?
4A) Three disguises: 1st - old peddler woman selling bodice lace; 2nd - different old woman with a poison comb; 3rd - a peasant woman who give Snow White a poisoned apple
http://www.dbskeptic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/snow-white.jpg

5) What is in the bowls of the three bears in Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
5A) Porridge
http://www.dbskeptic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/goldilocks.jpg

6) What was the spell cast on Sleeping Beauty?
6A) At her birth celebration, "The feast was celebrated with great splendor, and at its conclusion the wise women presented the child with their magic gifts. The one gave her virtue, the second one beauty, the third one wealth, and so on with everything that one could wish for on earth.
The eleventh one had just pronounced her blessing when the thirteenth one suddenly walked in. She wanted to avenge herself for not having been invited, and without greeting anyone or even looking at them she cried out with a loud voice, 'In the princess's fifteenth year she shall prick herself with a spindle and fall over dead.' And without saying another word she turned around and left the hall.
Everyone was horrified, and the twelfth wise woman, who had not yet offered her wish, stepped foreward. Because she was unable to undo the wicked wish, but only to soften it, she said, 'It shall not be her death. The princess will only fall into a hundred-year deep sleep.'"
http://www.dbskeptic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/brewtnall_-_sleeping_beauty.jpg

7) What does the Sea Witch offer the Little Mermaid?
7A) The Sea Witch sells her a potion that gives her legs, in exchange for her tongue.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Vilhelm_Pedersen-Little_mermaid.jpg

8) What is your favourite Fairy Tale?
8A) My favorite tale is "The Billy Goats Gruff", for a number of reasons. First and foremost - It's the only story my grandpa ever told me; I'd insist on hearing it every time we visited. (He knew at least one other story, though, because I overheard him telling "Green Eyes and Bloody Bones" to my older brother and cousins after I'd gone to bed.)
Second - It's an interesting story in that there are different lessons to be learned, depending on which character you consider to be the protagonist. If the troll is the protagonist, then the message is, "Don't wait for a better deal, and miss a perfectly good opportunity." If you consider the Gruffs to be the the 'good guys', then outwitting the opposition saves the day.
Third - It's got goats and a troll. What's not to like?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/WhiteHouseTheThreeBillyGoatsGruff2003.jpg
Snip, snap, snout.
This tale's told out.
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1. mice?
2. gingerbread and candy
3. red's grandma
4. 3? was she a witch? Or just acted like one?
5. porage? pourage? Damn it it was oatmeal! (same diff)
6. PRICK her finger, sleep until true love awakes her.
7. reality? to be human for the prince. Eric?
8. Goldie Knockers and the 3 Chicago Bears!!!!!

answer for QOTD: Fashion trend: Vanilla Ice, and yeah, I liked him in middle school!!!!
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#santinog - good luck, great question for QotD, funny.

Quiz:
1) What animals were the horses first before Cinderella's Fairy Godmother changed them?

A: Cinderella's pals the mice were transformed into the horses to pull her carriage to the ball.

Her Fairy Godmother sang the magical song "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" to perform this spell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TKBHJeEljU&feature=PlayList&p=B16C169DE7714C21&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=20

2) What is the house made of in Hansel and Gretel?

A: The house that Hansel and Gretel found in the forest, after escaping from their home, was made of Gingerbread.

3) What did the wolf dress up as in Little Red Riding Hood?

A: In order to trick Red Riding Hood, the wolf disguised himself as her grandmother, sick in bed (according to the tale, he had already eaten the poor old lady).

4) The witch in the original Snow White disguises herself how many times?

A: Snow White's sorcerer step mother and the vain queen who wishes her dead, disguises herself three times in her attempt to destroy her step daughter Snow White, the girl that the magic mirror claims is the "Fairest of them All".

5) What is in the bowls of the three bears in Goldilocks and the Three Bears?

A: Porridge, Too hot, Too cold and JUST right!

6) What was the spell cast on Sleeping Beauty?

A: Malificent, angry that she had not been invited to the baby princess' birth celebration, cast the spell on the little girl predicting that on her 16th birthday her finger would be pricked by the spindle of a spinning wheel and she would die.

However, the spell was cast before a final gift was to be given by one of the three good witches (Flora, Fauna and Merriweather). The princess had already been given the gift of beuty and the gift of song and now, although the evil spell could not be broken it could be softened. So the spell was changed to 'not in death, but in sleep' until 'loves first kiss'.

7) What does the Sea Witch offer the Little Mermaid?

A: The Sea Witch (Ursula) offers Ariel (The little Mermaid) legs and three days to make her true love, Eric, fall in love with her, if he does not she must return forever as Ursula's prisoner.

Ariel must trade her voice for this transformation - and so she is not able to speak while in human form.

8) What is your favourite Fairy Tale?

A: The Little Mermaid
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Seen these movies - over and over and over and over. :)

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