<P> Another well - known version was recorded by the German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the 19th century . The tale is called "Aschenputtel" ("Cinderella" in English translations). This version is much more intense than that of Perrault and Disney, in that Cinderella's father did not die and the stepsisters mutilate their feet to fit in the golden slipper . There is no fairy godmother, but rather help comes from a wishing tree that the heroine planted on her mother's grave . The stepsisters suffer a terrible punishment for their cruelty . </P> <Dl> <Dd> A plague infests a village, and a wealthy gentleman's wife lies on her deathbed . She calls for her only daughter, and tells her to remain good and kind, as God would protect her . She then dies and is buried . The child visits her mother's grave every day to grieve and a year goes by . The gentleman marries another woman with two older daughters from a previous marriage . They have beautiful faces and fair skin, but their hearts are cruel and wicked . The stepsisters steal the girl's fine clothes and jewels and force her to wear rags . They banish her into the kitchen, and give her the nickname "Aschenputtel" ("Ashfool"). She is forced to do all kinds of hard work from dawn to dusk . The cruel sisters will do nothing but mock her and make her chores harder by creating messes . However, despite all of it, the girl remains good and kind, and will always go to her mother's grave to cry and pray to God that she will see her circumstances improve . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> A plague infests a village, and a wealthy gentleman's wife lies on her deathbed . She calls for her only daughter, and tells her to remain good and kind, as God would protect her . She then dies and is buried . The child visits her mother's grave every day to grieve and a year goes by . The gentleman marries another woman with two older daughters from a previous marriage . They have beautiful faces and fair skin, but their hearts are cruel and wicked . The stepsisters steal the girl's fine clothes and jewels and force her to wear rags . They banish her into the kitchen, and give her the nickname "Aschenputtel" ("Ashfool"). She is forced to do all kinds of hard work from dawn to dusk . The cruel sisters will do nothing but mock her and make her chores harder by creating messes . However, despite all of it, the girl remains good and kind, and will always go to her mother's grave to cry and pray to God that she will see her circumstances improve . </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> One day the gentleman visits a fair, promising his stepdaughters gifts of luxury . The eldest asks for beautiful dresses, while the younger for pearls and diamonds . His own daughter merely begs for the first twig to knock his hat off on the way . The gentleman goes on his way, and acquires presents for his stepdaughters . While passing a forest he gets a hazel twig, and gives it to his daughter . She plants the twig over her mother's grave, waters it with her tears and over the years, it grows into a glowing hazel tree . The girl prays under it three times a day, and a white bird will always comes to her . She will tell her wishes to the bird, and every time the bird will throw down to her what she has wished for . </Dd> </Dl>

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