You Might Be Mythtaken

( illustration by Walter Crane ) Opening scene, a mother and her daughter on stage. Mother: Honey, you never do anything. Daughter: But its just so boring. All you ever want me to do is spin spin spin and I'm not doing it I refuse. Mother: Honey, you have to! If you don't what are you good for! Nothing! Mother crossing stage towards daughter, closer to the window. Daughter: Oh, so the only reason you had me was to be labor! I can't believe you don't want me! Actually, no, I can believe it. You have never shown an interest in me, just my spinning! Queen's head pops through the window, looking in at the mother and daughter inside. Queen: Your only interested in her spinning? Is she a good spinner? I need a good spinner. Mother: Yes, she is wonderful! I can't get her to stop spinning. The finest quality you could ever want! Daughter looks at the mother in confusion. Daughter: What are you- Mother elbows daughter in the side. She continues while look...

( illustration by Walter Crane ) This story comes from Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm , translated by Lucy Crane and illustrated by Walter Crane (1886). There was a girl who was was lazy and wouldn't do any spinning. Her mom was mad and beat her. The queen happen to pass at that moment and asked the mother why she was beating her daughter. The mother claimed she couldn't get her to stop spinning because she was ashamed of her laziness. She claims she can't afford her daughters spinning habit. The queen loves the sound of spinning and request to take the daughter to the castle. The queen took her with her to the castle. There the daughter was given three rooms of the finest flax and told when she was finished she would get the prince as her fiancé. She was terrified because she couldn't do that with all the time in the world, there was just too much flax. For three days she did nothing but weep. The queen noticed and said that she needed to get over her ...

Found on  Wikimedia . Snow-White  comes from  Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm , translated by Lucy Crane and illustrated by Walter Crane (1886). Snow White is born, and grows prettier and prettier. The Queen asks the mirror everyday if she is indeed the fairest. One day the response is that Snow White is fairer that the Queen. The Queen asks the Huntsman to take her out to the forest and kill her, and bring back her heart as proof. Snow White convinces the Huntsman to let her go and bring back the a boar heart in the place of hers. Snow white stumbles upon a small cottage and takes the food and drink she needed after a long day in the woods. She lays on one of the beds to sleep. the dwarfs came home to a stranger in their bed, and they thought she was beautiful. They make a deal with her that she can stay if she keeps their house. The mirror gives Snow White away as still being alive. The queen goes out in disguise to try and trick snow white. The queen ...