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Cinderella

English title of the operas Cendrillon and Cenerentola. Also, a ballet by Sergey Prokofiev.



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Lustig, called an Aschenputtel, is translated as a "heap of ashes" though this is the German name for Cinderella.
In Grimm's version of Cinderella, Aschenputtel (the little ash girl), the stepsisters have their eyes pecked out by birds at the story's conclusion.
In Aschenputtel, the Grimm version of Cinderella, birds attack the evil stepsisters and bite out their eyes.
 
 
 
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