Ever After1998

Grand Dame:
I find your collection of folk tales quite brilliant, actually.

Jacob Grimm:
Thank you.

Grand Dame:
But I must say, I was terribly disturbed when I read your version of the Little Cinder Girl.

Jacob Grimm:
Well, there are those who swear that Perrault's telling with its Fairy Godmother and um... [laughs] magic pumpkins would be closer to the truth.

Wilhelm Grimm:
Some claim the shoe was made of fur. Others insist it was glass. Well, I guess we'll never know.

[The Grand Dame silently orders her footman to bring her a box; Jacob Grimm notices a painting of a beautiful young woman]

Jacob Grimm:
Forgive me, Your Majesty, might I inquire about the painting? She's really quite, um... extraordinary.

Grand Dame:
Her name was Danielle de Barbarac. [reaches inside the box the footman has brought to her] And this was her glass slipper. [The Grimm Brothers look at each other in shock] Perhaps you will allow me to set the record straight.

Wilheim Grimm:
Then it's true, the story.

Grand Dame:
Yes, quite. Now then, what was that phrase you use? Oh, yes. Once upon a time, there lived a young girl who loved her father very much.