Did Cinderalla really have a glass shoe?

@Dana5881 (609)
United States
April 11, 2007 3:25pm CST
I heard then in the translation of Cinderella into English the shoe that she loses at the ball is glass but that is not the real story. What do you believe?
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• United States
11 Apr 07
Of course, there is no "real" story, since all the versions are fiction, but, I think in the "original" story it was not a glass slipper, that was added by Disney. Also, in the original story one of the step-sisters cut off her toes to try and fit in the shoe. The old stories were a lot more gory and dark before the movies got ahold of them.
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@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
11 Apr 07
I think she wore a pair of Jimmy Choos in the original story, but man, where did she get the money?!
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• Philippines
12 Apr 07
I can see that you have already forgotten that she didn't buy the shoes, 4cuteboys. The pair of shoes she had, used to belong to her deceased mother. It was supposedly such an amazing pair of shoes and very expensive,too.
@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
12 Apr 07
Your right, I was only joking.. I have 4 boys, so we don't get to watch alot of Cinderella around here.. Sorry if you took offense to what I wrote..
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• Philippines
12 Apr 07
Oh, no. I was not offended at all. We are just having fun here communicating with each other. I just took the bait. That's what.
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@radante (365)
• Romania
11 Apr 07
if Cinderella have a glass shoe then she might be very soft. or an alien technology :)) bye
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• Philippines
12 Apr 07
Since the story is only pure fiction kind of stuff, I should say that within the context of the story, Cinderella really have a pair of glass shoes. We should not worry at all about this being true. Cinderella herself and everything therein, in this story, are all non existent. For the joy and fun of it, the story must be told as it is, as pure fiction. Then our imagination, as the story unfolds, make it all so true.
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@ironstruck (2298)
• Canada
15 Apr 07
Sorry to burst your bubble, but there was never a Cinderella. It was just a fairy tale made up to amuse children. However, in the fairy tale, she did indeed have a glass slipper.
@BarBaraPrz (47706)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15 Apr 07
No, Cinderella did not have GLASS slippers in the original tale. She most likely had FUR slippers... actually, VAIR slippers. Vair is one of the furs of heraldry, composed of bell-shaped pieces, arranged alternately in argent (silver) and azure (blue). Now, VAIR sounds like VERRE, the French word for glass... so you can see where the mistranslation comes in.