1 Next morning the king had the entire town searched for his daughter's shoe.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE BLUE LIGHT 2 But her great toe could not go into it, and the shoe was altogether much too small for her.
3 Then she went into the room and got her foot into the shoe, all but the heel, which was too large.
4 So the silly girl cut off her great toe, and thus squeezed on the shoe, and went to the king's son.
5 Then he looked down, and saw that the blood streamed so much from the shoe, that her white stockings were quite red.
6 Then she took her clumsy shoe off her left foot, and put on the golden slipper; and it fitted her as if it had been made for her.
7 They danced on till three o'clock in the morning, and then all their shoes were worn out, so that they were obliged to leave off.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES 8 In the morning after he had said his prayers, he sat himself down to his work; when, to his great wonder, there stood the shoes all ready made, upon the table.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER 9 But the king's son soon fell asleep; and when he awoke in the morning he found that the princesses had all been dancing, for the soles of their shoes were full of holes.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES 10 'Do what I bid you,' replied the soldier, and again this third night the princess was obliged to work like a servant, but before she went away, she hid her shoe under the bed.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE BLUE LIGHT 11 The same day a customer came in, and the shoes suited him so well that he willingly paid a price higher than usual for them; and the poor shoemaker, with the money, bought leather enough to make two pairs more.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER 12 There was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he had in the world was gone, save just leather enough to make one pair of shoes.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER 13 So twelve fairies came, each with a high red cap on her head, and red shoes with high heels on her feet, and a long white wand in her hand: and after the feast was over they gathered round in a ring and gave all their best gifts to the little princess.
14 The black manikin heard this plot, and at night when the soldier again ordered him to bring the princess, revealed it to him, and told him that he knew of no expedient to counteract this stratagem, and that if the shoe were found in the soldier's house it would go badly with him.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE BLUE LIGHT 15 Just as eleven of them had done blessing her, a great noise was heard in the courtyard, and word was brought that the thirteenth fairy was come, with a black cap on her head, and black shoes on her feet, and a broomstick in her hand: and presently up she came into the dining-hall.
16 They slept in twelve beds all in one room; and when they went to bed, the doors were shut and locked up; but every morning their shoes were found to be quite worn through as if they had been danced in all night; and yet nobody could find out how it happened, or where they had been.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES 17 In the morning the soldier said nothing about what had happened, but determined to see more of this strange adventure, and went again the second and third night; and every thing happened just as before; the princesses danced each time till their shoes were worn to pieces, and then returned home.
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