Aschenputtel

= __**Aschenputtel** __ = =There was a young girl whose mother was vey sick. As she lay in the bed she called for her daughter and told her that she must be pious and God will always take care of her and then she died. Her father then got remarried and his new wife had two daughters, who were beautiful on the outside but ugly on the inside. Her stepsisters made her a kitchen maid, took all her clothes, and gave her a gray kirtle so they didn’t have to eat with her. They callled her Cinderella because she was always dirty. Her father goes to a fair and asked the three daughters what they wanted him to bring back. The stepsisters said fine clothes and jewelery. Cinderella wanted the first twig that strikes his hat. He brings home all the gifts. Cinderella takes the twig and plants it near her mother's grave and cries over it. Then it grew into a beautiful tree. She went to it three times a day and wept and prayed over it and each time a beautiul white bird came and granted all her wishes.= =The king declared that there would be a festival held for three days to find a bride for his prince. She asked her stepmother if she could go but she said that she must clean all the lentils in the ashes in two hours and she would be able to go. She called out to the birds and said “O gentle doves, O turtle-doves, And all the birds that be, The lentils that in ashes lie come and pick up for me. The good must be put in a dish. The bad you may eat if you wish.” All the birds under heaven came and they picked and they pecked until all the good lentils were in a dish. They had finished before the hour was done. When she showed her stepmother her dish she said “No Cinderella you have no proper clothes and you don’t know how to dance, you will get laughed at. But if you can pick up two dishes of lentils, nice and clean you can go with us.” She called out to the birds again and said “O gentle doves, O turtle-doves, And all the birds that be, The lentils that in ashes lie come and pick up for me.” “The good must be put in a dish. The bad you may eat if you wish.” All the birds under heaven came and they picked and they pecked until all the good lentils were in a dish. They had finished within half an hour. When she showed her stepmother she said “All this is no good for you; you cannot come with us for you have no proper clothes, and cannot dance; you will putt us to shame.” She then turned her back and left with her two daughters. Then Cinderella went to her mother’s grave and cried “Little tree, little tree; Shake over me that silver and gold may come down and cover me.” Then a bird threw down a dress of gold and silver and a pair of slippers embroidered with silk and silver. She quickly put on the clothes and went to the festival. The king’s son came to meet her took her by the hand and danced with her. He refused to standup with anyone else and so that he might not be obligated to let go of her hand and when anyone came to claim it he answered “She is my partner.” When the evening she wanted to go home but the prince said he would go with her to take care of her for he wanted to see where she lived. But she escaped and jumped to the pigeon house. The prince waited till the father came home, and told him the strange girl jumped in the pigeon house. The father thought to himself “It cannot surely be Cinderella” and called for axes and hatchets and pigeon house cut down. But their was nobody in it. When they entered the house Cinderella was sitting in her dirty clothes among the cinders. For Cinderella had been very quick and had jumped out of the pigeon house and ran in the hazel bush, where she had taken off her beautiful hazel dress and laid it the grave, and the bird had carried it away again. She put on her little gray kertile and sat down in the kitchen among the cinders.= =The next day the festival stared again and Cinderella went to her mother’s grave and cried “Little tree, little tree; Shake over me that silver and gold may come down and cover me.” Then a bird threw down a still more splendid dress than the one before hand. The king’s son came to meet her took her by the hand and danced with her. When anyone came to claim it he answered “She is my partner.” When the evening she wanted to go home but the prince said he would go with her to take care of her for he wanted to see where she lived. But she escaped and jumped into a pear tree in the back yard. The prince waited till the father came home, and told him the strange girl jumped in the pear tree. The father thought to himself “It cannot surely be Cinderella” and called for axes to cut down the tree. But there was nobody in it. When they entered the house Cinderella was sitting in her dirty clothes among the cinders. For Cinderella had been very quick and had jumped out of the pigeon house and ran in the hazel bush, where she had taken off her beautiful dress and laid it on the grave, and the bird had carried it away again. She put on her little gray kirtle and sat down in the kitchen among the cinders. = =On the third day she went to her mother’s grave and again cried and said “Little tree, little tree, shake over me, That silver and gold may come down and cover me.” Then the bird gave her a dress, the like of which had never been seen for splendor and brilliancy, and slippers that were made of gold. The prince danced with her again and if any asked to dance with her he said “She is my partner.” When evening came Cinderella wanted to go home, the prince went with her and again she escaped him. However, this time the prince had a plan, all of the steps would be spread with pitch, so when she ran away her shoe came off and stuck there.The prince picked it up and saw it was gold and very small.= =He went to Cinderella’s father to have all of his daughters try on the slipper. The eldest went up to her room to try on the shoe with her mother, but the shoe would not go on. The mother handed her a knife and told her to cut of her big toe. She did and then finally her foot fit in the slipper. Then she and the prince rode off on a horse. When they rode by the mother’s grave two pigeons cried “There they go, there they go! There is blood on her shoe; The shoe is too small, Not the right bride at all!” Then the prince looked down and saw the blood on the shoe. He turned around and went back to the house. It was now the second stepsister’s turn to try on the shoe. She got all of her toes in the shoe; however, her heel was too big. The mother handed her the knife and told her to cut off part of her heel. She did and now her foot fit in the slipper. Then she rode off with the prince, but, they rode past the grave again, and again the birds cried out “There they go, there they go! There is blood on her shoe; The shoe is too small, Not the right bride at all!” Then the prince looked down and saw the blood on her shoe.= =He took her back and said “This is not the right one, have you no other daughter?” The father answered “No, only my dead wife left behind her a little stunted Cinderella; it is impossible that she can be the bride.” But the prince ordered for her to come forward and tryon the slipper. But the mother said “Oh no! she is much too dirty, I could not let her be seen.”. After she washed her face and hands she was brought to try on the slipper. She put her foot in and it fit perfectly. The prince stood up and cried “This is the right bride!” The stepmother and stepsisters were shocked and became pale with anger, but he put Cinderella on his horse and rode away. As they passed the grave the two birds sang “There they go, there they go! No blood on her shoe; The shoe’s not too small, The right bride after all.” After they had said this they flew to Cinderella and perched on both of her shoulders where they remained.= =On the day of the wedding the two stepsisters came hoping to be forgiven by Cinderella and take part in the activities. As the Cinderella was walking down the aisle the eldest sister was on her right and the younger on her left, the white birds picked out an eye from each. And as they were walking back the two white birds pick out their remaining eye. So they were to be blind for the rest of their lives because of the way they had treated Cinderella.=

=**__Notes__** =
 * The name of the heroine is Cinderella
 * The stepmother and stepsisters are the wicked characters in the story
 * CInderella's goodness in the story is rewarded because at the end the Prince finally figured out that she was his true love, and they got married
 * The plot is that she is treated badly by her stepmother and stepsisters. She then sneaks ot of the house where she meets a prince who instantly falls in love with her. Then he finds her again and they get married and they live happily ever after.
 * The theme is that if you are good to people good things will happen to you. If you are bad, evil, or mean to people bad things will happen to you.
 * Aschenputtel is written by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm a.k.a The Brothers Grimm

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 * The capital of Germany is Berlin, it is also it's largest city
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 * Their currency is a EuroHas a temperate seasonal climate
 * Common animals here are deer, fox, wild boar, mouflon, badger, hare, and a small number of beavers
 * Common trees are beeches, oaks, spruce, fir, and pine
 * Christianity is their largest religion

= __Apple Kuchen __ ﻿ = = Ingredients =
 * ===== 1 package of yellow cake mix =====
 * =====1/4 cup of margarine(butter),softened =====
 * =====1/2 cup of flaked coconut =====
 * =====4 large Granny Smith apples =====
 * =====1/2 cup of white sugar =====
 * =====<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon =====
 * =====<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">1 cup of sour cream =====
 * =====<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">1 egg =====

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Directions

 * 1) =====<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. =====
 * 2) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Greese and flour 9x13 inch pan.
 * 3) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Peel, core, and cut the apples into 8 wedges each. Set aside.
 * 4) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">In a medium bowl combine the cake mix, coconut, and margarine until crumbly.
 * 5) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">PAt mixture lightly into prepared pan, building up the edges slightly to form a crust.
 * 6) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Arrange the apple wedges on top.
 * 7) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Mix the cinnamon and sugar together and sprinkle over the top of the applesand cake mixture.
 * 8) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">In a small bowl whisk together the sour cream and egg and drizzle over the top of the cake.
 * 9) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">Bake in the oven for 35 minutes or until the edges of the cake are golden and the apples are tender.
 * 10) <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 200%;">ENJOY!

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