The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces / Die zertanzten Schuhe (Bilingual Edition: English - German / Zweisprachige Ausgabe: Englisch - Deutsch)

This edition contains the English translation and the original text in German. "The Twelve Dancing Princesses " (or "The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes " or "The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces ") is a German fairy tale originally published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 in "Kinder- und Hausm & auml;rchen " as tale number 133. Its closest analogue is the Scottish "Kate Crackernuts ", where it is a prince who is obliged to dance every night. Charles Deulin collected another, French version in his "Contes du Roi Cambinus " (1874), which he credited to the Grimm version. Alexander Afanasyev collected a Russian variant, "The Secret Ball ", in "Narodnye russkie skazki ". "Die zertanzten Schuhe " ist ein M & auml;rchen (ATU 306). Es steht in den Kinder- und Hausm & auml;rchen der Br & uuml;der Grimm an Stelle 133 (KHM 133).