A Noble Pursuit Traditional Cache
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The first in our series of Book Lover Caches.
Cinderella is a popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward. Thousands of variations are known throughout Europe.
The ancient Greco-Egyptian version of Cinderella, where her name is Rhodopis, is considered the oldest version of the story. The tale was first recorded by the Greek historian Strabo in the first century BC. Rhodopis washes her clothes in an Egyptian stream, a task forced upon her by fellow servants, who have left to go to a function sponsored by the Pharaoh. A bird takes her rose-gilded slipper and drops it into Pharaoh's lap; he then asks the women of his kingdom to try on the slipper to see which one fits.
There is also Ye Xian, a tale of medieval China. In it, the title character befriends a talking fish named Gold-Eyes, who is the reincarnation of Ye Xian's mom...a fish who is tricked and killed by Ye Xian's cruel stepmother and ugly stepsister. They eat Gold-Eyes for dinner after sending Ye Xian on an errand across the forest, then show her the fish's bones when she returns. The stepmother wants her natural daughter to marry the kind and handsome Prince of China, who (predictably) falls in love with Ye Xian instead. The prince finds a golden slipper that is intriguingly small, and he traces it to Ye Xian, in spite of relatives' attempts to try on the slipper.
Another early story of the Cinderella type came from Japan, involving Chujo-hime, who runs away from her evil stepmother with the help of Buddhist nuns, and she joins their convent.
The most popular version of Cinderella was written by the French author Charles Perrault in 1697, based on an earlier literary fairy tale by Giambattista Basile (in 1634). Another well-known version in which the girl is called Aschenputtel was recorded by the German Brothers Grimm in the 19th century.
There are Cinderella-type stories in every culture. Variations of this fairy tale are especially fun to read with children to see if they can spot the differences and similarities between the stories.
Like Prince Charming searching for the owner of the glass slipper, you might find this cache in an unexpected location.
FTF goes to BadLab, congratulation's.
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Pvaqreryyn vf n jbaqreshy GNVY.