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by emblaegh 717 days ago
These fairy tales don't actually have an "original" version. Most of them were folk tales being told and retold for generations before being put to paper, and lots of details would change from time to time and place to place [1]. Disneyfying is just one more step in this process.

[1] Chapter 1 of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Cat_Massacre