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    Grubby Maids and Glass Slippers: An Opinionated Essay on Cinderella From a Disgruntled Narrator: Snarktales From Fairyland, #1
    Grubby Maids and Glass Slippers: An Opinionated Essay on Cinderella From a Disgruntled Narrator: Snarktales From Fairyland, #1
    Grubby Maids and Glass Slippers: An Opinionated Essay on Cinderella From a Disgruntled Narrator: Snarktales From Fairyland, #1
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    Grubby Maids and Glass Slippers: An Opinionated Essay on Cinderella From a Disgruntled Narrator: Snarktales From Fairyland, #1

    By Kilmeny Reade

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    One Folklorist Has Had It and He's Letting Fairyland Have It...

    ...Does Cinderella ever strike you as a slightly dull Goody Goody?
    ...Do you ever suspect she is Not Exactly The Sharpest Knife In the Drawer while retelling the tale to your children?
    ...Have you ever thought that perhaps the fairy godmother would have been more help with the housework than with Finding a Prince Charming?

    You are not alone.

    The Snarky Narrator feels the same way.

    And he (unless, perhaps he's a she) is putting that frustration on paper, in a series of witty essays. Take a look at this tale of Cinderella and see if you don't agree!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeslie Marie Dawson
    Release dateSep 12, 2018
    ISBN9781386316886
    Grubby Maids and Glass Slippers: An Opinionated Essay on Cinderella From a Disgruntled Narrator: Snarktales From Fairyland, #1
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    Kilmeny Reade

    KILMENY READE is an artist and a writer from the Ozark Mountains. She loves books, nature, family, chocolate, and unicorns (especially all together). Her main goal in life is to spend more time with her family, getting out in the woods as much as possible, and tell as many stories and create as much art as she can. You can find out more about her at www.kilmenyreade.wordpress.com

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      Grubby Maids and Glass Slippers - Kilmeny Reade

      A Word of Warning

      How these notes came to be written is uncertain, and little is known of this mysterious folklorist, historian and essayist who calls him (or possibly her)self The Snarky Narrator. It is suspected he (or mayhap, she) lived in the nineteenth century and was fond of sending his sarcastic missives to well known collectors and writers of fairy lore and folktales. Whether this was meant as heckling or simply an attempt to get into print will probably never be known.

      What is certain is that The Snarky Narrator was terribly fond of capitals and parenthesis, slathering them about carelessly, without regard for any of the rules for proper writing. For the sake of clarity, the editors attempted to clean it up a bit and finally gave the job up in complete despair (also we were running out of hair to pull out).

      In the end, chalk it up to preserving the voice of an ancient (if unknown) historian, and read at your own peril. We undertook the making of this collection merely in the cause of preserving history. You however, are under no obligation to continue reading.

      Enjoy now (if you dare), the Snarktales from a Disgruntled Narrator.

      Glass Slippers and Grubby Maids

      LONG AGO THERE lived a Young, Beauteous, and Virtuous Maiden named Ella, who was also of a Sweet and Innocent Disposition. This naturally being our Heroine, you shall not be surprised that she suffered a Great Heartache, in that her Loving Mother perished of a

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