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** "[[Prince Charming]], is it? Why don't you have a seat over there..."
** It gets better. The ending of one variant of the tale is the princess being so pissed off when she realizes what's happened to her that she ''eats the babies''.
* Notably, [[The Brothers Grimm (Creatorcreator)|The Brothers Grimm]] made many of their fairy tales less scary than their original versions.
** Partly because of complaints that their first edition was not suitable for children. They had, after all, titled it ''Household and Children's Tales''. They chiefly cut down the sex and converted evil mothers to wicked stepmothers. Later writers toned down the violence.
*** This troper has a third or fourth edition of Grimm's Tales from the 1800's. They specifically state in the introduction that they have entirely left out some stories they thought would be TOO objectionable to English speaking audiences.