Grimm's "Bluebeard" Has a Clever Girl..Hurray!

In the Brothers Grimm version of bluebeard, entitled "Fitchers Bird," I was pleased to see that there was one woman clever enough to trick the Bluebeard character (the sorcerer) herself, rather than wait for someone to save her. The first two daughters that the sorcerer captured were not too bright and they were both killed. But the third and youngest daughter was smart and cunning and she stayed one step ahead of the sorcerer dude. She put the egg in a safe place so that it never got the blood on it. She also put her two sisters back together and they came back to life. We were asked to say if the fairytales ever collide with our own life. Well, I've never had any horrible experience like that before, but I am the youngest of three sisters so maybe that is why I think this last sister rocks! But seriously, I like the fact that the Grimm's tales often have women who show some initiative. The Cinderalla character in their version of that tale went out to the tree she had grown and wished for an outfit to wear to the ball on her own...no fairy godmother had to appear to help her. But back to the Bluebeard tale. The third sister then hid her two sisters in a basket of gold and made the sorcerer carry them back to their parents. She even told him that she would be watching him the whole way and he better not stop to rest. She definitely took control of the situation. She used her cunning once more at the end to trick the sorcerer and all his friends into the wedding feast, then locked them in and burned them all up. But perhaps the most clever thing she did was to disguise herself like a bird so that she could get by them without being noticed. She rolled in honey and feathers. This was an intriguing means of escape and I guess where this tale got its name "Fitchers Bird." The youngest sister really came up with many tricks very quickly. Bravo, Grimms!