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1628–1703 France
Charles Perrault (12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was an author of fairy tales. His collection Contes de ma mere l'Oye (Tales of Mother Goose) appeared in 1697 and was translated into English by Robert Sambert in 1727.
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But the blood always remained, for the key was enchanted.
When she had done her work, she would go over to the chimney corner, and sit among the cinders.
Her godmother, who was a fairy, said to her, "You want to go to the ball, don't you?"
"Haven't you heard that this house belongs to an ogre who eats little children?"
Go into the garden and get me a pumpkin.
She then gave her a pair of slippers made of glass, the prettiest in the world.
"Fetch me my seven-league boots so I can catch the children."
The king was astonished at the vast amount of property owned by the Marquis of Carabas.
These were all the women whom Bluebeard had married, and whose throats he had cut one after the other.
"Anne, my sister Anne, do you see nothing coming?"
Charm is the true gift of the Fairies.
"...Open anything you want. Go anywhere you wish. But I absolutely forbid you to enter that little room, and if you open it so much as a crack, nothing will protect you from my wrath."
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