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Show ORIGIN OF OUR FAIRY TALES Bluebeard and Cinderella Are Translations Trans-lations From French "Babes In Wood" Is English. Somo of tho most popular of the , fairy tales told us In childhood j "Bluoboard" and "Cliidorolln," for in-1 stance aro translations from tho French. "Puss In Boots" came from , Italy. "Jack and tho Beanstalk" Is ticrmnn. "Jack tho Giant Klllor originated orig-inated with tho old Norweglr.it sagos, whllo "Aladdin" and "Slndbad" enmo from tho "Arabian Nights." "The Babes In tho Wood," however, Is n puroly Kngltsh story, being In fnct, n popular porvcrslon of tho murder mur-der of tho young princes In tho tower. "Llttlo Bed Riding Hood," too, 1b English, Eng-lish, though Its exact origin Is uncertain. |