Observations on Cinderella

Elly May is kind of like our maid of all work around here. Not that we are cracking the whip over her or anything. She does it all of her own accord (for which we are all INCREDIBLY grateful for... the house would probably fall down around our ears if it weren't for her..) .. I mean, she gets bored and scrubs the kitchen floor... or begs to flip a compost pile.. that is just the kind of treasure she is. Anyway, she had some observations the other day, about the real Cinderella. That fair maid is always portrayed as a delicate, petite, tiny , willowy maiden. If she really was a maid of the cinders... doing all the grunt work, all the floor scrubbing and schlepping stuff around (wood for fires, buckets of dirty water, kettles, pots etc. etc.) , that girl would have had some very good arms and been quite strong. I mean, have you seen pictures of those maids-of-all-work? They were ripped. None of these delicate wispy arms for them. No, they looked like they could bench press 200lbs. I really think Cinderella would have had some trouble with the sleeve bands on her dress. Of course, since she had a custom seamstress of a fairy godmother, I guess she could have remedied that problem.. or maybe it was sleeveless.. who knows.

Anyway, REAL Cinderellas , should have big arms ... if they are real anyway. I'm not sure about the tiny feet either.