12 Dancing Princesses | Bedtime Stories for Kids

“The Twelve Dancing Princesses“ (or “The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes“ or “The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces“) (German: Die Zwölf Tanzen Prinzessinnen in German) is a German fairy tale bedtime story originally published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 in Kinder- und Hausmärchen as tale number 133. Its closest analogue is the Scottish Kate Crackernuts, where it is a prince who is obliged to dance every night. PLOT: Twelve princesses, each more beautiful than the last, sleep in twelve beds in the same room. Ever