Why Iron Heinrich Is My Favorite Fairytale

When people ask me what my favorite fairytale is, I
usually tell them my second favorite. Mostly because it’s easier to simply say “Sleeping
Beauty” than to explain the Iron Heinrich part of The Frog Prince.


In the version that includes Heinrich (so many leave him
out), Heinrich is so distraught over his prince’s enchantment that he binds his
chest with three iron bands to keep his heart