Toads and Diamonds

Toads & Diamonds is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault that was originally titled 'The Fairies.' It tells the story of a grumpy widow and her two daughters. The older daughter Elspeth is also bad-tempered and arrogant, and because she is so much like her mother, she is the favoured daughter. Rose, the youngest daughter, was kind and beautiful much like her late father, and as a result, was mistreated by her mother.