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Overview
A thin, sick dog asks the expelled girl to clean and tend it, promising repayment. She picks it up and washes it. On her return from Sunday’s house she finds it healthy and handsome, wearing a collar of ducats which it gives her as thanks. Its reward is a particular transferred object, not an unexplained human transformation.
The stepsister later rejects the same plea. On returning she sees the gold collar and tries to remove it, but the dog bites off her fingers and refuses her touch. The narrative revisits the dog’s earlier sick state during the second journey without explaining whether this is a repeated trial or a chronological illness. Its speech and discriminating gift remain the supported extraordinary actions; it is not identified as a disguised prince, fairy or god.
Origins & earliest records
Roumanian Fairy Tales, collected by Mite Kremnitz, adapted and arranged by J. M. Percival (New York: Henry Holt, 1885), The Two Step-Sisters, pp. 130–138.
Records & interpretation
Complete selected English narrative through both chest openings and the final marriage. Preface assigns tale 14 to Creanga.
Selected bibliography
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Roumanian Fairy Tales: The Two Step-Sisters, pp. 130–138
Preface assigns tale 14 to Creanga in Convorbiri Literare. Complete English adaptation; Romanian original not collated.
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References
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- Primary historical English adaptationKremnitz/Percival 1885: The Two Step-SistersResearch access: 2026-10-05
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