The Fairies | based on the tale by Charles Perrault
A widow lives with her two daughters, one of whom is as disagreeable and unattractive as the other is sweet-natured and beautiful. The sweet daughter is fetching water from a nearby spring when a poor woman approaches her and asks for a jug of water. The kind girl readily assists. The woman then reveals that she is a fairy in disguise, and bestows upon the girl a strange and marvelous gift: each time she speaks, flowers and gems will fall from her lips.
The girl’s mother is thrilled by the valuable present. She sends Fanchon, her mean daughter, to the spring so that she will receive the same reward. This time, however, the fairy disguises herself as a magnificently dressed lady, and Fanchon denies the woman’s request for water. The fairy curses Fanchon so that each time she speaks, snakes and toads fall from her mouth.
When Fanchon returns home, her sister is blamed for her curse. The kind girl runs into the forest, where she meets a prince who wants to marry her. Fanchon is driven from the house by her mother, and she eventually dies in the forest.