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ry tales are very similar. Both Egypt and Iceland have Cinderella stories, for example. There are also very similar stories in China, in England, in Korea, in Siberia, in France, and in many other countries. Experts now believe that there may be about a thousand versions of the Cinderella story. In recent times Why in the past did people pass on stories orally and not in written form? Why do you think that in the past people did not study fairy tales in a serious way? In the 19th century, why didn’ t people in Europe know about the traditional stories of other cultures? Why do you think the same type of story exists in many different countries around the world? Which Chinese stories do you know that are similar to stories from other parts of the world? (2) Questions: (4) Match. ? Although people knew the stories well, ? Even though Basile published his stories first, ? It wasn39。t until quite recently that we realized that ? People still enjoy the stories ? Since people could not travel so much, ? As Egypt and Iceland are so different, Perrault’ s stories are more wellknown.