The Stepmother, Little Grace and the Fig Tree: Bahamian Fairytale, Folklore, Bedtime Story

Cinderella's, Hansel and Gretel's, and Snow White's stepmothers may have had a Bahamian descendant, and maybe this is her story. This story holds the probable reason those stepmothers were so unloving towards the daughters they inherited through marriage...the reason that darkened their hearts and had them all hating and hurting a sweet innocent child.

A one-hundred-year old Bahamian tale of the Pineapple Prince, a new bride, a fair daughter, and a fig tree - without enchantment or magic - repeats the truth that all good stories tell about a pure heart and prevailing.