Grimms' Fairy Tales 1.12 · 1.12

«Everything that I have in the world» é o exagero sincero do desespero — a criança que promete o impossível para desfazer uma perda. A promessa vasta prepara a ironia do que vem: quem a ouve não pedirá nem roupas nem joias, mas algo que a princesa jamais pensou em oferecer. Nos Grimm, as promessas ditas fácil demais sempre voltam para cobrar.

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