Inktober 2025 no.15 - “Ragged” 🫏
While this fairytale goes by many different names and retellings: Donkeyskin, Doralice, All Kinds of Fur, The She-Bear etc; they all follow a similar, harrowing story…
Once upon a time, there lived a king, his queen, and their princess. One day, the queen grew ill, and on her deathbed, has her husband promise to only marry a woman as beautiful as she was. After much searching, the king concluded there was only one girl whose beauty measured-up to his late queen… The princess - his own daughter. The princess had a large, ragged cloak made from the skin of her father’s prized, enchanted donkey. Using it to disguise herself and escape her father’s kingdom. Eventually, she met and fell in love with a handsome young prince who could see her true beauty underneath the Donkeyskin cloak. They were wed and lived happily ever after.
The other versions of this story don’t get much tamer.












