story

I was reading something that really intrigued me, that is, the famous tale by the Brothers Grimm, the one in which the princess kisses a toad and sees it transform into a prince, seems to actually have very ancient roots and its origins date back to the dawn of time. It seems that for more than a thousand years, if not more than two thousand, tales similar to these have been told in the East to all the little girls and boys.
Isn't it a beautiful way of educating?
But what do we educate for?