Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl named
Cinderella. She lived with her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. They
treated Cinderella very badly. One day, they were invited for a grand ball in
the king’s palace. But Cinderella’s stepmother would not let her go. Cinderella
was made to sew new party gowns for her stepmother and stepsisters, and curl
their hair. They then went to the ball, leaving Cinderella alone at home.
Cinderella felt very sad and began to cry. Suddenly, a
fairy godmother appeared and said, “Don’t cry, Cinderella! I will send you to
the ball!” But Cinderella was sad. She said, “I don’t have a gown to wear for
the ball!” The fairy godmother waved her magic wand and changed Cinderella’s
old clothes into a beautiful new gown! The fairy godmother then touched
Cinderella’s feet with the magic wand. And lo! She had beautiful glass
slippers! “How will I go to the grand ball?” asked Cinderella. The fairy
godmother found six mice playing near a pumpkin, in the kitchen. She touched
them with her magic wand and the mice became four shiny black horses and two
coachmen and the pumpkin turned into a golden coach. Cinderella was overjoyed
and set off for the ball in the coach drawn by the six black horses. Before
leaving. the fairy godmother said, “Cinderella, this magic will only last until
midnight! You must reach home by then!”
When Cinderella entered the palace, everybody was struck
by her beauty. Nobody, not even Cinderella’s stepmother or stepsisters, knew
who she really was in her pretty clothes and shoes. The handsome prince also
saw her and fell in love with Cinderella. He went to her and asked, “Do you
want to dance?” And Cinderella said, “Yes!” The prince danced with her all
night and nobody recognized the beautiful dancer. Cinderella was so happy
dancing with the prince that she almost forgot what the fairy godmother had
said. At the last moment, Cinderella remembered her fairy godmother’s words and
she rushed to go home. “Oh! I must go!” she cried and ran out of the palace.
One of her glass slippers came off but Cinderella did not turn back for it. She
reached home just as the clock struck twelve. Her coach turned back into a
pumpkin, the horses into mice and her fine ball gown into rags. Her stepmother
and stepsisters reached home shortly after that. They were talking about the
beautiful lady who had been dancing with the prince.
The prince had fallen in love with Cinderella and wanted
to find out who the beautiful girl was, but he did not even know her name. He
found the glass slipper that had come off Cinderella’s foot as she ran home.
The prince said, “I will find her. The lady whose foot fits this slipper will
be the one I marry!” The next day, the prince and his servants took the glass
slipper and went to all the houses in the kingdom. They wanted to find the lady
whose feet would fit in the slipper. All the women in the kingdom tried the
slipper but it would not fit any of them. Cinderella’s stepsisters also tried
on the little glass slipper. They tried to squeeze their feet and push hard
into the slipper, but the servant was afraid the slipper would break.
Cinderella’s stepmother would not let her try the slipper on, but the prince
saw her and said, “Let her also try on the slipper!” The slipper fit her
perfectly. The prince recognized her from the ball. He married Cinderella and
together they lived happily ever after.
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