THE CHARMING CINDERELLA
CINDERELLA'S STORY
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 and 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.
THE CHARMING CINDERELLA
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