Cinderella

Once upon a time, in a far away kingdom, lived a girl named Cinderella. Cinderella was beautiful, kind, and smart. When Cinderella was very young, she had a happy life. Then, one day her mother died. Soon after, her father married an evil woman who had two daughters of her own.

            Her stepmother and stepsisters didn’t like cinderella at all. They treat cinderella as if she was a maid. Then, sadly, Cinderella’s father died too. Cinderella’s life become awful because her stepmother and her stepsisters make her a servant in her own house.

            One day the Prince invited all the young ladies in the country to a ball so he could choose a wife. As the two Stepsisters were invited, they gleefully planned their wardrobes. Although Cinderella assisted them and dreamed of going to the dance, the stepsisters laugh at her by saying a maid could never attend a ball. 

            As the sisters swept away to the ball, Cinderella cried in despair. And then, a Fairy God Mother magically appeared and vowed to assist Cinderella in attending the ball. She turned a pumpkin into a coach, mice into horses, a rat into a coachman, and lizards into footmen.

            Then, the fairy God mother said to cinderella “since you are so kind and so smart, I will make you as beautiful on the outside as you are on the inside” She then turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown, complete with a delicate pair of glass slippers. The Godmother told her to enjoy the ball, but return before midnight or the spells would be broken.

            When Cinderella arrived at the ball, everyone looked at her. She was the most beautiful woman in the castle. The prince thought Cinderella was beautiful too. And then The Prince and Cinderella danced all night long. Suddenly, Cinderella noticed that the clock was about to strike midnight.

            Then, Cinderella gathered up her skirts and ran out of the ball. As she ran she lost one of her slippers, but not for a moment did she dream of stopping to pick it up! What If the last stroke of midnight were about to sound... oh... what a disaster that would be! Out she fled and vanished into the night.

The Prince chased her, but Cinderella was gone. The Prince pocketed the slipper and vowed to find and marry the girl to whom it belonged. Meanwhile, Cinderella kept the other slipper, which had not disappeared when the spell had broken.

The Prince tried the slipper on all the women in the kingdom. When the Prince arrived at Cinderella's house, the Stepsisters tried in vain. When Cinderella asked if she might try, the Stepsisters taunted her. Naturally, the slipper fit perfectly, and Cinderella produced the other slipper for good measure. The Stepsisters begged for forgiveness, and Cinderella forgave them for their cruelties. Cinderella returned to the palace where she married the Prince and they live happily ever after.