Cinderella
Once upon a time, in the countryside, there
lived a man who had a pretty wife and a beautiful daughter. However, due to
unavoidable circumstances his wife died, and to support his daughter, he married
again. His second wife, lady Tremaine had two daughters – Anastasia and
Drizella. All of them were cruel to their step sister. The made her a serveant
to her own home and came to call her Cinderella.
Cinderella would wash dishes, scrub floors and
clean the fireplace while Lady Tremaine and her daughters would live a lavish
life. Due to this, Cinderella came to call her step sisters as ugly sisters.
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Once, the King and Queen had arranged a royal
ball to find the prefect bride for the price. Invitations were out and all the
women and young girls of the countryside were invited. When the ugly sisters
got the invitation, their happiness had no bounds. But when Cinderella offered
to join, Lady Tremaine and sisters refused and instead asked her to scrub the
floors.
Cinderella was heartbroken, she began to cry.
Just then, Cinderalla felt golden light fall on her. When she looked up, she
saw a beautiful woman standing in front of her. She introduced herself as the
fairy god mother.
“Why are you crying, Cinderella?” she asked
“I wanted to go to the ball, but my step sisters
didn’t want me to.” Cinderella replied, sobbing.
“You shall go to the ball” assured the fairy god
mother. She asked Cinderella to get a big pumpkin, two mice and a big rat. With
a wave of wand, the fairy godmother changed the pumpkin to a coach, the mice
into horses and the rat into a coach man. She then changed Cinderella’s ragged
dress into a ball gown and her shoes into beautiful glass slippers.
“Now Cinderealla, you may enjoy yourself. But remember,
this magic will wear off at the stroke of midnight.” With this the fairy god
mother disappeared. Cinderella got in the coach whisked away to the ball.
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Everyone stared as Cinderella reached the
ballroom. No one, including the Prince, has seen sucha beauty before.
Meanwhile, the stepsisters hearts were full of jealousy as they had always
wanted to be the beautiful ones. On seeing Cinderella, the Prince offered a
waltz and they danced their way throughout the evening. Cinderella forgot about
the godmother’s warning.
Suddenly, when Cinderella saw the clock, it was
almost midnight! She tore away from the Prince’s hold and ran away from the
ball. In a hurry, she tripped over castle steps and left behind her glass
slipper.
The Prince too, had no clue as to why such a
lovely and beautiful girl would have to run away suddenly. He ordered a search
in the entire castle. In this search, he found the golden slipper. The Prince
announced that he would visit every house in the land, until he found the girl
whose foot fit the slipper. He would then marry that girl.
The following morning, the announcement was
made. The step sisters were extremely excited that the prince was coming. They
put on their best clothes, but asked Cinderella to scrub the dishes.
When the Prince arrived, both the sisters tried
on the glass slipper, but in vain. Neither of their feet would fit. They were
too big. Meanwhile Cinderella was done scrubbing the dishes. She was a silent
spectator. When the Prince offered the slippers to Cinderella should try her
luck at the slipper.
Voila! The slipper fitted ! Cinderella was the
lucky girl who would marry the Prince. The prince and Cinderella got married
and lived happily forever after.
The End.
Rewritten by my daughter
Harshini Anandakumar.
