Cinderella

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.

The Princess and the Frog

In a distant kingdom lived a king with three lovely daughters in a magnificent castle. The youngest princess loved to live a simple life, enjoying the beauty of Mother Nature. However, she had a golden ball in her possession which was her favourite. She would play with it to pass her time.

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Behind the castle, there is an abandoned well. No one goes there. The princess however loves to play there as she would be alone. One day, she was playing with her golden ball near the well. But it slipped and fell inside the well. The princess started crying. She had lost her favourite ball. Just then …

“I can help you get the ball.” Said a voice.

“Who was that?”, wondered the princess.

“Over here”, said the voice. When the princess looked down, she saw a frog!

“How will you get the ball? You are a frog?” exclaimed the astonished princess.

The frog then said that he would get the ball back, only if the princess would take care of him, let him eat from her plate and sleep on her bed. The princess readily agreed, for she wanted the ball. Within a moment, the frog dived in the well, and was back with ball in his mouth. Without even thanking him, the princess ran away to the castle.

That evening, when the princess was having dinner with her family, the princess heard a scratching noise from the door. When she opened it, she found the frog.

“Oh no!” muttered the princess.

“Well princess, you forgot your promise and I am here to remind you of it .” said the frog.

The king was puzzled and asked for an explanation. The princess narrated the entire incident.

“Well dear, a promise can never be broken, so you will have to take care of your friend.” said the king.

The princess unwillingly agreed and fed the frog all evening. In the process, she lost her appetite. She got off from the table and went straight into her room, where she quickly undressed and got ready for bed. However, the frog was already on her bed.

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“Get off the bed!” screamed the princess.

“Well, there is one way you could get rid of me” said the frog. “If you give me a kiss on my lips, I shall never disturb you again.”

“Disgusting,” thought the princess. However, she wanted to get rid of the frog so badly, she closed her eyes and quickly kissed the frog’s slimy lips.

Just that instant, there was a blinding flash in her room and in place of the frog stood a handsome young prince. He explained that a wicked witch had cast a spell on him and turned him into a frog and the only way the spell could be broken was the kiss of a young princess.

So the princess and the prince married and lived happily ever after.

The End.

Rewritten by my daughter

Harshini Anandakumar

Dot – The Little Princess

Once upon a time in an anthill lived a princess named Dot. Her sister Pink was the queen of the anthill. She was a good queen but worried a lot. Even though she tried not to, but the circumstance at the anthill made her worry a lot.

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There were big, mean grasshoppers, who would come to collect most of the grain they harvested every year leaving nothing for them to eat.

Dot had a friend name Flik. He was an inventor. He once made a telescope with water and a rolled up leaf.

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One day as the grasshoppers came, everyone ran inside the anthill. Flick was left outside. He accidently knocked over the entire offering of grain into the river. The grasshoppers were very angry. But the ants sent them away by telling they would give more grain next time.

Flik felt bad and hence went to find warrior bugs to protect the anthill. But he accidentally brought circus bugs. So, he made everyone make a bird with leaves and twigs. They thought they could scare the grasshoppers away and it worked. But suddenly the wind was strong and it blew the leaves away. The grasshoppers were very angry.

One of the circus bugs brought a real bird to scare the grasshoppers away. The anthill did not face any problems ever since.

The End.

Rewritten by my daughter

Ishanvi Anandakumar