Cinderella (1)

 

Once there was a kind gentleman who lost his wife . After years of raising his only beloved daughter alone, he decided to remarry . His new wife had two bossy and proud daughters of her own . They gave her the meanest work ....

Cinderella (1)

Once there was a kind gentleman who lost his wife . After years of raising his only beloved daughter alone, he decided to remarry . His new wife had two bossy and proud daughters of her own . They gave her the meanest work of the house and the coldest room to sleep in.

The man’s daughter worked and worked and the mean step sisters called her Cinderella. The kind sister Cinderella did as she was told for she had no other choice. Until one day the king’s son, the prince , decided to throw a fancy ball and invited every lady of the land to come.

Off in the distance a magical woman appeared. It was Cinderella’s fairy god-mother. “What on earth is the matter, dear one?” the fairy god mother asked . “I wish I could...“ Cinderella was not able to speak from all the tears and sobbing. “Oh, you wish you could go to the ball. Is that so?” asked the god-mother . “Yes!” cried Cinderella with a great sigh.

Cinderella was ready for the ball and climbed into the carriage. Before she left, the godmother had one more thing to say , “Do not stay at the ball too long. If you wait to come back until after midnight, all of the beautiful things will return as they were before, and you will be left at the ball in all your old rags.” Cinderella promised her godmother she would return before midnight and she headed quickly to the palace.

The king’s son was told that a great princess, that no one knew, had arrived and he ran out to meet her. He gave her his hand and he led her into the hall . A silence came over the crowd as they entered. The king himself could not believe how beautiful she was! The prince asked for the first dance to be with her and she gladly accepted... (To Be Continued)