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By Courtney Bowering & Allyson Crane

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Long ago, in a land far away, there live a beautiful young girl. 

She was very sad. Her mother had died and her father had 

married again. His new wife had two ugly daughters, Esmerelda 

and Griselda. 

Soon after, her father also died and life immediately changed for 

the girl. "You will be our servant we say." "You must sleep in the 

kitchers. by the fire," said the stepsisters. 

After tending the fire, and cooking and cleaning, the girl's clothes 

were very dirty. She was called to clear away dishes. 

"There are cinders all over your cloths!" exclaimed the 

stepmother. "Cinders for Cinderella. That's your new name. Clear 

these things away, Cinderella." "Cinderella! Cinderela!" sang 

Esmerelda and Griselda. "Oh, how clever you are, Mama!" 

Cinderella had to work very hard, as all the other servants were dismissed. 

One day, an invitation arrived from the palace.

 "Girls, listen to this," Said the stepmother. Cinderella was sering the 

breakfast. She listened as her stepmother read the invitation. "The King is 

having a ball," she said, excitedly. "He is looking for a wife for the Prince! 

Oh, my dears, this is wonderful. He will probably choose one of you, but it 

wlil be such a hard choice to make."

"Am I invited too, stepmother?" asked Cinderella.

"You! Certainly not!" exclaimed her stepmother. "The thought of such a 

thing. A scruffy servant going to a ball, when only beautiful ladies are 

invited!" 

"Hah! Hah!" laughed the stepsisters. "Beautiful! That doesn't include you, 

Cinderella!"

"You may help my two lovely girls to get ready," said her stepmother.

"Oh," said Cinderella, sadly.

"We shall all have new dresses, girls, and we shall go shopping today. 

Clear away these things, Cinderella."

"Oh, I wish I could go to the call," thought Cinderella.

The day of the ball arrived and the whole day was spent 

preparing Esmerelda and Griselda. Cinderella did her 

best to make the sisters look pretty, but it was an 

impossible task.

Finally, the coach arrived to collect the girls and their 

mother.

Cinderella was very tried and she wandered back to the 

kitchens. "Oh, I did so want to go," she sighed, as she 

sat down by the fire.

 "Whats to stop you?" asked a voice. 

 "Who's that?" asked Cinderella, looking around.

 "I'm here by the door." A strange woman walked up to 

Cinderella. "I heard you the other day, wishing you could go 

to the ball. Well, the ball is this evening, and you're going."

 "But how?" asked Cinderella. "What can you do?"

  "Anything I want to," said the woman. "I'm your fairy 

godmother, and I'm here to send you to the ball." She sat 

down. "Come now," she said. "Dry those tears. We have 

work to do. I need a large pumpkin, two rats, two mice and 

a frog. Can you find these?"

 "Yes," said Cinderella, mystified by the request. "Off you go, 

then."

When Cinderella found all the things, her fairy 

godmother took them all outside. "Now for the magic," 

she said. She waved her hands and the sir began to 

twinkle and sparkle. 

 The pumpkin began to gown and change, until standing 

there was a glittering coach. The mice changed into two 

fine footmen, the frog into the driver, and the rats into 

two beautiful, dappled horses to pull the coach.

Cinderella clapped her hands. "It's beautiful!" she cried.

  "In you get," said her fairy godmother.

  "but I can't go like this," said Cinderella. 

"Like what?" asked the fairy godmother. "You look lovely to me."

Cinderella looked at herself. While the magic had been working on 

the pumpkin, it had also been working on her. Instead of her 

ragged dress she wore a beautiful ball gown, with glass slippers on 

her feet.

"Oh fairy godmother," said Cinderella. "It's lovely. How can I think 

you?" 

"By going to the ball," said the fairy godmother. "Off you go, but 

remember, the magic stops working at midnight. Everything will 

change back then. Now go and enjoy yourself."

 "Goodbye, fairy godmother," called Cinderella, as the coach swept 

off. 

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