CinderellaOnce upon a time, there was a beautiful girl named Cinderella. She lived with her wicked
ball in the king's palace. But Cinderella's stepmother would not let her go. Cinderella was made to
stepmother and two stepsisters. They treated her very badly. One day, they were invited for a grand
sew new party gowns for her stepmother and stepsisters, and curl their hair. They then went to the
ball, leaving Cinderella alone at home.
Cinderella felt very sad and began to cry. Suddenly, a fairy godmother appeared and said,
"Don't cry, Cinderella! I will send you to the ball!" But Cinderella was sad. She said, "I don't have a
gown for the ball" The fairy
godmother waved her magic wand and changed Cinderella's old clothes
into a beautiful new gown! The fairy godmother then touched Cinderella's feet with the magic wand.
And she had beautiful glass slippers. "How will I go to the grand ball?" asked Cinderella. The fairy
godmother found six mice playing near a pumpkin in the kitchen. She touched them with her magic
wand and the mice became four shiny black horses and two coachmen and the pumpkin turned into
a golden coach. Cinderella was overjoyed and set off for the ball in the coach drawn by the four black
horses, and driven by the two coachmen. Before leaving, the fairy godmother said, "Cinderella, this
magic will only last until midnight. You must reach home by then."
When Cinderella entered the palace, everybody was struck by her beauty. Nobody, not even
Cinderella's stepmother or stepsisters, knew who she really was in her pretty clothes and shoes. The
handsome prince also saw her and fell in love with Cinderella. He went to her and asked, "Do you want
to dance?" And Cinderella said, "Yes!" The prince danced with her all night and nobody recognized the
beautiful dancer. Cinderella was so happy dancing with the prince that she almost forgot what the fairy
godmother had said. At the last moment, Cinderella remembered her fairy godmother's words and she
rushed to go home. "Oh, I must go!" she cried and ran out of the palace. One of her glass slippers came
off but Cinderella did not turn back for it. She reached home just as the clock struck twelve. Her coach
turned back into a pumpkin, the horses into mice, and her fine ball gown into rags. Her stepmother
and stepsisters reached home shortly after that. They were talking about the beautiful lady who had
been dancing with the prince.
The prince had fallen in love with Cinderella and wanted to find out who the beautiful girl was,
but he did not even know her name. He found the glass slipper that had come off Cinderella's foot
as she ran home. The prince said, "I will find her. The lady whose foot fits this slipper will be the one
I marry!" The next day, the prince and his servants took the glass slipper and went to all the houses
in the kingdom. They wanted to find the lady whose feet would fit in the slipper. All the women in the
kingdom tried the slipper but it would not fit any of them. Cinderella's stepsisters also tried on the
little glass slipper. They tried to squeeze their feet and push hard into the slipper, but the servant
was afraid the slipper would break. Cinderella's stepmother would not let her try the slipper on, but
the prince saw her and said, "Let her also try on the slipper!" The slipper fit her perfectly. The prince
recognized her from the ball. He married Cinderella and together they lived happily ever after.
Taken from: 365 Fairy Tales
estions:
1.How did Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters treat her?
2.What was the invitation about?
3.What did the fairy godmother ask Cinderella to do before she went to the ball?
4.How did the prince look for the owner of the glass slipper?
5.How is the end of the story?​