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Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl named Cinderella. She lived with her
wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. They treated Cinderella very badly. One day,
they were invited for a grand ball in the kings palace. But Cinderellas stepmother would
not let her go. Cinderella was made to 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, Dont cry, Cinderella! I will send you to the ball! But Cinderella was sad. She
said, I dont have a gown to wear for the ball! The fairy godmother waved her magic
wand and changed Cinderellas old clothes into a beautiful new gown! The fairy
godmother then touched Cinderellas feet with the magic wand. And lo! 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 six black horses. 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 Cinderellas 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 godmothers
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 Cinderellas foot as she ran home. The prince said, I will find her. The lady
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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. Cinderellas 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. Cinderellas 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.

Setting:
The story takes place a long time ago in a land ruled by a king and a queen.
Adjectives:
Cinderella - beautiful
Prince - handsome
Stepmother - wicked
Tone/attitude of the writer:
With many variations of fantasies, "Happily ever after" is reoccurring in every fairy tale.
"Cinderella" by Anne Sexton is a different variation of the classic tale. The author sets up
her version of Cinderella with four anecdotes sharing how others can go from poverty to
riches or gritty reality to fantasy. Sexton changes her happily ever after ending by
satirizing the message the story gives. By doing so, Sexton would like the reader to
know the difference between a fairy tale and reality. Anne Sexton deconstructs the
ending of her retold fairy tale by using sarcasm to change the reader's expectations of
the story and myth.
Moral value(s) in the story:
The moral to Cinderella is no matter what your situation is do not give up on our dreams.
The moral was probably something about hope and how if we are good person, our
dreams will become a reality. This is also about hope, faith, enduring, and goodness
over selfishness, beauty over ugliness. We need to help the other who need our hand,
being patient person is better, believe if nothing is impossible, do everything with love,
do everything with hard working and full spirit. We also need to believe if what our had
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been doing will be beauty in the beautiful time, dont treated the other, love the other
creature, consistent with our choice, do not easily despair, whatever our do will back in
our self, share with the other without except.
Write a conclusion to the story
Cinderella is basically a servant of her stepmother and her two stepsisters. When the
prince gave a ball at the nearby castle and they received an invitation. Although her step
mom would not allowed her to go to the ball but Cinderella do help her stepmother and
her stepsisters to dress up. Then they went to the ball, leaving Cinderella alone.
Cinderella felt sad. Suddenly a Fairy Godmother appeared and help Cinderella to attend
the party. Cinderella meet the prince and they dance. When the clock turns 12, she runs
fast as she could. But Cinderella left behind her glass shoes. The prince searches for the
owner of the glass shoes and the price found Cinderella. They marry and live a happily
ever after.