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"You may go if you get all your work done," said the stepmother. "Oh, thank you!" said Cinderella.
She quickly ran to her room. Just then her stepmother shouted. "Cinderella!" Cinderella hurried downstairs. "Cinderella, wash the floors!" her stepmother ordered. "But I washed them yesterday," Cinderella said.
"Well, wash them again!" cried the cruel woman, "and dust the curtains and clean the windows and finish the sewing."
Then Cinderella helped her stepsisters with their gowns. Soon it was time to leave for the ball.
2. "Why, Cinderella! You are not ready? What a shame!" said the stepmother.
Drizella and Anastasia went to the ball with their mother. Cinderella ran into the garden. She tried to remember her sweet dreams.
"There's nothing left to believe in, nothing!" Cinderella sobbed.
She didn't notice the light that turned into a kind-looking woman. She patted Cinderella's head and said, "Dry your tears."
The woman was Cinderella's fairy godmother. She waved her wand. "Bibbidi, boo!" Four mice became four white horses. A pumpkin turned into a beautiful coach. A cat became the coachman and a dog became the footman.
"Hop in, my dear. We can't waste time. Good heavens, child! You can't go like that!" said the fairy godmother. "Bibbidi, bibbidi, boo!" Suddenly Cinderella was wearing the gown of her dreams. And on her feet she wore glass slippers.
The fairy godmother said, "Like all dreams, my magic must end. At night the spell will be broken." Cinderella promised to be home before midnight. Off she rode to the ball!
3. The ball had already begun. The King wasn't very happy. He wanted his son to marry. The Prince had danced with all the girls at the ball. But he hadn't fallen in love with any of them.
At that moment Cinderella made her entrance. The Prince stared in wonder. Here was the girl of his dreams! He asked Cinderella to dance. They danced around the ballroom. Everyone wondered about the beautiful girl.
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