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When the dance ended, Cinderella and the Prince walked in the garden. They were falling in love. Suddenly the clock began to strike midnight! "I must go!" cried Cinderella.
"Wait!" called the Prince. But Cinderella couldn't wait. As she ran, she lost one of her glass slippers.
The Prince showed the glass slipper to the duke1. "Find the girl whose foot fits this slipper. I will marry her!" the Prince said.
4. Meanwhile Cinderella's dress had become rags again. And the coachman and footman had turned back into a cat and a dog. All Cinderella had left was one glass slipper.
The duke searched the entire kingdom for the girl whose foot fit the slipper. Soon everyone knew that the Prince would marry that girl.
When Cinderella heard that, she got a dreamy look in her eyes. The stepmother saw the dreamy look. She didn't want Cinderella to marry the Prince. So she locked her in her room. The stepmother put the key in her pocket and left.
But the two brave mice got the key from the stepmother's pocket and helped Cinderella get out of the room.
The duke had just arrived. The footman carried the glass slipper. Anastasia tried on the slipper. Her foot was much too big. Drizella tried next. She couldn't even fit her toes into the slipper.
"Are there any other ladies in the house?" asked the duke.
"There is no one else," the stepmother answered.
The duke was about to leave when... Cinderella came down the stairs!
"May I try on the slipper?" she asked.
Of course it fit perfectly!
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