Cinderella
Cinderella lived with her mean stepmother and two stepsisters. She worked
hard all day long, cooking and cleaning and washing dishes.
The only friends Cinderella had were two little mice named Jaq and Gus, a horse,
a dog, and two birds.
"Cinderella, we love you," they would say.
One day the stepsisters were invited to a ball. At the ball the prince would
choose a wife. Cinderella helped the stepsisters get ready. Then she asked, "May
I come, too?"
"You can't go to the ball,” answered her stepmother. "You don't have a gown to
wear."
But Cinderella's friends Jaq and Gus and the birds sewed ribbons and bows
to one of her dresses.
"Oh," said Cinderella, "it looks so pretty. Thank you, my little friends."
"Wait!" cried Cinderella to her stepsisters. "I'm coming too."
The cruel stepsisters were angry because Cinderella looked so lovely. They tore
at her dress until it hung in rags.
Poor Cinderella. She cried and cried. Her friends cried, too. Then a small woman
appeared in a cloud. It was Cinderella's fairy godmother!
"Bring me a pumpkin," she said. "I'll fix things!"
"Biddidi, bobbidi, boo!” sang the fairy godmother as she waved her magic wand.
The pumpkin changed into a coach, the mice into horses, the dog into a footman,
and the horse into a coachman. She waved her magic wand again, and Cinderella's
rags turned into a beautiful gown. On her feet were tiny glass slippers.
"Good-bye," called the fairy godmother. "The magic spell will end at midnight.
You must leave the ball before then."
When the prince saw Cinderella, he fell in love. Cinderella and the prince whirled
around the ballroom. They danced every dance together.
As the clock began to strike midnight, Cinderella ran away. One of her glass
slippers fell off her foot.
At the final stroke of midnight, Cinderella's beautiful gown became rags once
more. Her coach disappeared, too, and in its place was a pumpkin. But Cinderella
was still wearing the other glass slipper.
The prince looked and looked for Cinderella, but he only found the glass slipper
Cinderella lost.
"The girl who can wear this slipper will be my wife," he said.
A grand duke was sent out to have every maiden in the land try on the slipper.
Cinderella's stepsisters tried and tried to make the glass slipper fit, but their
feet were too big.
Cinderella's stepmother locked Cinderella in her room so she couldn’t try on the
slipper, but Jaq and Gus got the key and pushed it under the door. "Hurry,
Cinderella," they said.
When the mean stepmother heard Cinderella running down the stairs, she broke
the glass slipper.
"That's all right. I have the other one right here," said Cinderella, pulling the
slipper out of her pocket.
The grand duke put the slipper on Cinderella's foot. It fit perfectly.
"Cinderella's going to marry the prince!" sang the little birds.
Cinderella did marry the prince, and they lived happily ever after.
“Cinderella” is a classic fairy tale about a young girl who escapes a life of misfortune.
What symbols does the author use in the story of Cinderella? What is the theme that
the author communicates? Use details from the fairy tale to support your answer.
In your answer, be sure to
 Explain the symbols that the author uses
 Explain the theme that the author communicates
 Use details from the fairy tale to support your answer
Check your writing for correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
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In “Cinderella” and “Soccer Cinderella” by Monica A. Harris both protagonists are
young girls who teach us a lesson.
How are the symbols the authors use in each story similar? How are the themes of
each story similar? Use details from the fairy tale and the story to support your
answer.
In your answer, be sure to
 Explain how the symbols that the authors use are similar
 Explain how the themes that the authors communicate are similar
 Use details from the fairy tale and the story to support your answer
Check your writing for correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
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