Year 2013-2014
(5C) Cheng Po Chi
A New Ending for Cinderella
A long time ago in a village, there was a small cottage. Inside the cottage lived Cinderella, her stepsisters and stepmother. Cinderella was kind and gentle whereas her stepmother and stepsisters were cruel and were as cunning as foxes. They made Cinderella do all the housework.
One day, her stepmother received an invitation to the ball from the prince. Cinderella was sad because she had no beautiful dress to wear for the ball. While she was crying alone in her room, the fairy Godmother appeared.
She turned the rags into a beautiful gown and a pumpkin into a carriage. But she warned Cinderella that the magic spell would break if she didn’t return home before midnight. Cinderella was overjoyed and sped off to the castle immediately.
At the ball, Cinderella danced with the prince happily. Time passed quickly and it was almost midnight, but Cinderella forgot what the fairy
Godmother had said. After midnight, Cinderella turned back into a girl dressed in rags. Everyone laughed at the prince for dancing with such a poor girl. The prince was so embarrassed and was red with anger. Therefore, he sentenced
Cinderella to death. Luckily, the fairy Godmother begged him for mercy so he just sentenced her to life in prison.
The moral is that we should always be patient and listen to people’s advice. We should also be punctual.