AUTHOR: Charles Perrault Reference: 10 pages Characters: Ella (but her sisters call her cinders) - A nobleman's daughter,

she is forced to work as the servant of her house because of her controlling stepmother. Lady Tramaine - Her dads second wife, she is controlling and jealous, she gives her the nickname "Cinderella" because she usually has cinders on her face from cleaning the chimney. Anastasia and Drizella - Her mean step sisters, close to her age. Prince Charming The King and his Duke Animals: Gus and other mice, Lucifer the cat, Bruno her dog, birds

Setting: the wicked stepmother's house. Palace

Summary: A wealthy widower has a daughter named Cinderella. Feeling that she needs a mother figure in his life, he remarries to a woman who has two daughters of her own, whose names are Anastasia and Drizella. Unfortunately, Cinderella's father dies, and the orphaned girl starts to see another side of her stepmother and stepsisters, who are jealous of her beautiful looks and personality. She is turned into the chteau's scullery maid, and is forced by her stepmother and stepsisters to keep her late father's residence from falling into disrepair. Meanwhile, Anastasia and Drizella are pampered to the extreme. Meanwhile, the grandchild-craving King decides that he and the Grand Duke should throw a ball for all the eligible ladies in the kingdom so as to find Prince Charming a wife. As the stepsisters are having a singing lesson and Cinderella is singing as she is cleaning the floor, a messenger hands an invitation to the royal ball. Cinderella realizes that she can go, and the stepmother says that she can if she gets all her work done and can find something suitable to wear. There is much emphasis on the "if" though, and a work-ridden Cinderella doesn't even have a chance to start smartening up her mother's wedding dress into a nice ball gown. Completely upset, Cinderella runs into the garden and cries upon a bench, feeling all hope is lost. Yet at that moment, Cinderella's fairy godmother appears, and with the wave of a magic wand, helps prepare Cinderella for the ball. A pumpkin becomes a coach, four of the mice become horses, an old horse becomes the coachman and the old dog Bruno becomes a footman. Last but not least, Cinderella's rags turn into a beautiful gown, complete with magical glass slippers. The fairy does warn Cinderella, however, that this magic will end at the stroke of midnight, so she must leave the ball before then. Cinderella doesn't care, though, and sets off for the palace. Prince Charming is having trouble finding the right maiden, much to the King's annoyance. Yet when Cinderella

arrives, he becomes interested, and the two start to dance. The stepmother, believing that she recognizes the mysterious princess from somewhere, tries to spy on them, yet is quickly thwarted by the Grand Duke. Cinderella and the prince spend the whole time together, and fall in love. All of a sudden, the clock starts to chime that it is midnight, and Cinderella hastily runs away, dropping a glass slipper as she does so. Cinderella escapes, with nothing from the night left, except from the other glass slipper, which had not changed back. Prince Charming orders his love to be found by means of the odd shoe, and the Grand Duke is sent around the land getting every girl in the land to try on the glass slipper to see if it fits. The Grand Duke is about to leave as Cinderella finally appears. He orders the messenger to bring forth the glass slipper, yet the stepmother in a last minute attempt to prevent her stepdaughter from better things, causes the messenger to trip, thus breaking the fragile shoe into pieces. Yet the arrogant woman hadn't betted on Cinderella producing the other glass slipper, which fits onto Cinderella's foot perfectly. Very soon, wedding bells ring, and Cinderella marries her prince, and they live happily ever after. Plot: The plot is pretty much, a girl named Ella's mother died and her father married a horrible woman with two horrible daughters. While her father was away Ella was treated like a servant, always having to clean the fire place and always covered in cinders, getting the name Cinderella. The prince, who was trying to find a wife decided to hold a ball in which the whole kingdom was invited. Cinderella was told she was not allowed to attend by her step mother and step sisters.

After they had left to go to the ball Cinderella's fairy godmother came. She turned a pumpkin into a coach and some mice into the footmen, she turned her rags into a ball gown and her shoes into glass slippers. And sent her to the ball, but not before telling her that the spell would end at midnight. So Cinderella went to the ball and the prince fell in love with her. But at midnight Cinderella had to flee when half way through a dance. But her glass slipper fell off her foot as she went. The prince found the slipper and tried it on every woman in the country. When he found that it was a perfect fit for Cinderella they got married and lived 'Happily Ever After'. Conflict: Cinderella was so devastated because she cant go to the ball. Solution: Cinderella's fairy godmother appears, and with the wave of a magic wand, helps prepare Cinderella for the ball .A pumpkin becomes a coach, four of the mice become horses, an old horse becomes the coachman and the old dog Bruno becomes a footman. Last but not least, Cinderella's rags turn into a beautiful gown, complete with magical glass slippers. The fairy does warn Cinderella, however, that this magic will end at the stroke of midnight, so she must leave the ball before then. Cinderella doesn't care, though, and sets off for the palace. Climax: Prince Charming is having trouble finding the right maiden, much to the King's annoyance. Yet when Cinderella arrives, he becomes interested, and the two start to dance. The stepmother, believing that she recognizes the

mysterious princess from somewhere, tries to spy on them, yet is quickly thwarted by the Grand Duke. Cinderella and the prince spend the whole time together, and fall in love. All of a sudden, the clock starts to chime that it is midnight, and Cinderella hastily runs away, dropping a glass slipper as she does so. Cinderella escapes, with nothing from the night left, except from the other glass slipper, which had not changed back. Ending: The Grand Duke is about to leave as Cinderella finally appears. He orders the messenger to bring forth the glass slipper, yet the stepmother in a last minute attempt to prevent her stepdaughter from better things, causes the messenger to trip, thus breaking the fragile shoe into pieces. Yet the arrogant woman hadn't betted on Cinderella producing the other glass slipper, which fits onto Cinderella's foot perfectly. Very soon, wedding bells ring, and Cinderella marries her prince, and they live happily ever after. Lesson: Life is not always fair and difficult circumstances befall good people. Maintaining personal integrity in the face of adversity, of holding onto hope and not giving into despair.