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to ensure that they looked their best

Cinderella offered to help them get ready for the ball for she had excellent taste and despite how her step-sisters treated her, she always gave them the best advice.

As she helped them, the eldest sister asked, “Cinderella, are you not going to the ball?”

Cinderella sadly lowered her head and said, “No, you’re only teasing me because I have nothing to wear for the ball. Perhaps I could borrow something?”

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And the sisters laughed cruelly.

couldn’t help but burst into tears as she watched them enter the beautiful ball

As she wept, Cinderella’s fairy godmother appeared.

“Cinderella, why are you crying?” she asked. “You wish to attend the ball, is that not so?”

“Yes,” cried Cinderella, between sobs.

The fairy godmother smiled and said, “Well, run into the garden and bring me a pumpkin.”

Cinderella immediately went to get the finest pumpkin she could find.

When she brought it, her godmother struck the pumpkin with her wand, instantly turning it into a fine coach, plated with gold and silver.

had Cinderella find some miceturning

“Well what do you say? Do you still think you are not able to attend the ball?” asked her godmother.

but should I go looking like this, in these rags

Her godmother only touched her with her wand and instantly Cinderella’s rags turned into a dress of white and silver, sparkling with jewels.

To top it offglass slippers

“The spell only lasts until midnight, so promise you will leave the ball before then,” said the Godmother.

Cinderella promised to return before midnight, thanked her again and drove off to the ball.

When Cinderella entered, the dancing and music stopped as everyone turned to gaze at her beauty.

No one recognized her, she was a complete mystery.

took her out for a dance

Cinderella even made time to approach her step-sisters, who still did not recognize her, and shared some of the oranges the prince had presented to her as a gift.

never left her side

When the clock struck midnight, Cinderella was shocked and ran away immediately, leaving one of her glass slippers behind in haste.