Once upon a time, there was a kind and hardworking girl named Cinderella. She lived with her father, who loved her very much. He thought she needed a mother, so one day, he married a woman named Lady Tremain. Lady Tremain wasn’t a nice lady, and she had two daughters who were also very mean to Cinderella.
One sad day, they received some bad news! Cinderella’s father had passed away while on a trip and Lady Tremain became the boss of the house.
As soon as they heard the news, Lady Tremain kicked Cinderella out of her room and gave it to her own daughters because their rooms were too small. Cinderella had to sleep in the dark, cold basement.
Lady Tremain now had all of Cinderella’s father’s money, so she started throwing big parties every day.
Cinderella wasn’t invited to the parties. Instead, it was a duty to clean up after everyone. It was sad because she never got to join in the fun. She just cleaned and cleaned even though she was the one who worked hard to make everything ready.
One day, the prince invited all the ladies in the kingdom to a big ball. He wanted to meet someone special to marry. Lady Tremain and her daughters were so excited, but Cinderella knew that she wouldn’t be allowed to go, so she didn’t even ask.
Cinderella worked hard again to make sure her stepmother and stepsisters looked their best for the ball.
But once they left, she had an idea. She thought maybe, just maybe, she could sneak out and join them. But Lady Tremain had other plans. She had given Cinderella so many chores to do that night, it would take her hours and hours to finish them.
Cinderella worked as fast as she could, but she was getting very tired and sad.
Then out of nowhere, an old woman came to the door and asked Cinderella for some food and water.
Since she read stories about helping the poor and getting wishes granted, she thought she would try it out. She gave the poor lady some food and water and asked her to help get her to the ball like everyone else.
The poor lady thanked her and realized that Cinderella thought she was a fairy who could use magic. So she thought she could trick her instead. The old lady asked Cinderella to get some pumpkins and mice, and said she would use them for a special spell to help her go to the ball.
But while Cinderella was busy gathering pumpkins and mice, the old lady took everything in the house—and ran away! Cinderella was heartbroken. She could not believe everything in their house had been stolen!
She knew her stepmother would be so angry, so she ran away too.
With nowhere to go, Cinderella had to live on the streets. She did her best to survive, but she had to steal to stay alive.
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