CINDERELLA:

Cinderella is the much-loved only child of a widowed aristocrat. After deciding that his
beloved daughter needs a mother's care, Cinderella's father marries a proud and
haughty woman named Lady Tremaine . She too has been married before, and has
two daughters by her first marriage, Anastasia and Drizella , who are just Cinderella's
age. Plain and socially awkward, these stepsisters are bitterly envious of the beautiful
and charming Cinderella. The family lives in happiness for several years, until the
death of Cinderella's father. After that, Lady Tremaine's true nature is revealed, and
she and her spiteful daughters take over the estate, and begin to abuse and mistreat
Cinderella, envious of her beauty. She is forced into housekeeping responsibilities and
made to wait upon her jealous stepsisters like a maid Cinderella was a beautiful young
woman and kind despite her hardships, she befriends the animals living in the barn,
including Bruno the Bloodhound , Major the horse, and many of the mice and birds who
live in and around the chateau. Cinderella finds a mouse inside a trap, releases him,
and names him Gus (his real name is Octavius). At the royal palace, the King is angry
that his son does not intend to marry. The King is determined to see grandchildren, so
he and the Duke organize a ball for Prince Charming in an effort to cause his son to fall
in love and marry, with every eligible maiden in the kingdom ordered to attend. When
the invitation to the ball arrives, Cinderella asks her stepmother if she can attend. Her
stepmother tells her she may go to the ball, if she finishes her work and can find a
suitable gown. To consume her time, her stepmother sets Cinderella with a mountain of
chores. Her mouse friends Gus and Jaq use Cinderella's stepsister's fabric and beads
to fix an old gown that belonged to Cinderella's mother. When Cinderella wears her
dress before the ball, Lady Tremaine subtly points out her daughters' beads and sash,
and the angered stepsisters tear the gown to shreds, leaving Cinderella to run to the
back of the garden in tears while her stepsisters attends the royal ball without her.
Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears to her in the garden, and transforms her
appearance for the ball. She transforms the mice into horses, Bruno the dog into a
footman, Major the horse into a coachman, a pumpkin into a carriage, and transforms
her torn dress into a beautiful blue dress with glass slippers. Cinderella departs for the
ball after the godmother warns her that the spell will expire at the stroke of midnight. At
the ball, the Prince rejects every girl, until he sees Cinderella, with whom he is
immediately smitten The two dance throughout the castle grounds until the clock starts
to chime midnight. Cinderella flees to her coach and away from the castle, accidentally
dropping one of her glass slippers. After the Duke tells the King of the disaster, they
plan to find Cinderella with the slipper they found during her escape.
The next morning, a royal proclamation is issued, stating the Grand Duke will visit
every house in the kingdom to find the girl who fits the glass slipper, so that she can be
married to the Prince When this news reaches Cinderella's household, her stepmother
and stepsisters begin hurriedly preparing for the Grand Duke's arrival. Cinderella,
overhearing, begins humming the song from the palace ball the previous night.
Realizing Cinderella was the girl who danced with the Prince, her stepmother follows
Cinderella up to her attic bedroom and locks her inside. When the Grand Duke arrives,
the mice steal the key to Cinderella's room from Lady Tremaine's pocket and
laboriously drag the key up the stairs to her room, only barely managing to free her
after a fight with the stepmother's cat Lucifer, in which Bruno comes to their rescue and
scares the evil cat out of the house. Meanwhile, the stepsisters try on the slipper, but
their feet are too large.
As the Duke prepares to leave, Cinderella appears at the top of the stairs, asking to try
on the slipper. Knowing that the slipper will fit and that Cinderella will marry the Prince,
her stepmother trips the footman over while he is carrying the slipper, causing it to drop
and shatter on the floor.
Cinderella then reveals she has the other glass slipper.
Delighted at this indisputable proof of the maiden's identity, the Duke slides the slipper
onto her foot, which fits perfectly At the wedding, Cinderella and the Prince descend
the church's staircase, surrounded by confetti tossed by the King, the Grand Duke and
the mice, now in uniform as part of the Royal Guard.
Then the two newly-weds kissing and live happily ever after..
THE END.