cinderella
..." In the morning the prince went from house to house with the glass slipper and every young lady tried to squeeze her foot into it. But it didn't fit any of them. At last the prince came to Cinderella's house. First one ugly stepsister tried to squash her foot into the slipper. Her foot was too wide and too fat. Then the other ugly stepsister tried but her foot was too long and too thin. "Please," said Cinderella, "let me try." "The slipper won't fit you," said the ugly sisters. "You didn't go to the ball!" Cinderella slipped her foot into the glass slipper and it fit perfectly. The next moment, standing beside her, was the fairy godmother. She touched Cinderella with the wand and there she was in a golden dress sparkling with jewels and on her feet was the prettiest pair of glass slippers ever seen. The ugly stepsisters were so surprised that for once they couldn't think of anything to say. But the prince knew what to say. He asked Cinderella to marry him. There was a happy wedding. Everyone who had gone to the ball was invited, even the ugly stepsisters. There was wonderful food, lots of music, and dancing. And the prince, of course, danced every dance with Cinderella. He would not dance with anyone else. Once upon a time, in a faraway Kingdom, there liveda widowed gentleman and his lovely daughter Ella. The gentleman was a kind and devoted fatherand thinking Ella needed a mother, he married again choosing for his wife a woman who had two daughters, Anastasia and Drizella. The man soon died and the step-mother's true nature was revealed. She gave Ella old rags to wear and all the housework to do. Soon everyone called her Cinderella because she got so covered in cinders from cleaning the fireplace. But Cinderella had many friends: Bruno the dog, the old horse,and the mice. Two of her favorites were Gus and Jaq. In another part of the Kingdom, the King wasgetting worried that his son, the prince, wouldn't find a suitable bride. He decided to have a royal ball and invite all the girls in the Kingdom to encourage the prince to find a wife. When the invitations arrived, the step-mother read aloud: "Every girl in the Kingdom is invited to a ball in honor of the prince." Cinderella was excited! That meant she could go too! The step-mother agreed, but only if she finished all her chores and had something suitable to wear. Cinderella had hoped to fix up her old party dress to wear to the ball but her step-mother and step-sisters kept her so busy that when it was time to go, her dress wasn't ready. But the loyal mice had a surprise for her! They had managed to fix the dress for her themselves and it looked beautiful. The step-sisters shrieked when they saw Cinderella. "Those are my ribbons!" "That's my sash!" They soon tore her dress to shreds and left. Cinderella ran into the garden and wept. Suddenly she heard a voice. "Come now dear, you can't go to the ball looking like that!" Cinderella gasped. "Are you my..." "Fairy godmother" the woman replied pulling her magic wand out of thin air. With a sprinkle of magic, a pumpkin transformed into an elegant coach, the mice turned into horses, the horse became a coachman and Bruno became a footman. Finally she tranformed her rags into an exquisite gown. On her feet were tiny glass slippers. "Now remember", the Fairy godmother said, "You must return before midnight. That's when the spell will be broken and everything will be as before." Cinderella promised and went off into the coach and drove away to the ball. When Cinderella arrived, the Prince caught sight of her immediatly. He walked over to her and asked her to dance. They swirled off across the ballroom. They never left each other's side and danced every dance together. And then Cinderella heard the clock chime. "It's midnight! I must go!" she said. The Prince ran after her. In her haste, Cinderella lost one of her slippers but did not have time to pick it up. She leapt into the waiting coach. As soon as the coach passed the gates, the spell was broken. But a glass slipper remained on her foot. They all hurried home. The next day, the step-mother told the girls that the grand duke was coming to see them. He was searching for the girl who fits the glass slipper. And whoever she is she would marry the Prince! Cinderella was humming the very tune that was playing at the ball. The step-mother got suspicious and locked her up in her room. But Gus and Jaq had a plan to help Cinderella. They got hold of the key, snuck it upstairs and unlocked the door. Cinderella rushed down the stairs. "Your grace, may I try on the slipper?" she asked. And of course it was a perfect fit. Soon after, Cinderella and the Prince were married and lived happily ever after. The king anxiously awaits the birth of his only child. At last the infant arrives. The king calls for a grand christening celebration to which all the fairies of the kingdom are invited to bestow their blessings on his daughter, Aurora. As the fairies present their gifts of beauty, grace, generosity, song, and temperament, they are interrupted by the arrival of Carabosse; she is enraged and insulted that the king forgot to invite her to the ceremony. Carabosse announces her curse that Aurora will one day prick her finger and die. Luckily the Lilac Fairy has yet to give her present. She declares that although Aurora will prick her finger she will not die. Instead she will fall into a deep sleep from which she will be awoken after a hundred years by the kiss of a prince In a faraway land, long ago, King Stepan and his fair Queen wished for a child. At last a daughter was born, and they named her Aurora. To honor the baby princess, the King held a great feast. Nobles and peasants, knights and their ladies- everyone flocked joyfully to the castle. King Stephan welcomed his good friend King Hubert to the feast. King Hubert had brought his young son Phillip with him. The Kings agreed that someday, Aurora and Phillip would be wed. Among the guests were three good fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. Each wished to bless the infant with a gift. Waving her wand, Flora chanted: "My gift shall be the gift of beauty." "And mine", said Fauna "shall be the gift of song." Before Merryweather could speak, the castle doors flew open. A tiny flame ap...