*CINDERELLA*

'Cinderella' the fairy tale from Grimms's Tales insists hope and faith are essential aspects of life
This is a story of a girl, who was troubled and ill-treated by her step- mother. But because of her good nature, the good angel comes to her rescue and helps her to marry the prince of that country. This story tells us that our good nature will get us good things only.

Cinderella was a beautiful girl. But she was unhappy. Because her mother was dead and her father married a widow, who had two daughters. Cinderella's step mother was partial. She treated her own daughters in the nicest way. But she ill-treated Cinderella. She gave all comforts to her daughters and Cinderella was not given anything good. Only the used things like dresses, shoes were given to Cinderella. She was not even given with good food, but only the leftovers. Moreover, she was allowed to sit near the cinders only for a while. That's why she got the name Cinderella. Cinderella had no companion except a cat. She would be talking to the cat and the cat mewed in reply. She was more or less treated as an unpaid servant of the house. Cinderella wept a time many secretly and regretted for her pathetic situation. She wished to live happily but there was no way for that.

one day, when Cinderella was sitting near the cinder in the kitchen a wondrous thing happened. A fairy appeared before her. Cinderella was shocked and surprised to see the fairy. But the fairly consoled her and told her not to worry. The fairy assured cinderella that problems would soon bee solved. Further, the fairy anked Cinderella t go to the ball arranged by the Prince of that country, cinderella wondered how she could go to the ball in her poor condition. With the magic wand, the fairy made Cinderella to wear the most beautiful dress. cinderella looked very beautiful and then the fa ry asked for a pumpkin and seven mice alive, with the magic wand she changed the pumpkin into beautiful coach and seven mice into six white horses and a coachman. And the fairy put one condition that cinderella should return from the ball before the clock struck twelve, because, after twelve o'clock, the coach, horses and the coachman would return to their original form. cinderella could not believe her eyen, And the fairy left her at the court. When cinderella entered the ballroom at the palace, everybody was surprised to see the beauty of cinderella, The two stepsisters also wondered at the beauty of cinderella. But nobody knew that the beautiful girl was really cinderella, as the was a having a new appearance with the rich and beautiful dress.

The Prince was struck by the beauty of Cinderella. He admired her beauty and danced with her. And he wanted to know who Cinderella was. But cinderella replied that he would never see her again. But the Prince was certain that he would find her. cinderella enjoyed the ball. Suddenly, she heard the sound of a clock striking twelve. She remembered the condition the fairy had told her. And without even a word she hurried from the ballroom. As she ran she lost one of her slippers and she could not return to search for the missing sipper. The Prince, who was madly in love with her, found the slipper missed by cinderella and picked

The Prince was so keen in finding who the beautiful girl was and decided to marry her. He ordered his ministers to search for the foot that the slipper fits. The ministers tried the slipper on the foot of all the girls. At last the slipper fitted perfectly to cinderella. The stepmother was not ready to believe and shouted that Cinderella could not have been at the ball. Suddenly the fairy appeared and changed cinderella into a beautiful girl. The stepmother and step sisters were greatly surprised. Then the ministers took cinderella to the Prince who married her. After that they lived happily forever.