Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful young lady who’s name was Cinderella. She lived with the nicest stepmother and stepsisters. One day, the got a letter from the Prince. It said:
 

    “Well,” said Cinderella, “I wonder, do you want to go with me? Yes!” they all said together.
“ Well,” said Cinderella, “I guess we will have to buy the silliest dresses. Yes" everybody agreed. The following Tuesday when they went to the ball, they saw the Prince talking to himself in the mirror.  They burst into laughter. What a silly prince they all thought.
 

     At the ball, Cinderella danced with the prince and they fell in love. When the clock stroke twelve, Cinderella ran down the stairs and one of her dress shoes fell off her foot. She never turned back to get it, but the Prince found her dress shoe as he watched her run away. The Prince said, “Whoever’s foot fits this shoe will be my wife.”
 

     The next day the prince told the King to go and try the shoe on every girl in the kingdom. When he got to Cinderella’s house, the King tried the shoe on the stepmother and then the stepsisters. It did not fit any of them. Next he tried it on Cinderella. When he did try the dress shoe on Cinderella, it fit perfectly! The following day the Prince and Cinderella got married and they lived happily ever after.
 

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