Ayla-Cinderella Retel

 Once upon a time there was a happy and humble, married couple that had a caring daughter. Their daughter was named Ella. They had happily lived together until one horrible day the mother fell ill. The father and daughter thought that the mother wasn’t going to survive and soon after they were right, because a few days later, the mother passed away.

 Years later, the father fell in love with a nasty, selfish woman and later married her. The Stepmother had two ugly and nasty daughters called Anastasia and Drizella who secretly picked their noses. The father one day had to go overseas for work and never returned.

 Anastasia and Drizella were jealous of Ella because of her beauty and caring personality. Ella was usually covered in ash so the step daughters nicknamed Ella, Cinderella. They would also make Cinderella wear old rags and make her clean all day and night.

Days later, one of the King's helpers had to go to every door in the village and tell them about the ball that the King was hosting, in hope that the Prince would find a wife.

Cinderella had wished to go to the ball but her commanding Step Mother said, “You will not be able to go to the ball unless you finish your chores in making this house spotless”! As Cinderella sat down on the cold, kitchen floor she started crying for help. Her mice and pigeon friends overheard her cries for help and came to the rescue. They started cleaning until the house was spotless. Cinderella walked up to her Step Mother and asked again saying, “May I please go to the ball?” The Step Mother replied, “Oh but look at you, you are covered in dirt. The King won’t want his ballroom covered in dirt!” The Step Mother and the Step Sisters left Cinderella alone to cry.

As Cinderella cried alone, a woman randomly appeared. “Why is such a kind girl like you crying all alone?” asked the woman. “Well I really wanted to go to the ball but my Step Mother and Step Sisters just left me here”. The woman feeling sorry for Cinderella waved her wand and it turned a pumpkin into a carriage. She then gave Cinderella a bright blue dress and glass slippers. She also turned the mice into horsemen and the pigeons into horses. Cinderella then realised that the woman was actually her Fairy Godmother. The Fairy Godmother then told Cinderella, “Be home by midnight because that is when all of my spells run out”.

The Prince then found Cinderella who was the perfect fit for the glass slipper. The Prince then lifted Cinderella into the air and a few days later they got married.