The Classic Story Of Cinderella

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We all know the classic story of Cinderella, and if you don’t, it’s a simple story. A poor girl named Ella lived with her evil stepmother and her two stepsisters, who were just as evil. None of them treated Ella nicely, in fact they treated her more like a servant than a family member. Her two sisters were always making fun of her because she was always dirty from cleaning.One day they called her Cinder- Ella and it just stuck. Cinderella wanted to go to the ball just like everyone else in the kingdom, but her stepmother wouldn’t let her. She decided to sneak out to go to the ball, with the help of her fairy Godmother.Her fairy Godmother used her magic to give Cinderella a beautiful outfit, a cute pumpkin carriage, and everything that goes

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