gen"]tleman and his lovely daughter, Ella. Ella was a beautiful girl. She had golden hair, and her eyes wewe as blue as forget -me-nots. The gentleman was akind and devoted father, and he gave Ella everything her heart desired. Buthe felt she needed amother. So he married again, choosing for his wife a woman who had tow daughters. Their names were Anastasia and Drizella. The gentieman soon died. Then the stepmothers true nature was revealed. She was only interested in her ugly selfish daughter. The stepmother gaveElla a little room in the attic, old rags to were, and all the housework to do. Soon everyone called her Cinderella, becouse she got so covered with cinders [SIZE="1"]from cleaning the fireplaces. But Cinderella had many friends. The mice loved her, too she protected them from her stepmothers nasty cat, lucifer. Two of her favorite mice were Gus and Jaq. Cinderella was kind to everyone --- even to Lucifer. But Lucifer only took advantage of her kindness. Lucifer liked to get Cinderella in trouble. One morning, he chased and blamed Cinderella, "you will wash the windows scrub the terrace, and sweep the halls. And dont forget the laundry". In another part of the kingdom, the king was worrying about his son. "Its timethe Prince got married!"he told the Grand Duke"he must fall in love first. ' --------- take after the time [/S[/FONT]IZE]