CinderellaAn interactive adaptation of the

European folktaleBy Hailey Swanson

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You have grown up in a loving home, and live with your father,stepmother and stepsisters. At a young age, your fatherunexpectedly passes away. For a few months, your

stepmothercontinues to be kind and supportive. However, she eventuallyturns cruel, and makes you cook, sew, and clean for thefamily. She does not make your stepsisters do any chores. Yougrow older and realize that this is unfair, and you just want toread. You march upstairs to go to your room, when yourstepmother yells, “You will do your chores, or else I’m sendingyou to boarding school!” You…

Do your chores as asked

Ignore your stepmother and

continue marching upstairs to go read

You are doing your chores, thinking that once you finish themyour stepmother will stop bothering you. However, once youfinish your chores, your stepmother asks you to go into town

tobuy more food for an upcoming gathering your stepmother isplanning. You are tired and not in the mood to do so. However,you know that she is willing to send you away to boardingschool at any moment for disobeying her. You…

Go into town like she asked

Refuse and go to your room

You are coming home from shopping for food, and help yourstepmother to prepare for her gathering…

Time has gone by, and this has become an annual event, heldbefore the royal ball. You are now eighteen years old, and you areold enough to attend. You have received an invitation, but yourstepmother said that your stepsisters have to look more elegantthan you. You want to attend the ball, but you don’t want to beforced to dress and look a certain way. You…

Decide to attend the royal ball

anyway. You’ve waited too long

not to go!

Pass up on the offer. There’s

always next year…

Even though your stepmother is choosing your dress for you, she allows you to choose your shoes. You go into town andwalk by a shoe store. You see a pretty pair of silver heels in thewindow on display. You keep the heels in mind, and keep walkingto look in other shops. You walk past a glass store, and somethingcatches your eye. In the window there is a pair of glass slippers ondisplay. You go inside the store to ask about them, and find outthey are wearable. They would go perfectly with your dress, but sowould the heels! Which do you choose?

The glass slippers The heels

You try on your new glass slippers with your dress, and eventhough they match, you still wish that you could wear anelegant, bright blue dress. You go outside, and wish upon ashooting star. The moment you finish, a fairy appears out ofnowhere. She turns your dress into the beautiful dress youimagined, does your make-up, and puts your hair up into a bun.Also, she turns two mice into horses, and a pumpkin into acarriage. You are now ready to attend the ball. You…

Run to the carriageWalk slowly to the

carriage

Oh no! You tripped and both of your glass slippers broke. Youhave glass in your foot, and it is beyond the magic of the fairy tohelp you. You are forced to go home and get a hold of yourdoctor, and will have to wait until next year to attend the royalball. Hopefully this teaches you a lesson to never wear anythingmade out of glass.

The End

Your stepmother follows you upstairs. She screams, “That’s thelast straw! I am sending you away to boarding school, wherehopefully you will learn how to respect your authorities. You cancome back once you have proven yourself to be more mature.”

During your first week at boarding school, you are taking a testwhen a friend asks you for an answer. You…

Help her Ignore her

Your teacher catches you cheating, and you are sent todetention. One more incident and you could be expelled. Atdetention, you notice students are passing notes, and your friendwants you to join in. You could be caught, but the teacher islooking the other way so odds are against it. You…

Join in on the note passing

Continue to work on homework

The teacher turns around just in time to see you passing thenote to the person in front of you. You are sent to theHeadmaster’s office, and you are expelled. He calls yourstepmother, and you are told you can come back and do doublethe amount of chores or go to another boarding school. You…

Go home, it’s better than any boarding school

Don’t even have to think twice.

Boarding school!

Your friend gets caught, but you do not get in trouble since you

ignored her. You manage to stay out of trouble and remain atthe school until you turn eighteen. After you graduate, you…

Move back home, because you know

the royal ball is right around the

corner

Move to a far away kingdom

Upon your arrival at your new cottage, you are invited to thekingdom's royal ball. You never got to attend one in your homekingdom because you were too young, so this is a specialmoment for you. You attend wearing a dazzling, bright bluedress and glass slippers. You meet the prince, and he asks youto meet him at the castle at sunset the next day. You…

Take the prince up on his offer Politefully decline

At your new boarding school, you have no misconduct warnings.

One incident and you are expelled. You manage to stay out oftrouble and remain at the school until you turn eighteen. Afteryou graduate, you…

Move back home, because you know

the royal ball is right around the

corner

Move to a far away kingdom

You and the prince instantly fall for each other, andeventually fall in love. You get married and live happilyever after.

The End

You eat fresh bread that you made yourself as comfort food,

then you go upstairs to your room. You curl up in a ball and cry

all night. You dream about attending the royal ball in abeautiful, blue dress and glass slippers, and meeting a

prince.Maybe one day…

The End

After politefully declining the prince’s offer, you return home.

Later that month, you find out that he is dating another woman.

Years pass by and they get married, but you are still single.

More years continue to go by, and you still have not met anyone

like the prince. You are lonely, and regret declining his offer.

You grow old, and unfortunately, you never find true love. At

least you have had your mice to keep you company.The End

You make it to the ball, and make sure to avoid your stepsisters.You are drinking punch when a man approaches you to dance.You politefully accept, and you find out he is the prince. Thefairy told you that her spell will wear off at midnight, so to makesure and be out before then. At 11:50 p.m., you notice the time,and even though you are having the most fun you’ve ever had,you know you need to leave. Do you…

Tell the prince you have to go and

rush home

Risk it- who knows if the spell wears

off at exactly midnight anyway

You try on your new heels with your dress, and eventhough they match, you still wish that you could wear anelegant, bright blue dress. You go outside, and wish upon ashooting star. The moment you finish, a fairy appears out ofnowhere. She turns your dress into the beautiful dress youimagined, does your make-up, and puts your hair up into a bun.Also, she turns two mice into horses, and a pumpkin into acarriage. You are now ready to attend the ball. You…

Run to the carriageWalk slowly to the

carriage

Oh no! You tripped and both of your heels broke. Youhave twisted your right ankle, and it is beyond the magic

of thefairy to help you. You are forced to go home and get a

hold ofyour doctor, and will have to wait until next year to

attend theroyal ball. Next time, you should wear shoes that are

easier towalk, and run, in.

The End

You make it home in time before the spell wears off. You getinside and realize that you are only wearing one shoe. You…

Go outside to look for it

Don’t care, you probably left it at

the castle

You are walking down the stairs by your front door, andsee your shoe on the ground. You didn’t lose it after all!Thank goodness, because that pair of shoes was expensive.

The End

It turns out that you did lose your shoe at the castle, and theprince was the one who found it. You hear a knock on your

doorand you look out your peephole. It is the prince! What do youdo?

Open the doorHide, you don’t want him to see

who you really are

You open the door, and the prince introduces himself. Yourealize that he does not even recognize you. He asks if any ofyour stepsisters are home, and you say, “No.” He starts to

walkaway, then he turns back and asks for you to try on the shoe.What do you do?

Try on the shoe

Say it could be one of your

stepsisters’, then bid him farewell

and close the door

The prince leaves, and you go to the kitchen to makedinner. The prince was charming, but he was wearing abad smelling cologne, and you can’t be around that for therest of your life!

The End

You are sitting in your room, hoping that the prince will comeback and that one of your stepsisters will invite him inside.However, a month passes by and he never comes back, whichmeans you’ll have to wait until next year’s royal ball to see himagain. Eleven months isn’t that long of a wait, right?

The End

It fits! He holds your hair back into a bun, and realizes who you

are. He invites you to meet him at the castle at sunset the next

day. Do you accept?

Yes! Politefully decline

The clock strikes midnight, and the spell wears off. Your dressturns into the plain, grey one that your stepmother bought

you,your make-up comes off, and your hair falls out of its bun. Youare incredibly embarrassed, but the prince doesn’t seem tomind. What do you do?

Keep dancing. The night is still young!

Run home, this is too embarrassing

You keep dancing, and you have the best night of your life! You

go home from the royal ball smiling, and your stepmother asksyou, “Why are you so cheerful?” Do you tell her the truth?

Yes

Lie, and say that you are just happy that you finally got to attend the royal

ball

Your stepmother is appalled, and forbids you from attending the

royal ball next year. This gives you a year to start planning how

you are going to sneak out and attend it once again…

The End

Your stepmother scoffs, and says, “Well, I’m glad you had yourfun. Now, off to bed with you. One night of fun doesn’t excuseyou from your next day’s chores.” Chores are so routine thatyou don’t even consider what your stepmother just said. Yougo to bed, feeling like a princess.

The End

You make it home, run upstairs to your bedroom, and startcrying. This is not how you imagined tonight would go. Youthink about it, and realize that if you obeyed your

stepmother,this probably wouldn’t have happened. Time to sleep on it.

The End

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Based off original stories by Charles Perrault & the Brothers GrimmBackground art from world-wide-art.com

“A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes” by Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston

“Main Title, Cinderella” by Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston“The Stroke of Midnight/Thank You Fairy Godmother” by Mack David, Al

Hoffman, Jerry Livingston“Where Did I Put That Thing/ Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (The Magic Song)” by

Mack David, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston

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