Cinderella
Photo by Annie Liebovitz for Disney campaign " Year of A Million Dreams"
Once upon a time there lived a pretty young girl in an
unfortunate life situation. Her mother was dead and her father had married a
widow with two daughters. Her stepmother didn't like her one little bit because
she was young, ambitious and beautiful. All her kind thoughts and loving
touches were for her own daughters.Nothing was too good for them - dresses,
shoes, delicious food, soft beds, and every home comfort.
But, for the pretty young girl, there was nothing at all.
No new dresses, only her stepsisters’ hand-me-downs. She didn’t despair too much over her
situation, she did the best of it, so she tried to rework and decorate these
old dresses best she could to flatter her body and style. She got no rest and no comfort from her
stepmother. She had to work hard all day. Only when evening came was she
allowed to sit for a while by the fire, near the cinders. That’s why everybody
called her Cinderella.
Cinderella used to spend long hours all alone talking to
her dog. The dog cheered her up by wiggling his tail and licking her face when
she was sad almost like saying: “You have something neither of your
stepsisters has and that is beauty, you are pretty inside and out!” It
was quite true.
Cinderella, even dressed in refurbished old rags, was a lovely girl.
While her stepsisters, no matter how splendid and elegant their clothes, were still
clumsy, lumpy and mean and always would be.
One day, beautiful new dresses arrived at the house. A
ball was to be held at the palace and the stepsisters were getting ready to go.
Cinderella didn't even dare ask if she could go too. She knew very well what
the answer would be: “You? You're staying at home to wash the
dishes, scrub the floors and turn down the beds for your stepsisters. They will
come home tired and very sleepy!”
Cinderella sighed and said: “Whatever,
I’ll dance at home in front of the mirror, on my own!” Nothing could break her spirit.
Suddenly something amazing happened. As Cinderella was
sitting after hours of dancing in front of the mirror, there was a burst of
light and a fairy appeared. “Don't be afraid, Cinderella!” said the
fairy. “I know you would love to go to
the ball. And so you shall!”
“How
can I when I don’t have proper shoes?” Cinderella replied. “The snobby
servants will turn me away!”
The fairy smiled. With a flick of her magic wand
Cinderella found herself wearing the most beautiful dress she had ever seen, it
was Elie Saab Couture!
“Now
for your coach” said the fairy "A real lady would never go to a ball
on foot especially not in Christian Loboutin high heel shoes! Quick! Get me a pumpkin! “
“Oh
of course!” said Cinderella, rushing away.
Then the fairy turned to the dog.
“You,
bring me seven mice or birds, and, remember they must be alive!”
Cinderella soon returned with the pumpkin and the dog
with seven mice he had caught in the cellar. With a flick of the magic wand the
pumpkin turned into a sparkling white pumpkin and the mice became six white
horses, while the seventh mouse turned into a coachman in a smart uniform and
carrying a whip. Cinderella could hardly believe her eyes.
Cinderella had a wonderful time at the ball until she
heard the first stroke of midnight! She remembered what the fairy had said, and
without a word of goodbye she slipped from the arm of a charming gentleman she
was dancing with at the moment and ran down the steps. As she ran she lost one
of her Loboutins, she hadn't even noticed! If she did, she would surely return
to pick it up! But if the last stroke of midnight were to sound... oh... what a
disaster that would be! Out she fled and vanished into the night.
The charming gentleman she was dancing with turned up to
be Prince, who was now having a crush on her, he picked up her Louboutin,
knowing how important shoes are to women and said to his ministers, “Go
and search everywhere for the girl whose foot this Louboutin fits. This kingdom
would not survive the despair of women who realized she lost her Louboutin!”
So the ministers tried this special shoe on the foot of
every girl in the land until only Cinderella was left.
“That
awful untidy girl simply cannot have been at the ball!”
snapped the stepmother. “Tell the Prince he ought to marry one of
my two daughters! Can't you see how ugly and poor looking Cinderella is?”
But, to everyone’s amazement, the shoe fitted perfectly, as if her name was on it!
Suddenly the fairy appeared and waved her magic wand. In
a flash, Cinderella appeared again a splendid dress, shining with all of her
youth, resilience and natural beauty. Her stepmother and stepsisters gaped at
her in amazement, and the ministers said, "Come with us Cinderella! The Prince is
waiting for you."
So Cinderella decided to give a Prince a chance and soon
they started dating. After all, he was the man who was persistent enough to pursue
the women who he admired, no matter her background and all of the obstacles on
his way and he also understand how important shoes can be to a women, after a
while, they got married and lived happily ever after!
"Cinderella. A proof that a new pair of shoes, can change your life!"
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