Retold by Ruth Hobart Illustrated by Giovanni Manna BLACKCAT earlyreads Poor Cinderella! She has to do all the housework, and her sisters won't take her to the ball at the royal palace! But thanks to a fairy godmother - and not forgetting her pets! - she does go to the ball. There, the Prince falls in love with her, but she has to leave. Will they meet again?

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Cinderella – A Play
Scene 1
Narrator 1: Cinderella is a pretty girl. She’s got blue eyes and blonde,
curly hair. She’s always happy. She likes singing and
playing with her pet cat and the mice in the kitchen.
Narrator 2: She lives in a big house with her two sisters. Her sisters are
very ugly! They’ve got big noses and big, ugly feet!
Narrator 1: They don’t like Cinderella, and she has to do all the work in
the house. They throw their clothes on the floor.
Ugly sister 1: Pick up our clothes!
Ugly sister 2: Clean the kitchen!
Ugly sister 1: Wash the clothes!
Ugly sister 2: Cook the dinner!
Scene 2
Narrator 2: One day Cinderella is in the kitchen. She’s washing the
plates.
Narrator 1: The sun is shining and Cinderella is happy. She’s looking
out of the window and singing with the birds.
Narrator 2: Blackie’s playing with his friends, the little mice. Goldie is
Cinderella’s goldfish. He’s swimming in his bowl and
listening to the birds singing.
Ugly sisters 1 and 2: Cinderella! Cinderella!! Come here! Quickly!
Narrator 1: Cinderella runs upstairs into the living room.
Cinderella: Here I am!
Ugly sister 1: Look at this.

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Ugly sister 2: We’ve got an invitation from the King.
Ugly sisters 1 and 2: An invitation to the ball at the Palace!’
Cinderella: An invitation to the ball! That’s wonderful.
Ugly sister 1: ‘Yes! We can wear beautiful dresses…
Ugly sister 2: …and we can dance with Prince Charming!
Cinderella: Can I come to the ball?
Ugly sisters 1 and 2: You? Come to the ball?
Ugly sister 1: No! You can’t come to the ball.
Ugly sister 2: You haven’t got a dress!’
Scene 3
Narrator 2: It’s the day of the ball. Cinderella is very busy helping her
sisters.
Narrator 1: The ugly sisters want Cinderella to do everything.
Ugly sister 1: Cinderella! Come here and help me with my dress.
Ugly sister 2: Cinderella! Come here and help me with my hair.
Ugly sister 1: Cinderella! Go and find my blue shoes.
Ugly sister 2: Cinderella! Go and find my yellow bag.
Ugly sister 1: Cinderella! Where’s my necklace?
Ugly sister 2: Cinderella! Where’s my ring?
Ugly sisters 1: Cinderella! Cinderella! Cinderella!
Ugly sisters 1 and 2: Quickly, quickly, quickly………
Ugly sisters 1 and 2: It’s time to go!

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Scene 4
Narrator 2: The sisters are at the ball and Cinderella is in the kitchen.
She is crying.
Blackie: Don’t cry, Cinderella.
Cinderella: I want to go to the ball.
Narrator 1: Suddenly there is a beautiful woman in the room. She is
Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother.
Fairy Godmother: You can go to the ball.
Cinderella: Who are you?
Fairy Godmother: I’m your Fairy Godmother.
Cinderella, go into the garden and find a nice, big
pumpkin…
Come here, Blackie. Let’s put Goldie here on the floor
…. and.... Oh, yes! Six little white mice!
Narrator 2: The Fairy Godmother waves her magic wand!
Fairy Godmother: Abracadabra!
Scene 5
Narrator 1: The Fairy Godmother waves her magic wand and..
Narrator 2: The Pumpkin is now a beautiful coach.
Narrator 1: Goldie is now a footman.
Narrator 2: Blackie is now an coachman.
Narrator 1: And the six white mice are now six beautiful white horses!
Narrator 2: The Fairy Godmother waves her wand again.
Narrator 1: Cinderella’s old grey dress is now a wonderful new dress
and on her feet there are pretty glass shoes.

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Fairy Godmother: Now you can go to the ball Cinderella. But, you must
be home before midnight.
Cinderella: Thank you Fairy Godmother! Thank you!
Scene 6
Narrator 2: At the palace there are a lot of people. Everyone is
happy.
Narrator 1: Everyone is in the ballroom talking and laughing and
dancing.
Narrator 2: The King and Queen are enjoying the ball.
Ugly sister 1. Who is that beautiful Princess?
Ugly sister 2: I don’t know. Look, Prince Charming is dancing with
her!
Narrator 1: Prince Charming likes Cinderella, and they dance and
dance and dance all night.
Clock: Dong! Dong!
Narrator: 2: Cinderella looks at the clock. It’s midnight!
Cinderella: I must go!
Prince Charming: Come here! Don’t go! Please, come here.
Narrator 1: Cinderella runs out of the ballroom and down the
steps.
Narrator 2: Prince Charming runs out of the ballroom.
Narrator 1: Cinderella isn’t there. It’s midnight, and she’s running
home.
Narrator 2: Prince Charming looks on the steps and sees
Cinderella’s glass shoe.

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Prince Charming: What’s this? It’s the a glass shoe! I can go to every
house in the town…I can ask every girl in the town to
put on this shoe… I can find the beautiful Princess!’
Scene 7
Narrator 1: Prince Charming goes to every house in the town.
Narrator 2: He goes to Cinderella’s house.
Ugly sister 1: Prince Charming is here!
Ugly sister 2: Prince Charming is here!
Ugly sister 1: Go away. Go into the kitchen, Cinderella.
Ugly sister 2: The glass shoe isn’t yours. You can’t see Prince
Charming.
Ugly sisters 1 and 2: Quickly, quickly, quickly! Go! Go! Go!
Narrator 1: Prince Charming gives the glass shoe to the ugly
sisters.
Narrator: 2: The ugly sisters put on the glass shoe. They have
very big, ugly feet! And the shoe is very small……
Cinderella opens the door.
Cinderella: Can I put on the shoe.
Ugly sisters 1 and 2: GO AWAY!
Prince Charming: No, wait! Come here and put on the shoe.
Narrator 1. Cinderella puts on the shoe.
Prince Charming: The shoe is yours! You are the beautiful Princess!
Cinderella: I’m not a princess. I’m Cinderella. But the shoe is
mine.

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Scene 8
Narrator 2: Prince Charming and Cinderella have a beautiful
wedding in the garden at the Palace.
Narrator 1: All the people from the town come to the wedding. It’s
a beautiful sunny day and Prince Charming and
Cinderella are very happy.
Cinderella: Can we be friends now?
Ugly sister 1: You are a good, kind girl Cinderella.
Ugly sister 2: We want to be your friends .
Cinderella: Good!
Narrators 1 and 2: And they all live happily ever after!