Cinderella

I wrote this story awhile ago...

CINDERELLA

There once was a girl. She lived a fine life with her mother and father. But when she was three years old, her mother died. She was left to grow up with her father. The young girl, Ella, was extremely beautiful. Not only that, she was also very kind hearted. And her father loved her.
But one day, when Ella was ten years old, her father decided she needed a mother. So a month later he married. The woman was young and pretty. But she had two very mean and ugly daughters. The woman was always kind to Ella- that is, when her father was around. But in actuality, she was extremely cruel.
On a late afternoon in July, Ella went on a boating trip with her father. Her stepmother and stepsisters refused to go. Ella and her father twisted down a rapid river. The water gleamed purple and blue. It was also spotted with flecks of green. It was very lovely indeed. But they turned a sharp curve and smashed right into a large boulder. The canoe capsized. Ella's father got thrown from the canoe. He was carried with the flow of the river far and fast. He swam as fast and hard as her could. Ella, who also got pushed into the water, caught hold of the canoe before the river would take her away. She screamed for her father as big, round tears came rolling down her cheeks. But her father was never seen nor heard of again.
This left a big problem for Ella. Now that her father was gone, she was in the hands of the wicked stepmother. Immediately, Ella was moved o the attic. She had to sleep on a lumpy mattress made of straw. Ella was also treated like a slave. She dusted the furniture, washed the dishes and too many other chores that left her weak and tired. But her stepmother loved giving her the task of cleaning the chimney. Ella would get soot all over her from the cinders in the fireplace. So her stepsisters started calling her Cinderella and the name stuck.
Her stepmother had always been jealous of how Cinderella was more pretty, graceful, and nice than her own two daughters. Oh, this angered her more then anything. So she gave Cinderella the endless tasks. It gave Stepmother pleasure to see Cinderella being a lower class than her daughters. One bright morning, Cinderella was sweeping the floor when she heard a knock on the door. How very strange, thought Cinderella, Hardly anyone comes to this house since father's death. But all the same, she went and answered the door. It was a royal footman from the castle!
"Here is a letter from the prince", the footman said.
"Thank you sir!", Cinderella kindly replied. She took the latter and closed the door. Her stepsisters crowded around her.
"What is it? What is it?", her stepsisters shrieked.
"Girls! Manners, manners! Do move away", Stepmother said calmly. She grabbed the letter out of Cinderella's hand. "Oh my! Girls, I think I have found you a husband! Yes a husband indeed."
"Who could it be?" the stepsisters wondered aloud.
"The prince of course!" Stepmother said. "He is holding a royal ball in order to find the perfect bride".
"May I go?" Cinderella asked.
"Well Cinderella, have you weeded the garden? Have you cooked the bread? Have you washed the clothes? Have you done everything that needs to be done around here and more? If you have done all of those chores, then you may go." Stepmother said coolly.
Cinderella looked down at her feet. A hot tear ran down to the tip of her nose. She shook her head, no. The tear rolled of her nose and left a splattered mark on the floor.
"Oh, and Cinderella- you missed a spot!" Stepmother said motioning to the spot on the floor.
For the next week, Cinderella spent all her time getting dresses for her stepsisters, then putting them back and getting new ones. She put up their hair in fancy new ways, and smothered makeup onto their faces. But all dressed, they still did not look half as beautiful as Cinderella in her rags.
Finally he night came. I was the night of the ball. The stepsisters rushed around. Just to make sure Cinderella wasn't going anywhere, Stepmother locked her in the cellar with the mice, frogs, snakes and the cat. Cinderella sat on the steps and wept her heart out. The mice tried to sooth her. Then, all of a sudden a light appeared in the corner.
"Oh bother! This troublesome want. Good for nothing- oh yes! Here we go. Hello there!" Cinderella heard somebody say. As the person moved closer to Cinderella, she moved back. "Hello! No need to be frightened, girl. I am your fairy god mother. Come to me Let me see you!" the Godmother exclaimed. Cinderella crept forward. " What is wrong?" Godmother asked her.
"Oh I want to go to the ball, but I'm not aloud to", Cinderella cried.
"Well first we must get out of her". With the witch of her wand, they were standing in the kitchen. "Now bring me a pumpkin, 6 mice, 1 snake, and 1 cat" said the Godmother.
Cinderella obeyed. The fairy godmother put magic on all the items. She turned the pumpkin into a carriage, the mice into horses, the snake into a footman, and the cat into a driver.
"There Cinderella! Now you can go to the ball!" Godmother said promptly.
"No I can't! I can't go to the ball int these rags and my bare feet!" Cinderella exclaimed.
"Oh yes! How could I forget? All right then" she said. She mumbled some words and moved her arm in a great circular motion.
Cinderella looked lovely! She had on a pale blue dress that sparkled. A small tiara sat upon her golden curls. On her feet were the most beautiful glass slippers she had ever seen.
" Thank you!" she cried. Then she got into her carriage.
" Oh Cinderella! Remember, come back by the stroke of midnight, or the magic will go away. You'll have nothing left but your own rags!" Godmother called.
Cinderella happily arrived at the ball. As soon as she stepped into the grand ballroom, the music stopped playing and all ayes were on her. Especially the prince's.
At once he came forward and asked her to dance. Then he led her out to the middle of the dance floor and they danced the night away.
In the corner of the room, the stepsisters stared at Cinderella. "That girl looks VERY familiar. I wonder who she is" Stepmother said.
The prince didn't dance with anyone except Cinderella. Later they stopped dancing and went out to the terrace for some fresh air. All of the sudden the clock rang its first stroke of midnight.
"Oh no! I'm sorry. I must go now!" Cinderella cried.
"But wait! What is you name? Please don't go!" the prince shouted.
In Cinderella's haste to leave, one of her magical glass slippers slid off her foot. But she had no time to go back and get it.
The prince asked one of the guards if he had seen a beautiful princess running out of the palace. The guard said that he had seen nothing but a girl in rags running down the road.
The prince could not stop thinking about her, though. He had found her slipper and sat gazing at it the whole night. But in the morning he decided to find the girl who fit in the slipper. He search throughout the whole kingdom.
The doorbell rang at Cinderella's house. Cinderella answered the door. It was the prince.
" I am looking for the girl that fits in this glass slipper" he said holding it up.
Cinderella reached into her pocket for the matching glass slipper. "I-I have-".
Cinderella's wicked stepmother pushed her out of the way just as Cinderella was about to show him her slipper. " Hello prince. I have two daughters that would like to try the slipper on" Stepmother said.
The girls ran into the room giggling. "Let me try it on first! I am the oldest" one stepsister shrieked.
"Very well", the prince said. He tried to put the slipper on her foot. "I'm sorry it doesn't fit. Looks like your foot is too long".
The next stepsister yanked her sister out of the chair and sat down. " Try me!" she said wiggling her toes.
"Very well", the prince said. He tried to put the slipper on her foot. " I'm sorry, it doesn't fit. Looks like your foot is too fat!".
The stepsisters ran out of the room, wailing.
" May I try it on?" Cinderella asked quietly. She stepped forward.
"No you cannot!" Stepmother said firmly.
" Actually, everyone in this kingdom is allowed to have an equal try in putting the shoe on" the prince said. Cinderella came and sat down. The prince slid the slipper onto Cinderella's delicate foot. It was a perfect fit. Cinderella pulled the identical one from her apron pocket.
"NOOOOOOO! How could this be? Cinderella was not at the ball!" Stepmother screamed.
" You really are the one, Cinderella! We will be married by tomorrow!" the prince exclaimed!
Cinderella looked shyly at her stepmother. " You can come if you want" she said to Stepmother.
Stepmother shrieked again and ran out of the room.
Cinderella and the prince ran out of the house and into the waiting carriage. The next day they got married and lived happily ever after!!!!!!!!!

Math

Yesterday, my math teacher called me into the hall. No, I wasn't in trouble or anything like that. She told me that I was at the top of the math class and that I was really good at it. She said that I always do well on quizzes and tests accept for one, but that doesn't matter because I usually get 100% and that will cover up my bad grade. So she told me that if I wanted, she could give me harder homework than the rest of the class. Every time that they have to do workbook pages for homework, I will get a different assignment. I told her that I do want that. She also asked me if I want to come early in the mornings and meet with her to practice algebra. She thinks that next year I will get into the seventh grade algebra class. That class is for students that are really good at math. It is the harder class. She told me that it would be great to get a head start on that, just in case.

I felt really happy that she thinks that I'm smart and good at math! My friend got talked to by my math teacher, too. So we are going to go early in the mornings together! I don't really like math but I've always been good at it.

Mall

I went to the mall today with some friends. It was a half day at school so I got home around 11:30 AM. My friends called me and invited me. Ten minutes later we were all in the car going to the Pheasant Lane Mall. When we got there we went to the food court for lunch. I had already eaten before I left so I just got a drink at Burger King. I ordered a Medium and it was monster size! I did not finish it. It was okay because it was very inexpensive. Then we went to Aeropostale. I had a 25$ gift card to spend there. I decided on getting a bag for about $15.00. I still had $10 left so I was looking for something inexpensive. I had my eye on the jewelry but a necklace set was $16! I decided I could get a similar item at Claire's. But I did find a shirt that was $7.50! Now that's a deal at Aeropostale! Then we went and looked inside of this store called PacSun. It was kind of cool but really expensive and totally bright and neon. Then we checked out a store called Rave. Everything was so ugly there. It was cheep but not worth it. We went upstairs to Delia's, next. I liked it in there. Nothing was too bright, nothing was to dark, and nothing was too loud. Although I did get ripped off. There was this rack that had this type of shirt on it that said "We all need to be heard", which is awesome for me because I'm so quiet. The rack said that everything was 6.50. But when I went up to pay the lady said 12.99. Luckily I had that amount- just enough actually. After that we went to Hollister. There was really not a lot to choose from there. I think they had just gotten their orders and were putting them on tables and racks. I got a shirt for 19.90. I had a 40.00 Hollister gift card. I LOVE HOW GOOD HOLLISTER SMELLS!!!! The last store we went to was Claire's. On the way we stopped at Abrocrombie just to see what it was like. It was fragrant, I can tell you that much. But it was also expensive! Much more expensive than Hollister, which is VERY expensive. We left quickly because my eyes and nose was itching from all the perfume. I had run money back at Delia's so at Claire's I just looked. After Claire's, we went back to the food court to Dairy Queen. I got an Ice cream cone.

At the mall I got: 1 medium coke, 1 small ice cream cone, 1 v-neck t-shirt from Aeropostale, 1 Aeropostale bag, and 1 Hollister t shirt.

My Birthday Party

My birthday party was yesterday! It was so much fun because it was a roller skating party. My friend Heidi slept over the night before so that she could go to the party. In the afternoon, we got there before the party started to get set up and everything. Me and Heidi went to get our skates. This Miley Cyrus song came on and the teenage guy at the skate rental counter was singing it. Me and Heidi looked away and tried not to laugh.
When we first started roller skating, we were both really bad. We eventually got better and then my other friends arrived. We were all roller skating together. Accept a few of my friends were really fast so they were zipping past us at top speed. Three of my other friends (including Heidi) were skating while holding hands and going really slowly. No one was really my speed, though. I was kind of medium speed and everyone else was faster or slower than me.
Half way through the party we all got pizza or a hot dog, ice cream and cake that Daddy made. When we were done, we took a break from skating and played arcade games. My mom got some rolls of quarters so that everyone could have ten. Plus, the party came with 25 free tickets for every guest. We got things with the tickets afterward but nobody could really get anything big. We got stuff like rings and Jolly Ranchers.
Then I opened my gifts. I got a couple scarves (really pretty), two necklaces (also really pretty), Aeropostale perfume that smells amazing, and I-Dog, some lip gloss, some nail polish, an earring and necklace set (they are a star and moon set), a Chelmsford bag with my name on it (Chelmsford is our town), and small pink catty, and two GIANT candy bars. Those were from my friends, but on my real birthday my sister Dahlia gave me a bag full of small things that she made including: perfume, a coaster, and a game. My other sister Jemma gave me a Chelmsford sweatshirt (that's maroon cuz that's our town color), and my Mamuma and Aja gave me a Nintendo DS with three games!!!!!!!
So anyway, the party was awesomely fun! Sadly, it's the last real party I'll have. I will have small sleepovers and such from now on!