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Cinderella
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In the sweetest story ever told
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Once upon a time... in a faraway Iand,
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there was a tiny kingdom...
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peaceful, prosperous,
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and rich in romance and tradition.
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Here, in a stately chateau,
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there Iived a widowed gentleman...
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and his IittIe daughter, Cinderella.
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Although he was a kind and devoted father,
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and gave his beloved child
every luxury and comfort,
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still he felt she needed a mother's care.
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And so he married again,
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choosing for his second wife
a woman of good family...
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with two daughters just Cinderella's age.
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By name... Anastasia and Drizella.
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It was upon the untimely death
of this good man, however,
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that the stepmother's
true nature was revealed.
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Cold, cruel, and bitterly jealous...
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of Cinderella's charm and beauty,
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she was grimly determined
to forward the interests...
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of her own two awkward daughters.
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Thus, as time went by,
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the chateau fell into disrepair,
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for the family fortunes were squandered...
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upon the vain and selfish stepsisters,
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while Cinderella was abused, humiliated,
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and finally forced to become
a servant in her own house.
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And yet, through it all,
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Cinderella remained ever gentle and kind,
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for with each dawn she found
new hope that someday...