Stepmother And Stepsisters In Cinderella By The Grimm Brothers

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In Cinderella by the Grimm Brothers, Cinderella’s father is still alive. She has to deal with a stepmother and stepsisters because her dad remarried. Her male savior is a prince and they meet at a ball. The setting is back in the day. A tree branch grants her wishes with the animals as helpers. The sister have a cruel ending with their eyes poked out. The prince finds her because of a glass slipper. She had always wanted to go the ball from the beginning. She never met the prince until the ball. The prince finds her and it is a happily ever after.
In Another Cinderella Story Dancing Ever After…, Cinderella (Mary’s) parents both are dead. Her mother was a dancer for the current adopted mother, Dominique, and when she died the Dominque needed

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