Cinderella adapted from the original story by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
A rich man’s wife became sick, and when she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only son, who was called Kellan, to her bedside and said, “Dear child, remain brave and good, and I will look down on you from heaven and be near you.” With this she closed her eyes and died. The boy went out to his mother’s grave every day and wept, and he remained brave and good. When winter came the snow spread a white cloth over the grave, and when the spring sun had removed it again, the man took himself another wife. This wife brought two daughters into the house with her. They were beautiful, with fair faces, and fine gowns. Kellan found himself wishing to be as pretty as his new sisters, and began wearing some of his mother’s old gowns and jewelry. But the boy’s stepfamily, despite their appearance, had evil and dark hearts. Times soon grew very bad for the poor stepchild. “Why should that stupid goose sit in the parlor with us? He is unnatural and strange.” they said. “If he wants to eat bread, then he will have to earn it. Out with this kitchen servant!” They took his beautiful clothes away from him, saying that boys should not wear skirts, and dressed him in an old gray smock and wooden shoes. “Just look at the proud prince! How decked out he is!” they shouted and laughed as they led him into the kitchen.