All of the animals loved her, especially two mice named gus and jaq. The stepmother urges the first to cut off her toe and the second to cut off part of her heel to fit her foot in the shoe. The story of disneys cinderella o nce upon a time there was a beautiful girl called cinderella and she had two ugly step sisters who were very unkind who made her do all the hard work. She had two daughters of her own who were exactly like her. Enjoy our 15minute cinderella audiobook by read by awardwinning narrator philip hurdwood. Well, cinderella went down the back stairs to the kitchen and sat down on a stool, and there she cried. Philip has done a masterful job bringing this magical story to life with his fantastic character voices. They were very mean to cinderella, making her work all day cleaning, sewing, and cooking. She had to sweep the floors, do all the dishes, while they dressed up in fine clothes and went to lots of parties. He married cinderella and together they lived happily ever after. When cinderellas cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the royal ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice gus and jaq, and from her fairy godmother. Of course, we all know the story of cinderella the girl full of gentleness and kindness whose widowed father remarried. It is mostly the same as the story we all know, except for a few major differences.
Now part of the walt disney signature collection and the prestigious national film registry, disneys animated classic cinderella is beloved by generations of fans for its timeless story, unforgettable characters and iconic artistry. He published the story in 1697 in french as cendrillon in his tales of mother goose. Cinderella fairy tale based on the original story by charles perrault once upon a time in a land much like yours and mine, lived a young girl named ella. Some earlier versions of cinderella include a silent short film from 1911 in which cinderellas father is actually alive and a 1922 german version originally called aschenputtel, which.
The cinderella that english speakers know and love can be traced to the french story cendrillon, first published in 1697 by charles perrault, though chinese and greek versions of this classic tale go back to the 9th century ce and 6th century bce, respectively today, there are. Once upon a time, a wealthy merchant resided with his little girl. The prince is notified by little doves that there is blood on the shoe, and finally discovers that the true owner is cinderella. The original cinderella story dates way back to the 1st century bc. Cinderella found herself wearing the most beautiful dress, the loveliest ever seen in the realm. Now that we have settled the matter of the dress, said the fairy, well need to get you a coach. The original or first cinderella story is thought to be rhodopis, which is an egyptian tale recorded by strabo, a greek historian in the first century. Cinderella is a famous fairy tale that almost every child knows. That said, disneys cinderella was not the first film adaptation of this story and its actually quite different from movies that came before it. The original title of the story by charles perrault is cinderella. This, the original cindrella, differs greatly from many of its modern variations. In the brothers grimm version, the wicked stepsisters in turn try the shoe on but cant fit the shoe. Long ago in the ancient land of egypt were the green water of the nile river flows into the blue water of the mediterranean sea lived a young maiden named rhodopis.
In the second edition of their collection 1819, the grimms supplemented the original 1812 version with a coda in which the stepsisters. It has appeared across many different eras, in many different cultures, and according to varying estimations, there could be anything between 350 and 1500 different versions of the tale. Cinderella thanked him, went to her mothers grave and planted the branch on it, and wept so much that the tears fell down on it and watered it. Perhaps the most popular cinderella story is portrayed in disneys 1950 animated version of cinderella. The story of cinderella is an italianjapanese 1996 anime television series based on the fairytale of the same name by charles perrault and the brothers grimm.
The stillpopular story of cinderella continues to influence popular culture internationally. The original cinderella story was extremely sinister. I loved the idea of talking animals and brave girls and boys who overcame cruel care takers. Poor orphaned girl with stepmother and even worsestep sisters who woos the dreamy prince. Cinderella is a folk tale of unknown origins which has been adapted into many films, musicals, and dramas. Cinderella appears to promote this, with the protagonist desiring to be whisked off by a prince, and not much else. Her stepmother does not allow her to go, but a fairy godmother appears and transforms cinderella with a beautiful dress and glass slippers. Directed by clyde geronimi, wilfred jackson, hamilton luske. In the brothers grimm version, one of cinderellas evil stepsisters cuts off her toes, and the other her heel so they can both fit into the tiny glass slipper. The egyptian cinderella this ancient egyptian version of cinderella is considered the oldest version of the story, recorded by the roman historian strabo in the first century bc.
Cinderella lived with her stepmother and her two stepsisters, anastasia and drizella. This cinderella isnt even close to the original one. The story on this page is the story of cinderella in its original form, as translated from the story written in french by charles perrault in 1697. The original stories of cinderella sound more like a. But after his wife passed away, he decided to marry a second time, and his new wife was selfcentered and unkind.
Nobody came to visit her, though, except for an old tabby cat and some insolent mice who proved the cat wasnt doing much good, so in the end she dried her eyes and went to work sweeping out the. He dearly loved the girl for her beautiful face and her nice heart. Poor cinderella had to work hard all day long so the others could rest. The original stories of cinderella sound more like a horror story. The original cinderella, written by perrault, is even more blatantly about social class because its true moral is that by being nice and beautiful, a woman can earn herself a better life. The cinderella story as we know it now is largely the product of the simpering 1950 animated disney film.
Cinderella is one of the bestknown stories of all time. Now, cinderellas sisters did not love her, and were very unkind to her. Cinderella 1812 the famous tale of a girl who is mistreated by her evil stepmother and stepsisters but goes on to marry the prince. Cinderella cartoon series episode 1 princess stories for kids cinderella cartoon series starts with the original cinderella fairy tale story and will continue with new ed stories created. We hope you love this free audio production as much as we enjoyed making it. Cinderellas stepmother, lady tremaine, was cold, cruel, and. It is a timeless story of the jealousy and innocence of a young girl mistreated by her stepmother and older stepsisters. The beastly stepmother and ugly step sisters are especially hilarious. Yehshenyexian this is an ancient chinese fairy tale following the story of yehshen, a beautiful, kind and gentle girl, with a golden fish, who secretly talks, who is also her only companion, who after the death of her father, who treate. Lets take a brief look at this story to identify the moral of cinderella. The films plot is based on charles perraults 1697 rendition of the fairy tale. With ilene woods, james macdonald, eleanor audley, verna felton. She was born in a small house with her mother, lily, and her father, a hardworking merchant. That can be adequately described as a major difference, although the.
Once there was a gentleman who married, for his second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that was ever seen. Cinderella, or the little glass slipper, is a folk tale embodying a mythelement of unjust. The wicked stepmother and her two cruel daughters, who treated cinderella as a servant and made her sleep in the attic. The story of cinderella original short version with a. The movie became the greatest commercial hit for the studio, and is. In the story, cinderella learns about a ball where a king is trying to find a woman to marry his prince.
Dating back to the first century, what was once a story about a greek slave girl. Once upon a time a girl named cinderella lived with her stepmother and two stepsisters. Cinderella has come a long way from its origins as a tale about persecution and the dangers of systemic oppression. Cinderellas mother died while she was a very little child, leaving her to the care of her father and her stepsisters, who were very much older than herself. This is the story that has won the hearts of many generations by teaching them that being humble will make them rise and win and that being good and kind. Cinderella thanked him, went to her mothers grave, and planted the branch on it. This is the original fairy tale by charles perrault, with illustrations by gustave dore and a.
Once upon a time, there was a kind girl named cinderella. The messed up real story behind cinderella youtube. It was produced by tatsunoko production and mondo tv. In the original cinderella story there is no slipper or pumpkin coach. And because she always looked dusty and dirty, they called her cinderella. And when cinderella begged very hard to go, she said, if you can in one hours time pick two of these dishes of peas out of the ashes, you shall go too. Cinderella there was once a rich man whose wife lay sick, and when she. Once the stepsisters realize that they should try to win favor with cinderella after all, she. The real stories behind these disney movies will ruin your. A rich mans wife became sick, and when she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, dear child, remain pious and good, and then our dear god will always protect you, and i. This is one of the most popular fairy tales in childrens literature. The tale of how a poor, mistreated girl, gets the blessing of her fairy. Cinderella is a folk tale that has unknown origins. Cinderella is the archetype on which the modern disney princess phenomenon is based.
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