| Once upon a time ... The wife of a rich man falls sick and dies, promising to be her daughter's guardian angel. Day after day, the maiden goes to her mother's grave to cry. By the next year, the man has remarried, to a widow who has two daughters who are very beautiful and very evil-minded. The two daughters, jealous of their stepsister, have her banished to the kitchen, where she gets so black from ashes that they call her Cinderella. She plants a tree beside her mother's grave, watering it with her tears. A white dove perches in this tree, and throws down whatever Cinderella wishes for. After a time, the king gives a great ball, so that his son might choose a bride from all the ladies in the land. Cinderella is forbidden to go as she has no dress and no slippers. After the stepmother and sisters leave, she goes to her mother's grave, and wishes for a dress and slipper. While leaving the ball, she leaves a slipper behind her accidentally. The prince, not knowing where to look for her, decides to marry the person who fits the shoe. In our beautiful Cinderella Collection you will find many of the objects from the Fairy Tale of Cinderella recreated in real life.
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