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Poems
"Cinderella"
Information Plot/Description
Information
Plot/Description
Spoiler Warning! The poem starts out by telling
us that the real version of the story is much gorier than the sanitized
tale we've all heard. It starts out with the Ugly Stepsisters going off
to the ball while Cinderella is locked in the cellar. The Magic Fairy
hears her cries and grants her wish to attend. Cindy finds herself all
dressed up and dancing with the Prince. At midnight she hears the clock
and runs off, tearing her dress and losing a slipper. The Prince vows to
marry the girl that fits the shoe. Unfortunately he sets it down and one
of the Stepsisters flushes it down the toilet. Then she replaces it with
her own shoe. The next day the Prince brings it to the house and she
triumphantly shows him that it fits. Enraged, the Prince whacks off her
head with his sword. "She's prettier without [it]," he says. He
cuts off the second stepsister's head as well. Cindy hears the commotion
and is horrified to learn that her Prince is so violent. Before he can cut
off her head, the Magic Fairy appears and offers to grant Cindy one
more wish. She says she's had her fill of princes and money. She just
wants a decent man. In the blink of an eye she's married to a jam-maker
and they live happily ever after.
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