Summary
Cendrillon is a Caribbean cinderella story. It unique in that it is told from the Godmother's point of view. It starts off as the Godmother tells a little background information of how her mother had left her a wand that could turn something into anything by tapping it three times. It could only be used on those you loved and the effects were only temporary. The Godmother then starts telling the story of the birth of her Goddaughter Cendrillon. Cendrillon's mother died when she was just a baby. Her father remarried and they had another daughter together named Vitaline. As Vitaline got older, she and her mother treated Cendrillon poorly. She was stuck doing all of the cleaning and all of the laundry. One day Cendrillon tells her Godmother that she is upset because there is a ball that evening and she can't go because of all the work she has to do at home. The Godmother tells her that there's nothing to worry about, she will go to the ball that night. After Cendrillon's family leaves for the ball, the Godmother takes out her wand and she taps three times on Cendrillon and makes her a beautiful dress with beautiful slippers. She also makes her a coach to ride in, with horses and a coachman. Just like in Cinderella, Cendrillon goes to the ball, dances with Paul, Monsieur Thiboult's son and when the clock strikes midnight she dashes away leaving only a shoe. Paul searches all over for the owner to the show and when he finds Cendrillon the get married and live happily ever after.
Evaluation
I thought that there was not enough difference between Cendrillon and Cinderella. I have read other Cinderella stories and they all differ slightly in the story, but this one was pretty much the same with the names of the characters change. I still enjoyed reading this story. My favorite thing about this story is that it is told from the Godmother's perspective which gives the story a whole new feeling.
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