Chapter 1
The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt her time coming to an end, she called her only daughter to her bed-side.
"Always be a good girl," said the dying woman "I'll be in heaven looking over you".
Soon after she shut her eyes and died. The woman was buried in the garden behind the house; and every day the little girl went to her grave and cried her young eyes out. True to her word, she was always kind and caring, never saying a horrid thing to anyone.
By the time spring breathed its first breath, her father had married another. This new wife had 2 two daughters of her own, that she had brought with her. At first glance, they seemed like wonderful young ladies, but in their hearts they were horrible people. They took her finest clothes jewels and gave her old dusty rags to wear. The step-sisters would laugh at her while she the hard work around the house. The little girl always rose before daylight to do the chores. And in the evening they forced her to sleep in front of the fire. This action caused her to be dusty and dirty. As another cruel way to torture her, they called her Cinderella instead of the name her dead mother gave her.