How Cinderella Got Her Name
Once upon a time, there was a really lazy and mean little girl who lived in a house
with her stepmother and two stepsisters. The little girl never did anything for herself.
She bossed everyone in the house around and never did anything useful. All day, all
she would ever do is sit on the couch and watch television or play cruel tricks on the
animals around the house. And she was the worst sister EVER! Whenever her
sisters would dress up for a dance or special occasion, she would gather up all of
the cinders in the fire place into a bucket, and dump them all over her sisters, ruining
their pretty clothes. They would then ask, "Why did you do such a thing?" and she
would respond, "Eh. I guess I was just bored." They would then run weeping from
the room. This especially rotten example of her mean spirited nature was how the
lazy and mean little girl became known as Cinderella. Cinderella grew up doing
many inexcusable deeds such as these. Her only friend was the mischievous black
cat. Together, they would terrify the mice. Cinderella would leave out crumbs of
cheese for them and hide behind a corner. Once the mouse smelt the cheese and
came out, Cinderella would sick the cat on them. Seeing the little mice run in panic
would make Cinderella and her cat fall over in fits of laughter. Then they would
make their way over to the kitchen, knocking over a priceless vase or a family
heirloom on the way of course. Once in the kitchen, Cinderella would greedily
gobble up the apple pie that took her stepmother two hours of great care to make
each day. She would only share with her feline accomplice in nastiness, throwing
him a few scraps every now and then. The cat didn't seem to mind, so long as
Cinderella provided him with mice. Later in the day, sometimes Cinderella would go
outside and pester the farm animals. When the sun set, she would trudge in the
house and stomp her feet to make sure every last drop of caked mud on her sister's
boots would fall onto the floor that her sister had been scrubbing all day. Cinderella
would then scowl and storm into her room, and fall fast asleep on her silk sheets
and dream of sugar plum faeries.
