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.