characters:
cinderella; stepmother; stepsister 1; stepsister2; godmother; prince; guard (duke). *rdies and the mice. (both two children)
act 1
once upon a time there lived a kind and lovely girl. she was so kind *n to the mice, and the *rdies are her good friends. *ry morning the *rdies woke her up from her dream with their sweet songs.
cinderella: good morning, *rdies!
*rds: good morning, cinderella!
but after her father's death, her stepmother became cruel to her. her two stepsisters teased1 her, asking her to do all the housework. ( 从前有一位可爱善良的姑娘，她*很早就去世了.但是她的继母经常*她，继母带来的两个孩子也经常欺负她，她们把灰姑娘当女佣一样使唤。)stepmother:
go to do the laundry2 and clean the floors right away.
cinderella: yes mother!
stepsister1: cinderella! get my sweater and my gloves for me. it is so cold.
cinderella: yes sister!
stepsister2: hurry up!!! where is my breakfast?
i'm to be late for my date.
cinderella: ok i am cooking for you, my dear sister!
cruel as her stepmother and her sisters were to her, cinderella still lived an optimistic3 life.虽然继母这样对她，可灰姑娘还是乐观地活着。
act 2one day, the king held a party for the prince to choose a girl he loved. *ry maid4 in the town was invited to the party. the guard sent the message to *ry family.一天，国王要让王子自己选择心爱的人，为王子举办了一个宫廷舞会，邀请城里所有的姑娘参加。侍卫兵把这个*传达到每个家庭。
guard: the prince will hold royal ball at the palace, *ry girl is invited to the ball that night. and the prince will choose the most beautiful girl as his wife on the ball.
stepmother: *ry girl is invited and one lucky girl would be the prince’s wife! oh! what a great message!
cinderella: that means5 i can go to the ball too?
stepsister1: you can go? go to the royal ball? dancing with the prince? imaging!
stepsister2: she is only fit to dance with a broom6! ha ha ha!
cinderella: but it says *ry girl is invited!
stepmother: so it does. you may go, if you can get all the housework done, and find something to wear. now go to clean the floor!
cinderella: but, but i just cleaned it this morning.
stepmother: clean it again! (shouting) then cook meals for us. we will go to the ball tonight.
stepsisters: ha ha ha! ( laughing! )
her stepmother was so cruel to cinderella that her animal friends show sympathy7 to her.
*rdie 1: cinderella, do this!
*rdie 2: cinderella, do that!
mice: cinderella will n*r have time to go to the ball.
dancing with the prince and become his wife!
*rdies: oh! poor cinderella~~!
the stepmother was jealous8 of cinderella's beauty, so she took her two daughters to the party, leaving cinderella at home. she was broken-hearted. at that time, the fairy godmother appeared.可是继母嫉妒灰姑*美貌，让灰姑娘在家干活，独自带着女儿去了。灰姑娘非常地伤心，就在这个时候*出现了。cinderella: there's nothing left to beli* in. nothing!
godmother: nothing, my dear? oh, now you don't really mean that.
cinderella: oh, but i do.
godmother: nonsense9, child！if you'd lost all your faith, i couldn't be here.
and here i am! oh, come here now. dry your tears!
cinderella: why then, you must be...为什么你一定在。。。
godmother: your fairy godmother? of course. now let's see, hmm...now...the magic words. ma-di-ga-ka-da-bra！
你传说中的*？当然，现在让我看看。。。现在，这些魔力的话，mai-di-ga-ka-da-bra。
after the magic words, cinderella wearied10 a pretty dress. the mice turned to be two horses, and *rdies turned to be her waiters. and a beautiful mache appeared in front of her.
cinderella: oh, beautiful! what a beautiful dress! and a mache!
it's like a dream, a wonderful dream come true.噢，它太美丽了！象一个梦，一个美好的梦想变成了现实。
godmother: hop11 in my dear, we can’t waste time!
godmother: yes, my child, but like all dreams, well, my dream will end. at midnight the bell will be broken.
是的，我的孩子，象所有的梦一样, 这一切在午夜的钟声响起的时候时候就会结束~~~~
cinderella: midnight? oh, thank you. i promise to be home before midnight.午夜？噢，谢谢你。我保证在午夜之前赶回家.
godmother: bless you, my child.
祝福你，我的孩子。
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