There was once a widower, who married a second time to a woman who had two daughters, wicked and trusting. The man also had a daughter, named Ella, a girl of extraordinary kindness with a temperament as sweet as honey. Together with her daughters, the stepmother made her daughter do all the household chores. The poor girl was doing her duty and did not dare to tell her father. One day the prince invited all the girls from the land to a ball so he could choose a wife. The two stepsisters happily began to prepare their wardrobe while Cinderella assisted them, but they teased her saying that a maid could never attend a ball. After the sisters left, Cinderella burst into an unstoppable cry. Then her bear fairy appeared, who promised to help her attend the ball. She turned a pumpkin into a carriage, mice into horses, a rat into a visit, and lizards into companions. She then changed her rags into a beautiful dress, completing the outfit with a delicate pair of glass shoes. The bear fairy told her to enjoy the ball, but to return before midnight, because after twelve o’clock the spell will break. At the ball, the whole court was bewitched by this woman, especially the prince who did not leave her side. Cinderella left at the last stroke of the clock announcing midnight, and in her haste she lost a glass slipper going down the palace steps. The prince followed her, but he could not catch her, but after her he recovered the lost shoe and promised that he would find the girl to whom it belonged and that he would marry her. The prince tried the slipper on all the girls in the land. The stepsisters tried in vain, and despite their taunts, Cinderella asked if she could try on the shoe as well. Of course, this one fit perfectly, and then he put on the other one to dispel any doubt. Seeing this, the stepsisters asked her for forgiveness, and she forgave them for their cruelty. Cinderella returned to the palace and married the prince.