Once upon a time, a widowed man married a mean woman for she had him utterly under her influence. Each one of them had their own daughters from previous marriages: the lady had two girls as vain as their mother and the man had the fairest lass you could have ever seen, a rosebud called Meredith Grey.
Life, despite Meredith’s kindness, was not kind to her; she was forced to do each and every task her stepsisters assigned her, and so did her stepmother, who thought of Meredith as no more than a maid for them. None complaint was made for her father, though; he was happy with the new wife, albeit she was selfish and abusive. Meredith would never take away her father’s happiness, “he has already suffered much because of mom’s death”, thought her.
The only who called Meredith by her name was her father; the stepmother and stepsiblings called her ‘Cinderella’ for she was always covered in grayish dust after the housekeeping and, obviously, to mock with her surname: “Little Grey’s always gray / Will never find a feller / Her dream is faraway / ‘Cause she’s only Cinderella” they sang.
Cinderella was gazing at the sunrise in the meadow one day when she heard her stepsiblings shouting frenetically inside the house. Excited as they were, Cinderella was told immediately the cause of all that noise: the prince was looking for a wife and would give a ball in order to find one. The two soubrettes were already planning their dresses and ignoring Cinderella again; Later, they went to the ball and left Meredith home because she did not have a proper dress to wear and her father was travelling with his wife, so they not even thought of letting her wear a dress of their own.
Alone, Meredith cried. She wished her life was not miserable and begged for help; then, a miracle happened: suddenly the entire room was filled with light and a sweet voice said: “Do not be afraid, child, I am here to bless you. You deserve my gifts.”
“Who are you? What gifts are you talking about?” replied Meredith.
“I am your Fairy Godmother! I am the one who must grant you happiness” said the now materialized fairy, a vivacious and kindly grandma.
“And how are you supposed to make me happy?”
“By giving you a coach, a gown and glass slippers! So that you can meet your prince and marry him.” jolly said the fairy.
“I’m sorry, but that’s not happiness… in fact, that sounds just like a bimbo life and I’m pretty sure I don’t want to serve my husband instead of serving my sisters. I deserve better.”
“Oh my… so how could I help you, my darling?”
Meredith grinned with glee and made her wish. She became a rich woman and was free to travel wherever she wanted to. Later she studied Medicine and wrote one of the most famous human anatomy textbooks of all time.
Life, despite Meredith’s kindness, was not kind to her; she was forced to do each and every task her stepsisters assigned her, and so did her stepmother, who thought of Meredith as no more than a maid for them. None complaint was made for her father, though; he was happy with the new wife, albeit she was selfish and abusive. Meredith would never take away her father’s happiness, “he has already suffered much because of mom’s death”, thought her.
The only who called Meredith by her name was her father; the stepmother and stepsiblings called her ‘Cinderella’ for she was always covered in grayish dust after the housekeeping and, obviously, to mock with her surname: “Little Grey’s always gray / Will never find a feller / Her dream is faraway / ‘Cause she’s only Cinderella” they sang.
Cinderella was gazing at the sunrise in the meadow one day when she heard her stepsiblings shouting frenetically inside the house. Excited as they were, Cinderella was told immediately the cause of all that noise: the prince was looking for a wife and would give a ball in order to find one. The two soubrettes were already planning their dresses and ignoring Cinderella again; Later, they went to the ball and left Meredith home because she did not have a proper dress to wear and her father was travelling with his wife, so they not even thought of letting her wear a dress of their own.
Alone, Meredith cried. She wished her life was not miserable and begged for help; then, a miracle happened: suddenly the entire room was filled with light and a sweet voice said: “Do not be afraid, child, I am here to bless you. You deserve my gifts.”
“Who are you? What gifts are you talking about?” replied Meredith.
“I am your Fairy Godmother! I am the one who must grant you happiness” said the now materialized fairy, a vivacious and kindly grandma.
“And how are you supposed to make me happy?”
“By giving you a coach, a gown and glass slippers! So that you can meet your prince and marry him.” jolly said the fairy.
“I’m sorry, but that’s not happiness… in fact, that sounds just like a bimbo life and I’m pretty sure I don’t want to serve my husband instead of serving my sisters. I deserve better.”
“Oh my… so how could I help you, my darling?”
Meredith grinned with glee and made her wish. She became a rich woman and was free to travel wherever she wanted to. Later she studied Medicine and wrote one of the most famous human anatomy textbooks of all time.
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