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Ella's father was on a hunting trip.

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One morning Stepmother woke Ella.

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"Get up, lazy girl," she snapped.

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"I have some news. Your father is dead!"

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Ella gasped. Tears filled her eyes.

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"Oh no!" she cried in pain.

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"Father! My poor father . . ."

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After that, nothing was the same.

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Ella was still kind and polite.

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But Stepmother was now mean.

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Stepmother gave fancy dresses to her daughters.

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Ella wore ugly, old rags.

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The stepsisters slept in soft feather beds.

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Ella slept on a hard bed made of straw.

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Gert napped all day long.

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Trudy ate all day long.

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But Stepmother made Ella work.

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She scrubbed, swept, and mopped.

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"Pretty little Ella," Stepmother said.

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"You think you're better than we are.

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You think you're prettier too."

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"No, I don't!" Ella said.

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"You're my family now.

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I love all of you."

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"Ugh." Stepmother sneered. "You're too nice.

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Go and make my lunch!

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And tend the fire again!

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I don't want my daughters to catch a cold."

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Ella liked to sit near the fire.

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She remembered her days with Father.

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"I miss him so much," she thought.

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The stepsisters saw Ella by the fire.

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Trudy giggled. "You're covered in ashes!"

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"Ella likes ashes and cinders," Gert said.

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"Let's call her . . . Cinderella!"