Cindy Ellen is the daughter of a rancher in Mississippi who just got remarried to a horrible woman with two mean daughters. The step mother and step daughters treated Cindy Ellen like a slave and made her do all the work around the ranch. There was a rodeo and square dance coming up, and the step sisters were very excited to attend. Cindy Ellen wanted nothing more than to go to the rodeo and square dance. As Cindy Ellen was waiting at home while the step sisters were at the rodeo, her fairy godmother appeared out of thin air and gave her everything she needed to be the perfect cowgirl. When she arrived at the rodeo, she rode her horse and impressed the entire crowd, especially Joe Prince. Unfortunately, Cindy had to leave at midnight to go back home. The next night she attended the square dance and danced with Joe Prince the entire night. When she left at midnight, the sparkly spur fell off of her cowboy boot. Joe Prince tried to fit the spur on every girl's boot until it fit Cindy Ellen's. Cindy and Joe Prince lived happily ever after.
I would use this in the classroom to comapre and contrast this Cinderella tale with the original. I would have them choose which story they liked better and explain why. They could maybe pick out which parts of the story demonstrate the wild western lifestyle. Reading this story will help the children see the Cinderella story through a different view, and maybe will make the theme clearer to some of the students.
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