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Cinderella "Not"
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 Created on 4-19-07
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I know you know the story of Cinderella. The evil stepsisters and their mother are at the ball along with all the other available bachelorettes in the kingdom. Prince charming is becoming discouraged because he has met every bride wanna be, but no one has captured his heart. Thankfully, there is a fairy godmother, and after a little bipptiy-boppity-boo, Cinderella finally arrives. She is breathtaking, and the entire room is captivated by her beauty. Prince charming is eternally smitten. There is a night of dancing, a quick goodbye, a shoe that fits, and a happily ever after.
Now tell me, when you think of yourself in this story, which character do you allow yourself to become? Where are you standing at the ball? I have tried on those slippers but have never been able to bring myself to believe that I should be dancing in her shoes. I have never thought of myself as a stepsister or the evil stepmother either. somehow, I have always seen myself as one of the faceless in the crowd. One of the girls from the kingdom who gave it her best shot, spent days preparing for the ball, splurged on the dress and the hair, and anxiously arrived with butterflies in her stomach, only to stand around with the other hopefuls, make small talk, smile politely, groove to the music, and remain unnoticed.
Most of us have taken different paths but arrived at the same conclusion: Cinderella is always someone else. There is a little girl inside of me who secretly aches for a fairy godmother to magically bumble her way into my life, waver her wand, and make me into the princess I have always longed to be. Make me beautiful. Make me captivating. Make someone notice.
But life is not a fairy tale.
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Please Login to post comments| On November 28th 2007 pruetta Said : | |
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I agree, they are giving little girls hope and then as soon as they are teens they realize different..
sad,.... |
| On May 14th 2007 AtotheFI Said : | |
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I ceaselessly agree ...Life is no fairy-tale...Also, "Love at first sight"...is total bull shit...It's merely "lust at first sight"...So the prince charming and all the happy endings of Disney can shove it...'Cause all they're doing is selling lies to children and giving them hope, from a rift which speaks merely through disappointment, and in dreams unseen that whisper, stir within a child's mind...duplicity, twisting the gleaming smiles of happily ever afters, to a somber streak across their faces, from impressions upon depression...Leads them all to within their self esteem...fall...
So yeeeeaahh I would consider myself to be...actually I wouldn't even be at a ball haha :)
But if I was...I'd be the shoe left behind...Not ever knowing who I belonged to...Waiting to one day be brought back to the woman who I was solely meant for... |
| On April 25th 2007 GirlieGirliex Said : | |
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There making small children believe anythings possible when its not. its a big fat lie :D |
| On April 20th 2007 spasm01 Said : | |
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a very good poetic story. i like you feel like one of the faceless lives of the crowd. when push comes to shove i could see myself as the fairy god mother,helping others w/ no thought of consequences to myself. very good story,i enjoy your reading |
| On April 19th 2007 crystalchels Said : | |
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Really good. |
