A maiden of a very rich man was dying so she called her only daughter to come sit by her. This is what she said, "Dear child, be good and polite and god will take care of you." That is when her mother died. Her daughter and husband cried for a very long time.   

   One day Cinderella’s father was going to the fair and he asked what he should bring back for his stepdaughters. One said jewels, and another said dresses. When he asked what Cinderella wanted, she asked for the first branch he brushed against. So on his way home he got the presents, and when Cinderella got her present she planted it in her mother’s grave. It reminded her of her father and mother together.  She cried so much that her tears watered it and it grew into a big tree. Two seconds later a little white bird landed on the tree and gave Cinderella her wish, which was to see her mother one last time.

    It happened however that the prince was throwing a ball for all the young women in town. When the two stepsisters heard about this they were delighted because they both wanted to go. They said if Cinderella could get clean enough, she could go. So Cinderella went upstairs to get ready. She sang this little song as she got ready, "A dream is a wish your heart makes. When you’re fast asleep in dreams, you lose your heartaches. Whatever you wish for comes true. Have faith in your dreams and someday your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing the dream that you wish will come true.