Description:
Teresa is cruelly mistreated by her stepmother
and stepsisters, Inez and Isobel. While she is in the woods, she meets a Lady
in Blue who tells her to go a hut. She treats the old man and baby kindly,
so she is rewarded by the Lady in Blue with a gold star on her forehead. Her
stepsisters are jealous and want a gold star. They go into the woods, but
they mistreat the old man and baby. Instead they are rewarded with donkey
ears and horns. When she goes to Don Miguel's ball, Teresa and he fall in
love. Don Miguel searches for her. After he finds her, she refuses to marry
him without her stepmother's permission. The stepmother gives her impossible
tasks, but she is able to complete them. After the wedding, the stepmother
and stepsisters undergo a change themselves when they become nicer people.
Introduction to Little Gold Star: A Spanish American Cinderella