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Impossible for a plain yellow pumpkin to become

a golden carriage.

Impossible for a plain country pumpkin and a

prince to join in marriage.

A slipper made of glass is just a shoe.

And dreamers?

Never make a dream come true.

Come along now, girls.

Hurry up.

Move it.

Quiet now. Here comes the prince.

Have any of you seen Lady Gwendolyn?

Wouldn't you tell me where to find her?

What do you think, Mother?

Every day.

I saw it first. How do you think it looks on me, Mother?

Awful. I didn't ask you.

How can a mother choose between two such extraordinary dodgers?

Cinderella. Cinderella!

Yes? What do you think? Does it look better on me?

Nope. Or me.

Well,

I don't know much about hats, but I don't think it flatters either one of

you.

Ask her for?

She doesn't know anything about hats. She said so herself.

Give it to me!

It's mine!

Mother!

Oh, what are words compared to the joy of holding you in my arms again?

Be my bride, Lady Gwendolyn, and I will pledge to you my love for all eternity.

Sounds I'll ever hear are still

This way.

The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear are still

inside my head.

The kindest words I'll ever know

are waiting to be said.

The most entrancing sight of all

is yet

is waiting somewhere for me is

waiting somewhere somewhere for me

the sweet

Just like those royals, isn't it?

Not caring if they're in anybody's way.

Well, I'm sure they were going somewhere very important.

I doubt it.

Thanks.

Thanks for your help.

Wait. What's your name?

Cinderella. Beg your pardon?

Cinderella.

I like to sit by the fire and the cinders fly and my face gets smudged.

Ah, cinder, Ella.

I like it.

It grows on you, I guess.

Excuse me.

Tell me, Cinderella, what would a man have to do to find himself in your good

graces?

Who wants to know?

Let's just say a charming stranger.

This charming stranger seems pretty sure of himself.

But he'd have to get to know me a lot better than some girl he just met on the

street. Oh, but he'd like to very much. Oh, my.

I'm not sure I want to meet this stranger.

I doubt if he has any idea how a girl should be treated. Like a princess, I

suppose.

No.

Like a person with kindness and respect.

You're not like most girls, are you?

What do you mean?

Nothing. I didn't mean to offend you.

It's all right.

It's just that I've led a pretty sheltered life.

And so have I.

Really? Every day, the same old routine.

Until you just want to run away and never come back.

I thought I told you never to talk to strangers.

I'm so sorry, stepmother.

I hope I see you again.

Cinderella? Well, hurry up with those packages. What are you doing?

to see and the dearest love

Why the disguise again, your highness, after I beg you?

I had a wonderful time today, Reinhold. No one treated me like a prince.

What a relief to be among real people.

Yes, yes, can I tell you something?

Real people are not all they are cracked up to be, eh?

Look at me.

I am a real person.

Does that tell you anything?

Believe me, they are all out there wishing they could be you. Because they

have no idea what it's really like.

Help me out there.

You are rich. You live in a gorgeous palace. You have beautiful women

throwing themselves at your feet. Is there something I am not getting? I have

no life of my own.

Everything's decided for me. Where I go, what I do, and who I see.

Your Highness, this disappearing thing has got to stop. It is too dangerous.

I was perfectly safe, Lionel. I am not worried about you. I am worried about

me. I cannot keep lying to your mother. They have laws against that.

If he wants to kill me, why does he not trample me with his carriage and get it

over with?

You wanted to see me, Mother.

Christopher, darling, where have you been? Your father and I were just

talking about you. Your mother was talking. I was listening.

All right. What's going on?

Just planning a little get-together. Nothing fancy. Just family. Uh-huh. And

a few close friends. Uh-huh. And all the eligible young women in the kingdom.

Mother! We're only talking maybe 400 or 500 at the most. Mother, you can't keep

doing this to me.

What?

Max, what's he saying?

He's saying he doesn't want to have another ball. No, he's not.

Here we go.

Max, my smelling salts.

Max.

Chris, it's really very simple.

All your mother and I want is for you to be happy.

Happiness has nothing to do with it.

I mean, of course we want you to be happy, but you do have certain

obligations. What your mother's trying to say is we think it's time you chose a

bride and produced an heir.

Someday soon this entire kingdom will be yours.

Not that soon.

Look, all I'm asking is that you let me choose a bride for myself, in my own

way.

And I guess I have this silly idea that I want to be in love when I get married.

Like you were.

That's all we want for you, too, son.

Yes, darling, but there's nothing saying you can't fall in love with a ball. You

haven't heard a word I've said.

Now, I should go through the menus with you. Where's he going?

Could it have been something we said?

Lionel.

Lionel.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Proclamation from the prince.

Excuse me, your majesty. I couldn't help overhearing, and I have to say, I don't

think the prince sounded like... Lionel, take this down.

His royal highness, Christopher Rupert, Windermere, Vladimir, Carl

Alexander, Francois Reginald, Lancelot Herman.

Herman? Herman.

Gregory James.

He'll thank us for it later.

The prince is giving a ball.

The prince is giving a ball.

His royal highness, Christopher Rupert, son of her majesty, Queen

Constantina, Charlotte Ermentrud, Guinevere Maisie.

Maisie? Maisie.

Marguerite Anne is giving a ball.

The prince is giving a ball.

Now, if you please, the Grand Degree, some Pau de Soie with grills, a silky

sateen, an aubergine, a red if someone spills.

Surely I'll need a side of ham and lots of beef fillets, some marbleized steaks,

a rack of lamb, and veal you raised to braise.

Limburger Swiss and gourmandise, cheddar gruyere and blue.

Chunks of Swiss in barrels, please. Make sure that it's holy.

Puddings and pies and rums, souffle, succulent chocolate rounds.

Cream puffs they can chew away to gain some royal pounds.

The prince is giving a ball.

The prince is giving a ball.

What?

is 200 orchids, 400 poppies, 600 roses, 800 lilies, Christopher Rupert, 1,000

oranges, 2,000 plums, Windermere, Vladimir, Carl Alexander, raspberry,

blueberry, strawberry, gooseberry, Francois, Reginald, Laxala, Herman, son

of her majesty, Queen Constantine, chocolate and cheddar, and Charlotte and

Maisie, son of his caveat, King Maximilian, Godfrey, Laxalia, Paul

Sidney. Sidney!

Thank you.

Cinderella.

Right away.

Cinderella, my wrap.

Cinderella, my hat.

Cinderella, my gloves. Cinderella, have you adjusted the rafters? Not yet,

stepmother. I've had a busy day.

You've had a busy day?

Yes, I've been in the village with you.

The impertinence.

After your father died, everyone said I should have thrown you out, in through

the street. Be a swan, Minerva, be a swan. But I kept you on here all these

years, and this is the thanks that I get.

Shoulders back, Calliope. Back.

I've always been told I've got too big a heart. You've got too big a heart,

Mother.

We'll take our tea upstairs.

We want to be our best for the ball tomorrow night.

I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted.

I'm tired too, Mother.

You're tired?

Yes, I'm tired.

Stepmother? What is it now?

I was wondering about the ball.

All eligible women in the kingdom are invited.

And I suppose you think the prince is going to take one look at you and fall

madly in love.

I didn't mean that. Take my advice, Cinderella.

Know your place and be satisfied with what you've got. I promise you.

You'll be much happier.

Well, if my father were alive.

Well, he's not, is he?

He's alive in my heart.

Don't cling to the past, Cinderella.

It's not very attractive.

Cinderella! Hot water!

Cinderella, warm milk!

Cinderella!

Cinderella,

hot water.

Cinderella, warm milk.

Cinderella, Cinderella.

I'm as mild and as meek as a mouse.

His royal highness, Christopher Rupert, son of her majesty.

Mother, listen to me.

You've got to call this ball off immediately.

Not possible.

It's difficult to cancel once you've got the ball rolling.

Besides,

what would we tell everyone? Tell everyone you went behind my back and

you're very ashamed of yourselves.

Ashamed? I've never had to be ashamed of anything in my entire life. I'm

certainly not going to start now.

You know, I probably should not interfere.

Probably? But let's say the prince goes to the ball tonight.

Traitor! I like the way that sounds.

Well, if he should find a bride, that's wonderful.

But if he does not...

I know. You're brilliant.

Mother.

I'll go to the ball.

But if I don't find her tonight, you'll let me fall in love my own way, with no

interference, no matter how long it takes.

It does have the ring of fairness to it.

I suppose, if that's what you want, dear. Thank you.

I love you both very much.

Don't worry, Your Majesties.

He will meet someone tonight. I can feel it in my bones.

You'll feel it in your bones if he does it.

Mother!

My girls are going to be the envy of everyone at the ball.

Do you really think so, Mother?

Stand still, Minerva.

Our family has always been known for its fascinating women.

if I had had the same opportunities that you...

There's no reason on earth that the prince shouldn't pick one of you for his

bride.

Girls.

Well, first I flutter my eyelashes.

Excellent. I'm going to start with a curtsy.

Then I'm going to start with a curtsy, too.

Then I get to flutter my eyelashes.

Then I'm going to flutter my eyelashes, too.

Let's, let's move on.

Tell me what you're going to say to the prince, Minerva.

Well, you said to show him that there's more to me than mere beauty, so I

thought I might recite a poem. A poem?

What's wrong with that?

Whatever you do, girls, you mustn't let the prince know how clever you are. Men

can't stand.

to be around smart women.

Yes, Mother.

And for heaven's sake, Minerva, stop scratching yourself!

I can't help it, Mother. You know how I get itchy when I'm nervous.

And what are you going to say, Calliope?

Well, Mother, I've been working on my naturally infectious laughter.

Excuse me?

Tonight, I'm going to laugh infectiously at all the prince's jokes.

I beg you, Calliope, whatever you

do, try not to snort.

Yes, mother.

And Minerva, you must try not to scratch.

Remember...

and love you for who you are in spite of everything?

How quaint.

Tell me, Cinderella, what would you say to capture the prince?

I don't know.

Of course you don't.

But whatever I'd say, we'd know in an instant that we were meant for each

other. Then he'd smile and...

Kiss my hand.

That sounds so romantic.

Oh, say it again, Cinderella.

Rubbish! This isn't about love. It's about marriage.

Have I taught you girls nothing?

Falling in love with love is falling for make-believe.

Falling in love with love is play-

Go to the ball?

Me?

Why would I want to go to the ball?

I'd much rather sit here by the fire.

Who are you?

I'm your fairy godmother, honey.

You?

You got a problem with that?

Because if you'd rather have some old lady in a tutu sprinkling fairy dust on

your head... Oh, no, no. I'm sorry. I just never dreamed...

You try coming up with a rhyme on the spot like that. No, no. I mean what you

said about dreamers.

I mean, why shouldn't I dream?

I can see this is going to take a while.

Aren't you going to invite me in?

Oh, forgive me. Of course I am.

Cinderella, over here.

Is it just me, or is it freezing in here?

How'd you do that?

Practice.

I've always hoped that someone would come and take me away from here.

Cinderella, if you want to get out of here, you're going to have to do it

yourself.

The music's in you, deep down in your soul.

When you find it... Nothing will be able to keep you from walking out that door.

You don't know my stepmother.

You want to know what her problem is?

She can't handle how fabulous you are.

Fabulous?

Me? Do you see anybody else in this room?

Those three are all I've got.

Before my father died, I promised him that we'd stay together as a family.

Cinderella, this can't be what your daddy had. in mind for you, baby.

I've dreamt about leaving so many times.

That's the problem with most people.

They dream about what they want to do instead of really doing it.

Oh, I wish that... But I guess wishing's no good either.

Everything starts with a wish.

You want to know what I was wishing before you came here tonight?

That one of those pumpkins in the yard would turn into a great big golden

carriage and take you to the ball?

Guess I know what you're gonna say.

Fodderall and fiddly dee. Fiddly faddly foodle.

You're right.

It's impossible.

Impossible for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage. Impossible

for a plain country pumpkin and a prince to join in marriage. And four white mice

will never be four white horses.

Impossible impossible impossible impossible

impossible Wait

if impossible things

are happening every day Then then why shouldn't I have impossible hopes and

dreams? Even something as impossible as going to the ball then go to the ball

Cinderella go No one's stopping you but you.

But I have no way to get there.

You have a point there.

Godmother, I've been wishing as hard as I can.

I know you have, Cinderella.

Go on, stand over there. Go ahead.

What's the matter with me?

You think after 600 years...

Oh, my goodness.

Hmm. We need some horses.

Let me see.

They're so beautiful.

Don't you run away from me.

Just like in my dream.

We've got a coachman, we've got footmen, horses, carriage.

Is there anything else I have forgotten?

Spin around. Don't make me do all the work.

Thank you, Godmother.

Thank you so much.

There's one tiny little thing before I forget.

You must leave the ball before the clock strikes 12.

It's very important.

Before 12?

Look, I don't make the rules.

The magic only lasts till midnight.

Come on, Cinderella, it's time to go.

It's possible for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a gold carriage.

It's possible for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in

marriage. And for white mice are easily turned to horses.

It's possible It's possible It's possible

It's possible It's possible

So many beautiful girls.

He'll find the one he's looking for tonight, I'm sure of it. And if he

doesn't? This ball will never end.

I don't think we ordered enough food.

What?

I want to dance, Adam!

Look at his face. Is that a smile?

It's a wince.

Tiny little smile.

Wishful thinking.

Oy.

Pardon me.

I'm sure you've noticed my two beautiful daughters.

Madam.

Madam, for the last time, His Highness will dance with all the young ladies in

due time.

Please, try to exercise some restraint.

Now...

Literally any mother would be eager to see her daughters dance with the prince,

but what I would like to know is who's going to have the

honor of dancing with you?

Excuse me?

There's no need to be cool. Look at you, that manly physique, those handsome

chiseled features, that wonderful full head of skin.

Not touching, please.

Surely there's no need to pretend.

I know that you felt that certain something between us.

You know, I honestly wish there was something between us.

Really? Yes.

A continent.

Do you have an itch?

No, your highness, why would you say that?

You just scratched yourself.

No, I didn't.

You just did it again.

I don't think so.

Ships that pass in the night and speak to each other in passing. Excuse me?

On the ocean of life.

It's poetry.

Ships that pass in the night, that's you and me.

On the ocean of life.

Tell the orchestra to speed it up.

I missed something.

Well, your laughter is incessant. No, but Your Highness, it's true. I don't

think anyone's ever found me funnier.

I think it's going awfully well, don't you?

Cinderella. All right now, you're on your own.

Aren't you coming with me? I got you to the ball.

The rest comes from you.

Don't be afraid.

Just remember, you gotta be out of there before the clock strikes 12.

How do you do, your highness?

Who is that charming girl?

No one seems to know. She is stunning, isn't she? Like a vision.

Why, if I were a young man, that... Yes, dear?

Well, I'd be younger, wouldn't I?

Yes, dear.

come from? I've never seen her before.

There's something vaguely familiar about that girl.

You know, I have the funniest feeling I've met you somewhere before.

Well, I'm sure I would remember.

Was it last summer at the lake?

No, I can't swim.

Then it must have been this winter at the lodge.

Up in the mountains?

You go to the mountains too?

No. I just love looking at them. They're very beautiful.

You're very beautiful.

Everyone's staring at us.

Really? I'd forgotten there was anyone else here.

Ten minutes ago I saw you. I looked up when you came through the

door. My head started reeling. You gave me the feeling the room had no

ceiling or floor.

Ten minutes ago I met you and we murmured our how-do-you

-dos. I wanted to ring out the bells and fling out my arms and

to sing out the news.

She's an angel with the dust of the stars in her eyes.

We are dancing. We are flying.

And she's taking me back to the skies.

In the arms of my love, I'm flying over mountain and meadow

and glen.

And I like it so well that for all I can tell.

In the arms of my love I'm flying over mountain and meadow and

glen And I like it so well that for all I can tell I may never come

down again I may never come down to us

Why can't a fellow ever once prefer a solid girl like me? She's a frothy

little bubble.

I do hope that son of mine is behaving himself.

Oh, yes, your majesty. He's been a perfect gentleman.

Chip off the old block, is he?

Yes, your majesty.

Clearly he's smitten with you.

I must say, it's as though you've appeared here by magic.

What's he saying to her?

What difference does it make? You said you weren't going to find the girl of

your dreams tonight.

Do we know your mother and father, dear?

Oh, I don't think so.

Then you must introduce us. Where are they?

Well, my father, he... Yes, dear?

Well, my mother... I'm sorry, will you excuse me?

What did you say to her?

I think she's lovely, don't you?

A little high-strung. A little.

Who is that?

Lionel, darling.

It's not midnight yet.

I want to go now.

Oh, so you're just giving up?

I'm not what they think I am.

All they're thinking is that you're the most beautiful girl at the ball.

And you are.

You're still here.

Yes. I was just... Please, I don't know what my parents said to you, but I

apologize. Oh, no, no, they were wonderful compared to my family.

I want to meet your family.

No, you don't. Everyone in your life. No, no, really, you don't.

That bad, huh?

Well, they didn't want me to come here tonight.

Well, I'm glad you did.

To tell you the truth, I almost didn't come myself.

Well, how can the prince not show up at his own ball?

Don't you think it's a little medieval?

Everyone's circling around as if I were some prized bull they were trying to

rope in.

Go ahead and laugh.

But this is serious.

If I'm going to spend the rest of my life with someone, she's got to be...

Well, she's got to be exciting.

I guess.

But sweet.

Not that sweet.

And your devoted servant forever and ever.

The servants I've got.

What I need is someone I can really talk to.

You know what I wish?

I wish that... You know the trouble with most people is they sit around wishing

for something to happen instead of just doing something about it.

You're right.

May I ask you a question?

Of course.

Do you think it's possible to meet someone and know in an instant that

she's the one?

It's very possible.

I feel so strange.

Like I'm not myself, or maybe it's just with you I really am myself.

Not the self that people expect me to be, but the real self that I... I'm not

making any sense, am I?

Actually, you're making perfect sense to me.

That's what's so scary.

Scary?

and confusing and wonderful all at the same time.

Do I love you because you're beautiful

or are you beautiful because

I love you?

I see in you a girl too lovely to

be really true

do I want you

because you're wonderful or are you wonderful

because I want

Maybe you're imagining me.

And maybe I'm imagining you too.

I've always dreamed it would happen like this and now it really has.

I don't ever want this night to end.

Neither do I.

I can't stay.

What do you mean?

I have to go.

Wait. Come back.

I don't even know your name.

Your Highness, what is it?

Chris, don't let her get away.

Do I want you because you're wonderful?

Did any of you get to dance with the prince?

I danced about an hour with him. An hour?

Didn't you?

Well, of course I did. You did.

I wouldn't be surprised if the prince chose one of you for his bride.

Oh, that sounds too good to be true. Did you know everyone at the ball?

Everyone who's anyone.

Except some princess something or other. I never did quite catch her name.

A princess?

Did she dance with the prince?

I didn't notice.

Do you think he liked her?

And, uh, what, pray tell, have you been doing all night, Cinderella?

I've been dreaming, mostly.

What would it have been like to be at the ball?

She couldn't possibly dream what it was like unless she was there.

You simply can't imagine.

Well, I imagine that there's a grand staircase, candles everywhere, and an

orchestra playing.

It looks that way. The way you say.

She talks as if she knows.

I do not know that this is so.

When you come to the ballroom and the room itself is floating in the air If

you suddenly confronted by a sinus you were frozen like a statue on the

so that your feet never touch the floor that's right they don't and it makes you

feel like you weigh nothing at all that's right it does

and then for a few precious moments

the only two people in the entire world

and rubbish and drivel. But, Mother! And you, listening to her, hanging on her

every word.

But, Mother! Enough!

Go to your room. It's late.

And you, by the thought of you dancing with the prince, it's preposterous.

Why?

Why is it so hard for you to imagine?

Because!

You're common, Cinderella.

Your mother was common, and so are you.

Oh, you can wash your face and put on a clean dress, but underneath you'll still

be common.

That a prince would even consider taking you for his bride.

It's laughable.

My father... Your father was weak.

He spoiled you rotten. He filled your head with silly thoughts and dreams

that'll never come true.

Never.

Clean this place up.

It's a stock.

Father, I know I promised that I'd never leave here.

But after tonight, I don't see how I can stay.

If you only knew how she's changed, you'd understand.

I deserve better, Father.

I deserve to be loved.

And that's what I found out tonight.

And that's all that really matters.

Cinderella. If you really love him, why don't you let him know?

How can I?

Look at me.

Do you really think he fell in love with your fancy gown and your pretty braids?

I don't know anymore.

And if you hadn't helped me... You didn't need my help.

You just thought you did.

Believe in yourself, Cinderella.

And trust him to love you as you really are.

Chris, you've been up all night. Come and have something to eat.

I can't.

I can't eat or rest until I've found her again.

Chris, they've been searching everywhere and not a trace of her.

You may never find her.

Don't say that.

I will find her. I've got to.

Before last night, you didn't know a thing about her. And you don't know

anything about her now.

Except that she's beautiful.

And all the girls last night were equally beautiful. I don't want to hear

about anyone else, Mother.

She's not like the others.

She's different than any other girl I've ever met.

How can you know that after one night?

because she's wonderful or is she wonderful

because you love her

is she the sweet invention of

I've been searching for something, and I finally found it in her.

Well, then, you must find her.

Keep looking, Chris, for as long as it takes.

Your Highness, I'm afraid I don't have very good news to report. No one seems

to know who she is or where she's from. Lionel, she's out there somewhere, and

I'm going to search every inch of this kingdom until I find her.

A shoe made out of glass?

Who dances in glass shoes? We're going to try this slipper on the foot of every

young woman in the kingdom until we find her.

I'm going to marry her. Do you understand?

Do as he says, Lionel.

Yes, Your Majesty.

And the dearest love in all the

world is waiting somewhere...

somewhere somewhere

That's my slipper. I'd know that slipper anywhere.

You see?

It fits perfectly.

His Highness is really weary, and I think it is obvious that he is...

Are

there

any other women in the house?

Why, yes.

There's one more.

Move over.

I mean, are there any other young women in the house?

How young?

Younger than you.

Impossible!

No need for name-calling. All right. On the count of three.

One, two...

What's

the matter with you people?

A blind man could tell it wasn't going to fit my foot.

Are you certain there's no one else here?

Those doors, where did they lead to?

What doors?

The ones right behind you.

Ah, ah, ah, doors.

These doors. Why didn't you say? There's nothing behind these doors.

I'd like to see for myself, please.

Oh, it's just like any other kitchen. A few pots and pans, a couple of mice.

Step aside and let them.

Take one of my daughters, your highness.

I beg of you.

Calliope has charm and elocution.

She's really much smarter than she looks.

And Minerva, that girl's as strong as an ox. And cultured. Why, she's memorized

the wreck of the Hesperus in three languages.

Four, if you count Piglet.

Madam, the commander has stopped this foolishness this instant. Come along, I

know.

Just like those royals, isn't it?

Not caring if they're in anybody's way.

Well, I'm sure they were going somewhere very important.

What did you say your name was?

Cinderella.

Cinderella.

I like it.

It grows on you, I guess.

May I?

Quiet,

woman!

Things are happening every

day.

Someone wants you.

Now you can go wherever you want to go

Now you can do