But the Penguin Prince noticed her at once. "They were too busy gobbling down snacks and party sandwiches at the buffet tables. It was so exciting to arrive at the palace and be announced with a fanfare of trumpets! What an amazing arrays of costumes everyone wore! She saw her stepmother and sisters, but they did not see her. Warning her that "the magic spell ends at the stroke of midnight," the fairy bade her enjoy herself. On her feet were a pair of glass flippers, the prettiest and most delicate that Cinderella had ever seen. With a swish of her wand she changed Cinderella's hand-me-downs into "a beautiful gown with gold trimming and a real gold tiara. She looked "down at her ragged clothes" and the fairy said,"Oh! I almost forgot!". "They all marched out the door as if it were the most natural thing to do." When the fairy asked Cinderella if she were happy now, her mouth said yes but her eyes said no.
She turned them into six horses, and the cheese itself was transformed into a coachman. Now "the Fairy gave it a firm tap with her magic wand, and it magically turned into a golden carriage." But what would pull it? In the kitchen, the fairy penguin spied six little rodents, trying to drag a wedge of cheese off the table. Suddenly, in a glow of blue light, the Great Fairy Penguin appeared before her." When she heard that the reason behind the tears was a wish to attend the ball, she said, "Then you shall." She instructed the young bird to bring her a pumpkin from the garden, and Cinderella complied.
They trooped out the door, leaving the cinder penguin behind. The other sister resembled a birthday package, so wide was her hair ribbon. The first sister wore a dress so wide, and a giant bow so big that she looked like she was dressed up as a desert island. Step-mama wore a mysterious ensemble involving a fan and a Mardi Gras mask. When they started practicing their curtsies in front of the full-length mirror, Cinderella Penguin knew that her stepsisters were intent on charming the Prince. Her girls primped their dresses and pecked lightly at their food so that they could have wasp-waists in time for the ball. Oh how they poor,young penguin wanted to go! But her stepmother said, "The Prince would never want to meet a a shabby cinderblock like you!" And she flounced off to help her daughters prepare for the ball. Poor Cinderella wore nothing but worn-out tatters and slept in the cold, stone cellar, up on a small shelf beside some old tin plates." One day the Penguin Prince's squire came around, announcing a costume ball.
They "wore the finest of clothes and slept in large, cozy, feather beds with silk sheets and fluffy pillows. lived "a young penguin named Cinderella." Well, she was as kind as the snow was white - but her stepsisters "were selfish and vain." The little penguin was kept busy with the household work while her sisters lay about on the ice, doing nothing. Once upon a time, somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere.
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