Cinderella

A kind young woman, left with only her cruel stepmother and two vain stepsisters after her father's death, was forced into servitude in her own home, sleeping among the cinders of the hearth and given the nickname Cinderella for it. When the palace announced a grand ball to find the prince a bride, her stepsisters prepared eagerly while Cinderella was left behind, forbidden to attend.

Alone and weeping in the garden, she was visited by her fairy godmother, who transformed a pumpkin into a grand carriage, mice into horses, and Cinderella's rags into a magnificent gown and glass slippers — with one firm warning: the magic would end at the stroke of midnight, without exception.

At the ball, the prince danced with no one but Cinderella all night, utterly entranced, until the clock began striking midnight and she fled in a panic, losing one glass slipper on the palace steps in her hurry. The prince, determined to find her, searched the entire kingdom with the slipper, trying it on every woman until it finally fit Cinderella's foot perfectly, and the two were married soon after, her kindness having outlasted every cruelty shown to her.