Characters:

　　Cinderella; Stepmother; Stepsister 1; Stepsister2; Godmother; Prince; Guard (Duke). Birdies and the mice. (Both two children)

　　Act 1

　　Once upon a time there lived a kind and lovely girl. She was so kind even to the mice, and the birdies are her good friends. Every morning the birdies woke her up from her dream with their sweet songs.

　　Cinderella: Good morning, Birdies!

　　Birds: Good morning, Cinderella!

　　But after her father's death, her stepmother became cruel to her. Her two stepsisters teased1 her, asking her to do all the housework. ( 從前有一位可愛善良的姑娘，她父親很早就去世了.但是她的繼母經(jīng)常虐待她，繼母帶來(lái)的兩個(gè)孩子也經(jīng)常欺負(fù)她，她們把灰姑娘當(dāng)女傭一樣使喚。)Stepmother:

　　Go to do the laundry2 and clean the floors right away.

　　Cinderella: Yes mother!

　　Stepsister1: Cinderella! Get my sweater and my gloves for me. It is so cold.

　　Cinderella: Yes sister!

　　Stepsister2: Hurry up!!! Where is my breakfast?

　　I'm to be late for my date.

　　Cinderella: Ok I am cooking for you, my dear sister!

　　Cruel as her stepmother and her sisters were to her, Cinderella still lived an optimistic3 life.雖然繼母這樣對(duì)她，可灰姑娘還是樂(lè)觀地活著。

　　Act 2One day, the king held a party for the prince to choose a girl he loved. Every maid4 in the town was invited to the party. The guard sent the message to every family.一天，國(guó)王要讓王子自己選擇心愛的人，為王子舉辦了一個(gè)宮廷舞會(huì)，邀請(qǐng)城里所有的姑娘參加。侍衛(wèi)兵把這個(gè)消息傳達(dá)到每個(gè)家庭。

　　Guard: The prince will hold royal ball at the palace, every girl is invited to the ball that night. And the prince will choose the most beautiful girl as his wife on the ball.

　　Stepmother: Every girl is invited and one lucky girl would be the prince’s wife! Oh! What a great message!

　　Cinderella: That means5 I can go to the ball too?

　　Stepsister1: You can go? Go to the royal ball? Dancing with the prince? Imaging!

　　Stepsister2: She is only fit to dance with a broom6! Ha ha ha!

　　Cinderella: But it says every girl is invited!

　　Stepmother: So it does. You may go, if you can get all the housework done, and find something to wear. Now go to clean the floor!

　　Cinderella: But, but I just cleaned it this morning.

　　Stepmother: Clean it again! (Shouting) Then cook meals for us. We will go to the ball tonight.

　　Stepsisters: Ha ha ha! ( Laughing! )

　　Her stepmother was so cruel to Cinderella that her animal friends show sympathy7 to her.

　　Birdie 1: Cinderella, do this!

　　Birdie 2: Cinderella, do that!

　　Mice: Cinderella will never have time to go to the ball.

　　Dancing with the prince and become his wife!

　　Birdies: Oh! Poor Cinderella~~!

　　The stepmother was jealous8 of Cinderella's beauty, so she took her two daughters to the party, leaving Cinderella at home. She was broken-hearted. At that time, the fairy godmother appeared.可是繼母嫉妒灰姑娘的美貌，讓灰姑娘在家干活，獨(dú)自帶著女兒去了?；夜媚锓浅５貍模驮谶@個(gè)時(shí)候圣母出現(xiàn)了。Cinderella: There's nothing left to believe in. Nothing!

　　Godmother: Nothing, my dear? Oh, now you don't really mean that.

　　Cinderella: Oh, but I do.

　　Godmother: Nonsense9, child！If you'd lost all your faith, I couldn't be here.

　　And here I am! Oh, come here now. Dry your tears!

　　Cinderella: Why then, you must be...為什么你一定在。。。

　　Godmother: Your fairy godmother? Of course. Now let's see, hmm...now...the magic words. Ma-di-ga-Ka-da-bra！

　　你傳說(shuō)中的圣母？當(dāng)然，現(xiàn)在讓我看看。?！，F(xiàn)在，這些魔力的話，Mai-di-ga-Ka-da-bra。

　　After the magic words, Cinderella wearied10 a pretty dress. The mice turned to be two horses, and birdies turned to be her waiters. And a beautiful mache appeared in front of her.

　　Cinderella: Oh, beautiful! What a beautiful dress! And a Mache!

　　It's like a dream, a wonderful dream come true.噢，它太美麗了！象一個(gè)夢(mèng)，一個(gè)美好的夢(mèng)想變成了現(xiàn)實(shí)。

　　Godmother: Hop11 in my dear, we can’t waste time!

　　Godmother: Yes, my child, but like all dreams, well, my dream will end. At midnight the bell will be broken.

　　是的，我的孩子，象所有的夢(mèng)一樣, 這一切在午夜的鐘聲響起的時(shí)候時(shí)候就會(huì)結(jié)束~~~~

　　Cinderella: Midnight? Oh, thank you. I promise to be home before midnight.午夜？噢，謝謝你。我保證在午夜之前趕回家.

　　Godmother: Bless you, my child.

　　祝福你，我的孩子。