Do you remember when our parents used to read us fairy tales and nursery rhymes? When I was a little girl, I love listening to fairy tales. Believing that I was once a fairy, a princess and a mermaid. Among all fairy tales, I like the story of Cinderella. I guess because she was oppressed and abused by her evil step sisters and step mother. There are no monsters, witches or dragons although there are talking animals and a fairy. Little did you know that Cinderella kept 7 secrets? These are the untold events from the story. You might be surprised that you didn’t notice that.
Secret number 1: Cinderella didn’t do most of the house hold chores. Her animal friends are the ones who do the laundry, gardening, cleaning the castle, preparing meals etc. Cinderella only takes over when there are humans around. What she’s always busy with is knitting and sewing dresses. She goes to town every other day to sell them. In exchange for doing most of the household chores, Cinderella buys the best cheese and bread in town for her animal friends. She puts her savings in a glass jewelry box which she inherited from her mother.
Secret number 2: Cinderella is not really an orphan when her father died. She has an aunt from her mother’s side, who works in a shoe factory. Her aunt lives 3 towns away from Cinderella’s village. She visits her aunt at least twice a month. As much as she wants to live with her aunt, she has to live by her father’s death wish- to stay in the castle until she gets married.
Secret number 3: While she was buying cheese, the prince walks in the store to get one for himself. After seeing Cinderella, he walked up to her and asked her if she can pick the best cheese for him, which she gladly did. The prince gave Cinderella a scarf as a sign of friendship and a promise that she will attend the ball. She lost the scarf on her way back to the castle.
Secret number 4: Cinderella leaves the castle and goes to town without the knowledge of her step mother and sisters, through a secret passage across the hall down to the sewer that leads to the main road. Cinderella was never caught (not even once). Notice that she could have used the sceret passage on her way out to attend the ball, but did not. The passage way leading to the sewer is muddy and quite slippery, it will just ruin her dress.
Secret number 5: The prince was not Cinderella’s first love. It’s the cheese maker from town (his name was never revealed). He was more handsome than the prince and considered to be very successful for his young age. But the cheese maker had to leave the village for he had to travel to another country to sell cheese. That was Cinderella’s first heartache. They separated 3 weeks before the grand ball.
Secret number 6: Cinderella met her fairy god mother when she was 9 years old. But had no recollection of it, for her fairy god mother had to erase it from her memory. When she was nine, she was attacked by a pack of wolves while playing in the woods with her two friends. Her fairy god mother appeared and saved her.
Secret number 7: During her wedding, Cinderella’s step mother gave her a wedding cake as a present. Nobody knew that the cake was poisoned until one of her animal friends almost died. Her step mother together with her step sisters were locked in the tower, but was released a few days after. They were made servants in the King’s castle as punishment for all the hardships they gave to Cinderella.
So now you know. What can you say? Yes, I have such a wild and creative imagination! A proof of how much I like fairytales. I can even write my own…something to watch out for. Kapanipaniwala ba?
