Cinderella

       This weekend I was flipping through the channels and happened to run across one of Disney classics, Cinderella. While I was watching this magical movie it got me thinking, "What if this could actually happen?" One of the great things about these movies is that you get to use your imagination. A perfect example of this is the movie, "A Cinderella Story," which stars Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murry. It is a play off the original Cinderella but, put into more realistic circumstances. That is one of the great things about these amazing movies, they can be told in so many ways! For those of you who do not know the story of Cinderella, it's about a young girl whose father got married to a new woman. Her father died and she was left to live with her step mother and sisters. They were evil to her and made her be their made. One day Cinderella came across her Fairy God Mother who allowed her to go to the annual ball where all the single ladies were welcomed to meet the Prince. The Fairy God Mother gave her a new dress, carriage, hair, jewelry, but most importantly, glass slippers. Cinderella arrived at the ball and danced with the Prince all night, it was love at first sight. All though the night wasn't all perfect. At the stroke of midnight the spell would be broken and all of her new things would disappear, so Cinderella had to run to get home. While doing this she lost one of her glass slippers on the stairs. Leaving only this behind, it put the Prince on the search. He went to every house to see if the shoe fits, when he finally came across Cinderella's house, she was nowhere to be found. Her step mother had locked her up in her room because she knew she was the mystery girl. Thanks to the help of her mice friends, Cinderella got out, fit into the slipper, married, then rode off with her prince and lived happily ever after. If only our life could be that way. This movie gives kids hope, and even adults. I believe you can never fully grow out of Disney movies.

"...it all started with a mouse." -Walt Disney