Alternative Text Draft: A Cinderella Story

Once upon a time, there was an extraordinary girl.  She was kind and compassionate, but she did not believe it.  She lived her wicked step-mother and wicked step-sisters who told her that she could never be anything special. 

But she dreamed of another life.  Her fairy godmother would make her into the person she wanted to be and she could lead the life she always wanted in another place.  So she waited patiently and thought "My day will come eventually."

She heard about a huge party from her step-mother and step-sisters, but she was not invited.  Instead of waiting for her fairy godmother, she decided that would be the day she changes her life.  Slowly, she planned her escape.

After her family left for the party, she got ready to leave.  On her way to the party, she ran into an old blind woman who asked for her assistance.  "I live across town and I'm terribly lost," lamented the old blind woman.  "Please, miss, can you help me?"

The old blind woman lived in the opposite direction of the party.  The girl gave one glance in the direction of the party, but took pity on the old blind woman and began to lead to the old blind woman home.

Once there, she prepared a meal for the old blind woman and made sure that the old blind woman was settled before she left.  It was too late to go to the party, so she decided to go back home to her step-mother and step-sisters' house.

But the old blind woman was so touched by her kindness and compassion.  The old blind woman rewarded her by giving her magic. "Use it wisely" the old blind woman warned.

She was elated when she received the magic and immediately made a list of all the things she could do with it.  But when she arrived at her step-mother and step-sisters' house, she had another idea.

Instead, she decided not to use the magic to fulfill her dream.  "My life is what I make it," she thought.  So that very night, she packed the things she had and told her step-mother and step-sisters that she was leaving.  They just laughed and told her that she would never make it on her own.


But she gave them the magic and told them to be safe, doubtful that real magic even existed.  She knew however, that she was a kind and compassionate person.  An old blind woman saw her goodness and rewarded her with magic, but the real magic is the extraordinary things she is able to do.  So she went off into the night, a new world of possibilities and lived happily ever after.