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The Souvenir

June 7, 2024 9 Comments

By Carole Porter

I never wanted to go to the Ball in the first place. My fairy godmother insisted, and poof! I was dressed in flouncy frills with glass slippers on my feet.  Glass slippers? Have you ever walked in glass slippers? The woman is a sadist, I tell you, especially when she said, “It’ll be fun! You must dance until midnight.”

So at the first chime of 12:00, I took off like a bat out of hell, away from the pompous Prince, kicking one of the so-called slippers aside and keeping the other one to remind myself to never trust a fairy godmother.

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  1. Rudolph Ferrro says

    June 7, 2024 at 1:24 pm

    Wonderful twist on Cinderella. Very creative and funny. For the Author: Carole please keep sending stories like this.

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  2. Lisa H. Owens says

    June 12, 2024 at 7:31 am

    Great new spin on a classic fairytale. Well done!

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  3. Bud says

    June 12, 2024 at 10:12 am

    Nicely done! Funny ?.

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  4. Bud says

    June 12, 2024 at 10:17 am

    Oops, looks like my emoji was replaced by a question mark. The story was quite funny.

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  5. Alexandra Ely says

    June 12, 2024 at 10:44 am

    This gave me a good chuckle. My favorite line is, “Have you ever worn glass slippers?”

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  6. Kim Moes says

    June 12, 2024 at 1:37 pm

    Now THIS is a great retelling of a fairy tale. The amount of character development in 101 words is astounding. Well done!

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  7. Pamela Cartlidge says

    June 14, 2024 at 4:05 am

    Loved it. And it was mean to have to leave at midnight.

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  8. Sheila B says

    June 20, 2024 at 9:03 am

    So fun ?. I agree with you Cinderella!

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  9. Rachel Griffiths says

    June 21, 2024 at 9:14 am

    Brilliant new twist!

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