Kindergarden - Kings and Queens

126 Kings and Queens: Supplemental Guide 6A | Cinderella

 Show image 7A-5: Cinderella in a pumpkin patch

“Now run into the garden,” she said to Cinderella, “and bring me

a pumpkin.” Cinderella went immediately to the garden, though

she could not imagine what a pumpkin had to do with going to the

ball. She watched her fairy godmother scoop out the inside of the

pumpkin, leaving only the rind.

[Define rind as the outside skin of a fruit or vegetable.]

“Now, dear,” said the fairy godmother, “bring me the mouse trap from

the house.” Cinderella brought the trap, which had six live mice in it.

“Open the door of the trap, dear,” said the fairy godmother. Then, as

each mouse scurried out, she gave them, and the pumpkin rind, a tap

with her wand.

 Show image 7A-7: Cinderella and the fairy godmother surrounded

by white light

Suddenly, Cinderella was surrounded by bright, white light as she

watched the pumpkin rind turn into a dazzling coach lined with satin

and the six mice turn into a fine set of six horses, all a beautiful

mouse-colored gray. The fairy godmother even turned a big rat

nearby into a coachman to drive the coach.

[Define coach as a fancy car. Explain that long ago a coach needed horses to

pull it and a coachman to make sure the horses went in the right direction.]

 Show image 7A-6: Coach

“Well,” said the fairy godmother with a smile, “are you pleased? Are

you ready to go to the ball?”

Mid-story Check-In

1. Literal Who are the characters you have met so far in this story?
   
   
   • I have met Cinderella, the stepmother, the two stepsisters, and the fairy
     godmother.
   
   
   
   


2. Inferential Where are the stepsisters and stepmother going? Why
   does this make Cinderella sad?
   
   
   • The stepsisters and stepmother are going to the prince’s ball. Cinderella
     is sad because she is all alone, and she also really wants to go to the
     ball.