At the end of Cinderella, the prince slips the glass slipper onto her foot and they live happily ever after.
Or not - write your own ending to the classic story.
We Have A Winner!!! 02/20/10
Oh sure,Winner: Marc
At first it was marital bliss.
And I'll admit,
There was more than just one tender kiss.
But things,
Well they began to fall apart
When my prince
Said something that broke my poor heart.
He said,
"Your step sisters sure are fine!"
So I just
Stuck that slipper where the sun don't shine.
Reason: Such a "man" way to behave. And written by a man. Even better for making me laugh. And in rhyme? Marc may just be a Prince Charming himself!
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Oh sure,
At first it was marital bliss.
And I'll admit,
There was more than just one tender kiss.
But things,
Well they began to fall apart
When my prince
Said something that broke my poor heart.
He said,
"Your step sisters sure are fine!"
So I just
Stuck that slipper where the sun don't shine.
I would..but I really love the ending Stephen Sondheim gave it in "Into the Woods" and don't think I could write anything better! Basically in the musical, the prince is obsessed with what he can't have, so after he gets cinderella, he then starts lusting after Sleeping Beauty. And Cinderella realizes she didn't want to be a princess in a castle with prince charming. It's quite sad, but realistic.
Dear Cinderella,
I rejoiced when we first did meet,
And you called my foot fetish "sweet."
But those slippers of glass
Gave you bunions--alas!!
I can't love you without perfect feet.
Sincerely,
The Prince
The Prince and his bride returned to the castle. The Prince, wishing to carry his bride across the threshhold, swooped Cindy into his arms and mounted the last few stairsteps. As he reached for the door, he lost his footing and Cindy and the Prince tumbled all the way to the bottom of the long staircase. As he came to, the Prince looked around in bewilderment. He wondered what had happened and why he was sitting quite alone at the bottom of the stairs surrounded by thousands of pieces of shattered glass. Brushing himself off, he hollered to his servants, "Somebody come and sweep up this mess immediately before someone slips and is hurt!"
Cindy, of course, had instantly been returned to her stepmother's house and found herself once again scrubbing the hearth, wondering whereever she had heard the phrase "Bippity Boppety Boo" that kept running though her head.
And that was pretty much that.
Cinderella looked at the Prince in utter disbelief. "Just who do you think you are? One dance and you waltz in here with my missing shoe and think I am going to marry you? What century are you living in? It's bad enough that I have had to live with this Beast of a stepmother but I certainly will not marry a male cheuvanist pretty boy like you! Now give me that shoe! I am out of here! This is like some bad fairytale or something!"
Cinderella packed her bags and left for the city, where she became a famous designer of high fashion shoes, sold in Bippity Boppity Boutiques.
Poor Cinderella thought he loved her, but turns out, the royal family was broke and only wanted her to get close to that Fairy Godmother. If she could turn a pumpkin into a coach, they just knew she'd be able to get gold out of their turnips. (Yes, turnips were the only thing that would grow in the royal dirt - go figure).
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