Voice Over - Cinderella

ONCE UPON A TIME  a girl named Cinderella lived with her stepmother and two stepsisters.  Poor Cinderella had to work hard all day long so the others could rest. It was she who had to wake up each morning when it was still dark and cold to start the fire.  It was she who cooked the meals. It was she who kept the fire going.

One day, big news came to town.  The King and Queen were going to have a ball!  It was time for the Prince to find a bride. All of the young ladies in the land were invited to come.  They were wild with joy! They would wear their most beautiful gown and fix their hair extra nice. Maybe the prince would like them!

At Cinderella’s house, she now had extra work to do.  She had to make two brand-new gowns for her step-sisters.

“Faster!” shouted one step-sister.

“You call that a dress?” screamed the other.  

“Oh, dear!” said Cinderella.  “When can I–“

The stepmother marched into the room.  “When can you WHAT?”

“Well,” said the girl, “when will I have time to make my own dress for the ball?”

“You?” yelled the stepmother.  “Who said YOU were going to the ball?”

“What a laugh!” said one step-sister.

“Such a mess!” They pointed at Cinderella.  All of them laughed.

Their fine carriage came to the door. The stepmother and step-sisters hopped inside.  And they were off.

Left alone, Cinderella began to cry. All of a sudden, in front of her was a fairy.

“Do not cry my child, you shall go to the ball!” she said.

“But I do not have a dress to wear.” cried Cinderella.

Her Fairy Godmother waved her magic wand and at once Cinderella’s rags turned into a beautiful new ball gown.

Then her Fairy Godmother found six mice playing in the pumpkin patch. She touched them with her magic wand and the pumpkin turned into a beautiful coach and the mice into four white horses and two coachmen.

“When everything was ready, Cinderella waved goodbye to her fairy godmother who said, “The magic will only last until midnight. You must reach home by then.”

When Cinderella entered the ballroom, the guests were struck by her beauty and her stepmother and stepsisters did not know who she was. The prince asked Cinderella to dance and she was overjoyed. The Prince and Cinderella danced all night until Cinderella noticed the clock approaching midnight and she remembered her godmother’s words. “I must go” she told the Prince as she fled from the ballroom. As she ran down the steps of the palace, one of her glass slippers fell off, but Cinderella did not stop to pick it up.

She returned home just as the clock struck twelve. Her coach turned back into a pumpkin, her horses became mice and she was wearing rags once more. Her stepmother and stepsisters arrived home shortly afterwards and were full of talk of the beautiful girl who had danced all night with the prince.

The prince had fallen in love with Cinderella the moment he saw her, but he did not even know her name. He picked up her glass slipper from the steps and declared “I will marry the girl whose foot fits this slipper.” The prince and his servants took the glass slipper to every house in the Kingdom, but it did not fit any of the women who tried it on. 

Cinderella’s stepsisters tried to squeeze their large feet into the dainty shoe, but the servant was afraid it might break. Cinderella’s stepmother would not let her try on the slipper, but the prince said “Wait! Let her try it!”. The slipper fit Cinderella’s foot perfectly and the Prince realised this was the beautiful girl he had danced with at the ball. The Prince had found the girl he was looking for. They were married and both lived happily ever after.

TENSES Active-Passive Voice:
A: Cinderella entered the ballroom
P : The ballrom was entered by Cinderella.

A: They would wear their most beautiful gown.
P: Their beautiful gown would be wear. 

A: She returned home just as the clock struck twelve.
P: Just as the clock struck twelve she was returned home.

A: He (prince) picked up her glass slipper from the steps.
P: Her glass slipper was picked up by prince from the steps.

A: The Prince had found the girl.
B: The girl had been found by The Prince.

Source : http://taleswithgigi.com/tale/13/