On an island in the Caribbean sea, there was a girl who came from a poor family. When her mother died, the only thing she could give her was a wand made of mahogany. She was told that she could tap anything three times and it would temporarily change into something else and that the magic must be used on someone that she loved.
Time passed and the little girl, called Nannin', grew up to be a washerwoman for the people of her town. She became the godmother of a baby girl, Cendrillon, whose mother passed away of an illness shortly after giving birth. Cendrillion's father remarried an evil woman who gave birth to a girl who was just as evil as the mother! Cendrillon is forced to do hard housework and is treated very badly by the two women.
Nannin' must help Cendrillon find happiness and what other way to help than to use her wand!
After reading this story, I would ask my students to create a Venn diagram comparing this story to the American version of Cinderella.
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