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Cinderella is a citizen of the Land of Stories and the heroine of one of the fairytales Alex and Connor grow up hearing from Grandma and their father (Mr. Bailey). After her mother died and her father remarried, Cinderella’s stepmother forced her to act as a servant. Yet, she never lost her goodness of heart or her hope for a better future. The Fairy Godmother helped her to gain the attention of Chance Charming, whom she subsequently married. Cinderella’s life after the wedding is happy even though it isn’t easy, and she tells Alex and Connor about how hard it was to earn the respect of her subjects given her lowly past. She understands that all lives, no matter how charming they might seem from the outside, have some heartache and difficulty, and she offers this lesson to the twins when they visit her castle.
Cinderella Quotes in The Wishing Spell
The The Wishing Spell quotes below are all either spoken by Cinderella or refer to Cinderella . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1 Quotes
“Fairy tales are much more than silly bedtime stories,” the teacher continued. “The solution to almost every problem imaginable can be found in the outcome of a fairy tale. Fairy tales are life lessons disguised with colorful characters and situations.
“‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ teaches us the values of a good reputation and the power of honesty. ‘Cinderella’ shows us the rewards of having a good heart. ‘The Ugly Duckling’ teaches us the meaning of inner beauty. […]
“Sadly, these timeless tales are no longer relevant in our society,” Mrs. Peters said. “We have traded their brilliant teachings for small-minded entertainment like television and video games. Parents now let obnoxious cartoons and violent movies influence their children.”
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Chapter 9 Quotes
“I never thought my life would change so drastically, so I always made the most of what I had,” Cinderella said. “I always laugh at the term Cinderella story, because, if you ask me, it doesn’t matter what life you’re living, life never has a solution. No matter how hard the struggles are that you leave behind, new struggles always take their place.
“People forget that I wasn’t liked very much by the people of the Charming Kingdom when I first came to live at the palace,” Cinderella said. “Not too many people were thrilled with the idea of a servant girl becoming their queen. Many people called me the Pumpkin Princess or the Mouse Monarch when they first discovered the details of how I had come to the ball that night. I had to hear the kingdom’s respect, and it wasn’t easy.”
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Chapter 18 Quotes
“As you recall, I traded my ability to speak to the Sea Witch for a pair of legs so I could be with the prince onshore,” the spirit said. “After he fell in love with the other woman, my sisters traded their hair for a knife from the Sea Witch. She said that if I killed the prince with it, I could return to the sea as a mermaid, but ultimately I couldn’t go through with it and I became what I am today.”
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“Hold up,” Connor said. “You went through all that trouble for a guy? Were there not any available mermen?”
“Perhaps that is the lesson of my story,” the spirit said.
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Cinderella Character Timeline in The Wishing Spell
The timeline below shows where the character Cinderella appears in The Wishing Spell. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...asks the children to share their fairy tale papers one by one. Alex wrote about “Cinderella,” which she says is about karma and hope. Despite the abuse she suffered from her...
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Chapter 5
...Kingdom is under the dominion of another King Charming (later identified as Chance) and Queen Cinderella, and yet another King Charming (later identified as Chase) and Queen Sleeping Beauty watch over...
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...to find herself in the magical world of fairy tales suddenly realizes that if her heroes—Cinderella and Snow White and the rest—are real, so too are the villains who terrorized them....
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Chapter 6
...and she doesn’t want to leave before she can see some of the sights, like Cinderella’s castle or Jack’s beanstalk. Connor accuses Alex of acting like a tourist and forgetting how...
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Chapter 7
...spinning wheel, the wavy rope is Rapunzel’s hair. Connor thinks that the glass might be Cinderella’s slipper and Alex reasons that the frightened girl with the basket must be Red Riding...
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Chapter 9
Alex and Connor walk all day without reaching Cinderella’s castle. As darkness falls, they camp out in a clearing that they hope is safe....
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...gates, as there are no other entrances. Then, they must secure an invitation to visit Cinderella’s display room, where the slippers are kept. Finally, they must find a way to take...
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...twins have ever seen. The king and queen enter to great applause. The very pregnant Cinderella can’t dance, but she clearly enjoys watching everyone else dancing. After a while, evidently uncomfortable,...
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Then, Sir Lampton takes Alex and Connor to Cinderella’s display room, which houses memorabilia from her life in her stepmother’s house, as well as...
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A guard bursts into the room to summon Queen Cinderella back to the ballroom, where a retinue of Northern Kingdom soldiers has just arrived with...
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...bummed that they didn’t get the slipper, but happy that they were able to meet Cinderella. They catch a ride north on a cart full of pears. Alex is too excited...
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Chapter 14
...start listening to the drivers’ gossip. Word is spreading through the land that both of Cinderella’s slippers have been stolen. This is bad news. If anyone catches them with the slipper...
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Unfortunately, Cinderella’s glass slipper falls from Alex’s bag. For an agonized moment, there’s silence in the throne...
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Chapter 20
...a lock of Rapunzel’s hair, a piece from Red Riding Hood’s basket, and one of Cinderella’s slippers. The Evil Queen herself, enrobed in a long, dark cloak, stands across the room,...
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Chapter 23
...anywhere, letters arrive from the Charming Kingdom announcing the birth of King Chance and Queen Cinderella’s daughter and inviting everyone to her christening. Everyone is invited—even Red Riding Hood, whom, the...
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...a tense moment when Alex and Connor arrive, and King Chandler accuses them of stealing Cinderella’s slipper. But Cinderella isn’t upset about that. She’s not even upset that the slipper got...
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...and Mira. The others are impressed that Evly never gave up hope, and this gives Cinderella the idea to name her daughter Hope. Connor and Alex witness Hope’s christening. Then, Sir...
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