The Glass Slipper Page #2

SHE DIED WHEN I WAS

FIVE YEARS OLD.

WHAT DO YOU EXPEC TO DO IN THE PALACE?

OH. WELL, LOTS OF THINGS.

YOU KNOW.

SOUNDS VERY PRACTICAL.

AND I'LL PUNISH

EVERYBODY I HATE.

NO, YOU WON'T.

OH, YES, I WILL.

I WILL.

HERE.

WHERE'D YOU GET THIS?

OH, HERE AND THERE.

OH, YES, I HEARD

ABOUT THAT.

HERE, YOU'D BETTER

TAKE IT BACK.

OH, THANK YOU,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEVERTHELESS.

NEVERTHELESS WHAT?

NEVERTHELESS:

IS A NICE WORD.

ISN'T IT PLEASANT TO SIT AND

EXCHANGE WORDS WITH A FRIEND?

I NEVER DID IT BEFORE, I MEAN,

JUST SAT WITH A FRIEND AND TALKED.

WELL, WHAT'S THE MATTER

WITH YOUR FRIENDS?

DON'T THEY HAVE

A SITTING PLACE?

WELL, IT'S BECAUSE I...

I DON'T THINK

I HAVE ANY FRIENDS.

I MEAN, I DON' THINK I DO.

BECAUSE WHEN:

THEY'RE YOUR FRIENDS,

DOES THAT MEAN THA YOU CAN TELL THEM

EVERYTHING YOU LIKE

AND WHAT YOU DO:

AND WHAT YOU FEEL

AND ALL THAT?

AND THAT THEY'LL ALWAYS

BE ON YOUR SIDE?

DOESN'T IT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, I DON'T HAVE

ANYBODY LIKE THAT.

YOU HAVE ME.

I'M ON YOUR SIDE.

AND I'M VERY DEEPLY INTERESTED

IN WHAT YOU FEEL AND THINK.

TELL ME.

TELL ME NOW.

WELL...I CAN'T.

IT--IT'S...IT'S ALL MIXED UP.

IT'S JUST A FEELING.

IT'S LIKE WHEN IT'S

BEGINNING TO GET DARK.

YOU KNOW?

AND--AND EVERYTHING

BREATHES VERY SOFTLY

AND THE SKY GETS

VERY, VERY BLUE

AND THEN VERY, VERY PINK.

AND HERE YOU FEEL,

OH, SOMETHING...

HMM. IT--IT'S...

IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN.

IT'S QUITE CLEAR.

IS IT?

I MUST GO NOW.

I HAVE SOME THINGS

TO PICK UP.

WELL, YOU DROP IN

AGAIN SOMETIME.

OH, WHEN?

TOMORROW PERHAPS AT NOON.

RIGHT HERE, THEN, HUH?

WE'LL TALK AND TELL

EACH OTHER THINGS...

AND BE FRIENDS, HUH?

EXCELLENT.

VERY PRACTICAL.

GOOD-BYE.

WINDOWSILL.

PICKLE RELISH.

APPLE DUMPLING.

CINDERELLA.

GOOD-BYE, CINDERELLA.

THESE HOOPS ARE TOO WIDE.

I'M GOING TO WEAR

THE NARROW ONES.

THE WIDER HOOPS ARE PRETTIER.

BUT THEY'RE NOT THE FASHION.

COUSIN LOULOU'S WEARING

ENORMOUS ONES.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

I HEARD ALL ABOU COUSIN LOULOU'S GOWN

THIS AFTERNOON WHEN

I WENT UP TO THE HILL

FOR THE INVITATIONS.

OH! THE INVITATIONS.

WHERE DID YOU PUT THEM?

I GAVE THEM TO YOU.

OH. OH, DEAR.

OH, MAMA.

I PUT THEM DOWN.

AFTER ALL THE TROUBLE

WE HAD GETTING THEM.

OH, I HATE ASKING

COUSIN LOULOU FAVORS.

OH, GO AWAY, ELLA.

DON'T TOUCH THINGS, ELLA.

YOU'RE IN THE WAY, ELLA.

ELLA, GET OFF OF THAT.

YOU'RE GETTING I ALL DIRTY.

OH! HERE THEY ARE.

YOU MUST REMEMBER

TO THANK COUSIN LOULOU.

MOTHER, TOMORROW NIGH AT THE BALL,

PLEASE DON'T SPEAK

OF WHERE WE LIVE.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WE LIVE

ON THE HILL WITH COUSIN LOULOU.

AND WHAT WILL COUSIN

LOULOU SAY TO THAT?

COUSIN LOULOU WON'T HEAR IT.

BESIDES, NO ONE EVER

PAYS ANY ATTENTION

TO THAT OLD CREATURE ANYWAY.

[SCOLDING]

BIRDENA.

DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK

OF COUSIN LOULOU THAT WAY.

SHE'S VERY RICH.

WHAT'S HER DRESS LIKE?

OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S ALL PINK AND WHITE

WITH ROSEBUDS AND RIBBONS

ALL OVER THE SKIRT.

AND THOUSANDS OF CRYSTALS,

EACH ONE SEWN WITH SILK THREAD.

ROSEBUDS. HA HA!

AT HER AGE.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

STEPMOTHER:
YOU MAY TAKE I OFF NOW, BIRDENA.

NOW YOU, SERAFINA.

WHO IS MRS. TOQUET?

WHO?

MRS. TOQUET.

ISN'T SHE THE CRAZY OLD WOMAN

WHO LIVES IN THE WOODS?

SHE'S HARMLESS,

BUT SHE STEALS.

HAS SHE ALWAYS:

BEEN LIKE THAT?

I MEAN, HAS SHE ALWAYS...

THEY SAY SHE WAS ONCE

A GRAND LADY AND LIVED ON THE HILL.

BUT SHE TOOK TO READING BOOKS

AND WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE.

STUFFED HER HEAD FULL OF IDEAS,

AND NOW SHE'S A BIT ADDLED.

A BIT ADDLED?

OH, MOTHER, SHE'S CRAZY

AS A COCKROACH.

NO, SHE ISN'T.

SHE'S JUST DIFFERENT.

SHE'S FULL OF GOOD IDEAS

AND...AND WISDOM.

FULL OF WHAT?

AND EVERYBODY KNOWS SHE STEALS.

SHE STOLE THE COVER

OFF A GARBAGE BUCKE FROM MRS. BOWER'S HOUSE.

AND THE NEXT NIGHT,

SHE PUT IT BACK.

SHE ALWAYS PUTS THINGS BACK

AFTER SHE TAKES THEM.

THAT'S WHY NOBODY BOTHERS.

SHE SHOULD BE LOCKED AWAY.

SHE'S MAD.

SHE SEEMED VERY:

SENSIBLE TO ME.

OH! SHE SEEMED

SENSIBLE TO ELLA.

AND WHY NOT?

THEY'RE TWO OF A KIND.

YOU'RE TWO OF A KIND.

AND DID YOU TELL HER THA YOU WERE GOING TO LIVE

- IN THE PALACE SOMEDAY?

- AND WHAT IF I DID?

HA HA! TWO CRAZY COCKROACHES.

[EVERYONE LAUGHS]

ELLA, STOP IT!

YOU'RE RUINING

MY BEAUTIFUL DRESS!

GET HER OUT OF HERE!

[SLAP] YOU GO RIGHT OUT AND

FINISH DIGGING THE POTATOES.

Ella:
I don't care.

i don't care one bit,

because, one day,

I'm going to live in the palace.

Ms. Toquet:
What will you do in the palace?

I don't know....

but, one day, I'm going

to live in the palace.

One day, I'm going

to live in the palace.

One day, I'm going

to live in the palace.

[GRAND MUSIC BEGINS]

[GRAND MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC BECOMES LIGHTER]

[MUSIC BECOMES LIGHT-HEARTED]

STEPMOTHER:
ELLA!

ELLA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ELLA, BRING IN THE POTATOES!

CHARLES?

OH.

CHARLES.

WHERE IS HE?

MORNING, KOVIN.

WELL, GOOD MORNING,

YOUR HIGHNESS.

IS HE UP YET?

I BELIEVE HE'S STILL

DRESSING, SIR.

CHARLES?

CHARLES, I WAN TO SEE YOU.

AND WHERE THEY'VE

QUARTERED YOU, KOVIN?

UH, YES, SIR.

IT'S COMFORTABLE?

MOST COMFORTABLE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

GOOD. GOOD, GOOD.

POETRY?

USED TO READ IT MYSELF.

TAUGHT ME A LOT.

CAN'T READ IT NOWADAYS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK

OF OUR COUNTRYSIDE?

OH, VERY BEAUTIFUL,

WHAT I'VE SEEN OF IT, SIR.

EXCELLENT--

EXCELLENT HUNTING.

DO YOU HUNT?

SOME THINGS.

YOU'LL FIND PLENTY

OF THAT, TOO.

GOOD MORNING, FATHER.

WHAT ARE YOU GOT UP AS?

I'M GOING FOR A WALK.

THERE'S A PROBLEM

OF ENTERTAINMENT AT THE BALL.

WHAT BALL?

I TOLD YOU--

THREE DAYS OF FESTIVAL

TOPPED OFF BY A BIG BALL

ON THE LAST NIGHT.

THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT.

OH, NO.

NOW STOP MAKING NOISES

LIKE A SCHOOLBOY.

YOU HAVE OBLIGATIONS.

THAT'S THE PRICE YOU PAY

FOR WHAT YOU ARE.

AND I DON'T MEAN YOUR TITLE.

I MEAN THE FACT THA YOU'RE A GROWN MAN

OF SOME DECENCY:

AND INTELLIGENCE.

IT'S TIME HE TOOK

SOME RESPONSIBILITY,

BECAUSE I'M BORED,

UTTERLY BORED WITH IT.

HE'S OF AGE NOW.

IT'S HIS TURN.

I LOVE HIM, KOVIN.

ISN'T HE A CHARMER?

I NEVER KNEW:

ANYBODY LIKE HIM.

NOW, THEN,

YOU CONDESCENDING,

DISRESPECTFUL, BLASE,

IMPERTINENT YOUNG RAKE.

WE ARE DEPENDEN UPON THE GOOD WILL

AND THE COOPERATION

OF THE PEOPLE:

OF THIS PRINCIPALITY.

BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HIM,

AND HE DOESN'T KNOW THEM.

WELL, YOU'RE GOING

TO MEET THEM:

TOMORROW NIGH AT THE BALL,

AND THEY'RE GOING

TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOU.

MAKE FRIENDS.

I'LL DO MY BEST, FATHER,

AND NOT ONLY BECAUSE

YOU'RE SO RIGHT.

I REMEMBER THIS PLACE, TOO.

WHEN I WAS EIGHT,

I RAN AWAY FROM HOME ONE DAY.

I WAS GONE FOR SEVEN HOURS,

THE BEST SEVEN HOURS I EVER HAD.

I DISCOVERED:

THE COUNTRYSIDE THAT DAY--

ONE PLACE IN PARTICULAR.

I'LL TAKE YOU THERE.

STRANGE HOW MANY MEMORIES

ARE CROWDING BACK ON ME,

THINGS I HAVEN' THOUGHT ABOUT FOR YEARS.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,

WHEN WE WERE RIDING THROUGH THE TOWN,

I KEPT REMEMBERING SOMETHING

THAT HAPPENED YEARS AGO.

I'D BEEN HOME

FOR THE HOLIDAYS

AND WAS LEAVING:

TO RETURN TO SCHOOL.

MY CARRIAGE WAS HELD UP

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