A Comparison Of Cinderella And The Three Giants In The Beanstalk

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Cinderella and the Three Giants in the Beanstalk
Once upon a time there was… Okay, first off I don't like normal fairy tales. You gotta spice it up a little bit, right? First off there were 2 step sisters, their names were Gertrude and Edna, (I know, what horrible names) they had large noses, and they were a little bit on the chubbier side, and they both had hateful personalities. These sisters were so terribly mean and were also ugly that is was disgusting to even look at them. They made babies cry, and everybody was scared of them, but they also had their sister who was always somewhere around. She was beautiful, she had pretty blue eyes and had luscious blonde hair, unlike her sisters, (they were so ugly that they looked like witches).
Oh! Did I mention these sisters were very rich and powerful, they were princesses? But they didn’t look like it. Their sister, on the other hand, was always kind and quiet and she also helped out around the house. She was beautiful and had a pretty soul, I guess. She was beautiful that's it. Nobody knew much about her. Her name was Cinderella and She always seemed so innocent.
Back to the Princesses, they were going down the street one day
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Her step-mother was calling her back inside to continue with her daily chores, but for the first time in her life, she disobeyed. She always followed the rules and did what she was told. But not today, Cinderella sprinted towards the beanstalk and climbed up it for what seemed like days, (yet it was only 15 minutes). She reached the top, Cinderella was extremely out of breath because she had never climbed anything like that in her life. The beanstalk was real, really tall and almost looked like asparagus. She was grabbing onto ridges in the beanstalk and almost slipped and fell a few times, but she was so curious that she had to keep

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