Then each student is asked to select one of the three boxes and they are told that they can keep whatever is contained in their box. The students are then asked to open their boxes in front of the rest of the class. The students are prompted to discuss what they have discovered about their choices. Elicit from the rest of the students what they learned from the activity. Don't judge the value of something based simply on outward appearances.
Appearances can be misleading.
It is better to get to know what is on the inside than what appears on the outside. Boxes and people often are not what they appear to be on the outside. In the case of boxes you must open them up to find out what is on the inside and in the case of people you need to get to know them to discover what they are really like. Next, explain that they are about to hear the story of Cinderella and her next door neighbor Cinder Edna. Ask the students to think about how the lives of the two girls are alike and different as you are reading the story.