The Ugly Stepsisters

The Ugly Stepsisters is Volume 6 of the Walt Disney Fun-to-Read Library.
==Synopsis==
Cinderella and Prince Charming have invited Lady Tremaine, Anastasia and Drizella to their castle for an extended stay, to make up for not seeing them for so long. Despite hoping they'll enjoy their visit, Charming notices how mean and ugly the stepsisters are and wonders why they are ugly, while the stepsisters voice their jealousy over everything Cinderella got. Realizing they may not be happy because they never married princes of their own, Cinderella decides to surprise them with a party, and invite all the finest men in the kingdom to come and meet them.
The next day, Cinderella calls her servants together and lets them in about her party plans for Anastasia and Drizella, and to not tell them about it and say it's for "very important people". Unknown to Cinderella, Anastasia and Drizella were hiding on the stairs evesdropping on the meeting, hearing her mention the party but don't know it's for them. They rush to tell Lady Tremaine about the party, assuming the important people are Cinderella and Charming themselves, and Lady Tremaine starts coming up with ways to ruin the party. 
The stepsisters set about ruining Cinderella's party plans over the next few days. They put the letters into the wrong envelopes, contaminate the sugar and flour for the cake with salt and soap, and destroy all the party dresses that were meant for them. However, Jaq and Gus overhear their scheme and quickly fix them by putting the invitations in order, spilling the sugar and flour so the cook can get some more, and Cinderella offers to repair the dresses and finish them in time. On the day of the party, Lucifer trashes the ballroom but Cinderella cleans up with Jaq and Gus helping before the guests arrive.
Upstairs, Anastasia and Drizella dress up in ugly-looking ballgowns to embarrass Cinderella and teach her a lesson in showing off, and soon all the various dukes and earls of the kingdom begin arriving for the party, hoping the stepsisters are as beautiful as Cinderella is. But the instant the stepsisters come downstairs, the guests are frightened by their ugliness and immediately flee the party. Cinderella is disappointed at the gesture and tells them that she invited the men over to meet them, and when Lady Tremaine asks Cinderella who the party was for, she reveals the important people had been her own stepfamily. Anastasia and Drizella begin to cry as Cinderella and Charming dance in the empty ballroom, and Jaq and Gus laugh aside saying the stepsisters deserve what they've done.
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