Cinderella

## Description

A historical Earth fairy tale that has be adapted to each sector having their own version of the story.

## History

The following is selected excepts from *A History of Cinderella*

Cinderella is one of the oldest fairy tales on Earth. A version of the story has been passed down orally through many generations in most cultures.

One of the oldest known versions was first told by Greek historian Strabo (65 BCE–23 CE). In his Geography, Book XVII.33, Strabo tells the story of Rhodopis, a Greek courtesan whose sandal was stolen by an eagle. The eagle flew the sandal all the way to Memphis, Egypt, before dropping it on the king’s lap. Drawn by its beauty, the king then proceeded to send his men searching for the woman who would wear it.

Another version comes from China during the Tang Dynasty. This has a lot more in common with the tale we know today than a king and a missing shoe: it also features an evil stepmother, stepsisters, and a magical outfit. In the 8th century, a man named Tuan Ch’êng-shih wrote a book compiling lore from different places he’d visited. This volume, titled Yu Yang Tsa Tsu, includes a story about an orphan girl named Yeh-hsien whose stepmother always treated her badly.

Charles Perrault published *Histoires ou contes du temps passe* in 1697, a book that included a little tale titled “Cendrillon”. Perrault was the one to introduce the fairy godmother to the story, as well as other key elements to the version we know today – including the glass slipper and the happy ending.

Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine any Cinderella that isn’t like the 1950 Disney movie. This animated musical didn’t only save Disney from likely bankruptcy: it also solidified a version of the fairytale (more accurately, Charles Perrault’s version) into what is, to many, the “real” Cinderella story.

## Overview

By the 28th century ever sector of humanity has their own version of the classic Cinderella story and each story features a shoe somehow.

The newer frontier sectors of Epsilon and Kappa Sectors do not have an official version yet, but in *Frontier* Amalie postulates that her story will become the official version of Cinder for Epsilon Sector and Koulsy tells her the story from each of the other sectors.

### Military version

Cinders is a boy, a cadet at the Military Academy, and marries a General.

### Alpha Sector

Cinders is a girl from an obscure family and she marries the son of the Aadi of Alpha sector.

### Beta Sector

The story is set during their Second Roman Empire years. Cinders is a boy from a low class clan, and he marries the daughter of the Emperor.

### Gamma Sector

A girl called Cinders worked as a cleaner at a vast Gamma sector shoe manufacturing company. All the staff were invited to the company Year Day party, and Cinders danced with the son of the owner of the company. He fell in love with her, and they ended up getting married.”

### Delta Sector

Cinders is a girl student at University Hercules and marries a Nobel Prize winner.

### Epsilon Sector

Amalie's story -

One day while taking a break from her class, she is sitting outside on a beautiful spring day. She removes her shoes as she ponders the wonderful opportunity for her future that her teacher had just made her, they want her to go away to University to become a history teacher, with a guaranteed spot at the future University on her home planet. A Panda Mouse scampers over and climbs into one of the shoes. As Cinder is trying to coax the panda mouse out of her shoe, her look-up dings, it is the youngest son of the incredibly rich couple who led the first colonists in settling her home planet, asking her if she would marry him.

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A History of Cinderella
2. ↑ Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella (p. 119). Kindle Edition]]

### Bibliography

* https://bookriot.com/the-history-of-cinderella
* *Frontier: An Epsilon Sector Novella* (2016)