Cinderella | Spotlight Story
Fairy Tales with Granny MacDuff
Little Ears Media
4.4 • 932 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
This week we're spotlighting Cinderella!
When Cinderella's wicked stepmother won't allow her to go to the ball at the palace, her fairy godmother pays her a visit. She gives Cinderella everything she needs to attend the ball, but she must leave when the clock strikes midnight. After a dance with the prince, she flees as the clock strikes midnight. The prince will not rest until he finds out who she is and the only clue he has is her glass slipper. He scours the land in search of Cinderella. Will he find her?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, it's Sushi the Cat here, and I've got some really exciting news. |
| 0:04.5 | Lily and Gordy is back with season two. |
| 0:06.6 | You can listen today by subscribing on Apple, Patreon or Spotify. |
| 0:10.4 | Listen to new episodes every Tuesday. |
| 0:13.1 | Catch you later. |
| 0:15.7 | Good evening, children. |
| 0:17.5 | It's Granny MacDuss, ready with a story. |
| 0:20.2 | So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin. |
| 0:23.6 | Once upon a time, a great man took a second wife, |
| 0:31.6 | an unpleasant woman who brought with her two daughters, |
| 0:34.6 | who, like their mother, had the most terrible tempers. |
| 0:39.5 | The man also had a daughter, a girl who was kind and loved by all. |
| 0:45.8 | Her stepmother grew jealous of the affection the child received from her father and became |
| 0:50.0 | angry with how the girl's good nature made her own daughters seem all the worse. And so the |
| 0:55.8 | stepmother put the girl to work in the house, giving her the most difficult tasks. She was made to |
| 1:01.6 | wash the floors, clean the dishes, and polish the silver. She slept on a mattress made of straw |
| 1:08.0 | in the attic, while her stepsisters slept in rooms of the highest |
| 1:11.9 | fashion. The girl dared not complain to her father, for he was ruled by his new wife, and |
| 1:18.7 | would surely scold her. After her work was finished, the girl would sit among the cinders |
| 1:25.1 | near the fireplace to keep warm. |
| 1:30.5 | The so her such often made her appear dirty, |
| 1:35.4 | and so her mean stepsisters began to call her Cinderella. |
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