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And then finally, Finally!

A letter arrived one morning.

My hands were trembling so much, I almost ripped the letter trying to open the envelope.

Dear Drizella My delegation has been extended and my duties have grown.

I'm far too busy now to keep up with our correspondence.

I hope you understand.

and wish you well.

Prince Henry.

I read it three times, as if expecting other words to magically appear the more I stared at the paper.

But that was it.

Just this cold, impersonal letter after all these months.

I told myself that he was really busy with big, important things.

It had been almost a year since he left, and people can change.

It's not like he ever said he loved me or promised me anything.

And of course, there was nothing left to do now but move on with Dignity and grace.

I found great comfort in pastries and gained a lot of weight.

I considered becoming a nun but decided against it since nuns aren't allowed to curse.

I went to the village witch and said a friend was asking about ways to hex a prince.

I started writing a vicious breakup letter to Henry.

Then realized you can't break up with someone you were never technically with, so I ate more pastries.

Then I started running at dawn,

lost all the weight, and used Cinderella's stupidly good skin and hair stuff But no matter what I did,

it didn't dull the ache of missing someone who...

didn't miss me back anymore.

It had been months since that last letter, and I had picked myself up and moved on.

So I wasn't expecting my stomach to lurch when an official invitation arrived from the palace, announcing a grand ball in honor of the prince's return.

Great, other people could honor him.

I wasn't going.

Besides, Anastasia was terrified of dancing, and Mother wouldn't be up for it either.

Over the past few months, she'd grown very weak and was always tired.

I'd asked a couple of doctors to examine her, but they had no answers.

Cinderella had been on top of her care, of course.

Always fluffing her pillows, rubbing her feet, making her special herbal teas.

And the thought had crossed my mind more than once.

What exactly was she putting in those concoctions?

I didn't think she was beyond slowly poisoning a woman for her inheritance.

I'd thrown the invitation in the trash.

But sometime later, Cinderella came into the living room, clutching it to her chest.

You're invited to a royal ball, can you believe it?

Oh, I've never been to a proper ball or worn a ball gown.

the palace.

I know I'm not invited, but maybe I could go, if you could take me with you?

Yeah, no. We're not going.

Royal balls are dull.

Take our invitation and go, love.

I'll arrange a carriage for you.

You deserve to have some fun.

Yeah, there was no cute fairy swishing a wand and going bibbidi -bobbidi -boo.

Just my own mother handing Cinderella one of her finest gowns,

a string of Naturally, Cinderella's feet were impossibly tiny and delicate.

And she couldn't borrow shoes from us ogres.

And off went Cinderella, looking like a vision.

Since she was finally out of the house for a few hours, there was no way I wasn't going to snoop through her room.

Which was, as I suspected, disgustingly perfect.

Had a speck of dust, and everything was arranged with military precision.

psychopath.

I rifled through her drawers, opened her wardrobe, peered under the bed.

I didn't find some secret stash of poisons or a diary confessing to slow murder.

I wasn't even sure what I was looking for, and I was beginning to feel stupid.

I turned to leave when suddenly, My elbow bumped into a picture frame on her vanity, knocking it to the floor.

I cursed under my breath as I picked it up.

Luckily, nothing was broken, and the picture had just come out.

As I was placing it back in, Something slipped out.

A folded piece of paper tucked away carefully.

And when I opened it, I recognized the handwriting instantly.

I would have known it anywhere!

"Dearest Drizella, I'm so sorry I haven't written in a while.

A sudden, strange illness gripped me, and I was too sick to be moved or even lift my head.

The royal court kept quiet to avoid panic, and it took me months to recover.

Even now, the physicians say the worst is not over.

I am healthy otherwise, but my vision has been compromised permanently.

They expect it will continue to worsen until I lose it entirely, perhaps within a few months or a year.

Before that happens.

Before I lose my ability to pen down words myself, I need to tell you that I'm in love with you.

I'm not the man you deserve, but if you could ever imagine a future with me, one where I will not have my sight but you will have all my heart.

I would ask you to marry me.

Yours always, just Henry." I read it again and again and again.

My knees gave out, and I sank to the floor.

He had loved me.

He had wanted to marry me.

He had needed me when he had gotten such terrible news.

And I'd never even known!

I'd spent all this time thinking he'd forgotten me so easily, but it wasn't true.

None of it was true.

But Cinderella had known.

How had she gotten this letter?

Had she stolen it before it reached me?

Did she intercept others too?

Did Henry get mine?

The broken sound escaped my throat.

I wasn't crazy or paranoid.

I'd been right about her all along.

Suddenly, the sound of the front door opening snapped me back to reality.

Cinderella had returned from the ball.

I rose to my feet, pure rage surging through my veins.

She'd taken everything from me, but this time, she wasn't getting away with it.

I ran downstairs and found Cinderella by the fireplace, humming softly.

And I lunged towards her and grabbed her hair.

Oh my god, what are you doing?

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I shoved the letter in her face.

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Why do you have this?

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What did you do?

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What did you say to him?

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Her blue eyes went wide, then slowly she smiled.

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And before I could react, she grabbed the letter from me and flung it into the fire.

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What letter?

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I saw red as I screamed and tried to yank her hair from her skull.

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She managed to pull away from me, but I grabbed her dress, tearing away the silk.

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She shoved me, and I stumbled back as I ripped the pearls from her throat.

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Mother and Anastasia came running in at the noise.

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What is happening?

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Okay.

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She's attacking me!

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She's gone mad!

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Get her out of here!

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I swear I will kill her if you don't...

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You don't know what she's done!

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She stole him from me!

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What?

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Who are you talking about?

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Henry!

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The Crown Prince!

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We were in love.

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He wanted to marry me.

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Mother and Anastasia just stared at me like I was speaking a foreign language.

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She's crazy and jealous!

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She's always hated me!

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Drizella, you've lost your mind and you're scaring us!

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No, I'm not crazy!

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I'll prove it!

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I tore up the stairs, running to my room.

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I flung open the chest under my bed where I'd kept all our letters.

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They were gone.

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All of them.

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I stumbled back down the stairs, half mad with grief and rage.

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I charged at Cinderella again, but Mother blocked my path and shielded her.

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You will not come near her again, you hear me?

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Enough!

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sank onto the dirt floor, sobbing until my whole body hurt.

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I didn't know how much time had passed, But eventually, the door creaked open, and Anastasia walked in softly, kneeling beside me.

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If you say you talked to the prince if you say you loved him I believe you.

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You?

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You do?

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I knew you were hurting this past.

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I mean, I know what eating your feelings looks like.

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"But you just shut me out.

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I wish you hadn't." I leaned into her, the way we used to when we were little girls, feeling scared of thunder.

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and she pulled me into a warm hug.

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Thank you.

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I didn't sleep a wink that night.

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Henry's letter replaying itself over and over in my mind.

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Tomorrow?

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I was going to the palace.

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I didn't have a plan or some speech prepared.

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I just knew I had to see him and I wasn't coming back home without doing it.

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It was soon after dawn that I prepared my horse to leave.

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when a servant handed over a letter.

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"Important news!

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By decree of his majesty, members of the royal family will be visiting each household in this town today." "What?

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Why would the royal family be doing that?

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Would Henry be among them?

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I didn't know what was going on, but I had to stay back for the visit." "Cinderella was probably still holed up in Mother's room, which was good for her,

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because if I saw her face, I would tear her apart." I paced around impatiently, looking out the window for any signs of the royal delegation approaching.

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I thought I'd get a better view from the attic, so I ran up.

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And as I stood there, with my face pressed to the window, suddenly, the hair on the back of my neck stood up.

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I turned, and Cinderella was standing in the doorway, her eyes gleaming.

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Before I could run towards her, she slammed the door shut, and I heard the lock click.

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Let me out!

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You crazy witch!

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Let me out!

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And when I saw the royal delegation arrive at our house, I felt manic.

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I kicked and banged and screamed until my throat was raw.

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But no one heard me.

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Why was the royal family here?

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What was Cinderella doing?

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Finally, I heard someone running up the stairs, and the door burst open.

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The prince, he's here!

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He's here, and he just, he just asked Cinderella to marry him.

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The words punched the air out of my lungs.

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You have to go, you have to stop him, hurry!

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preparing to leave.

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And there he was.

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Henry was standing beside Cinderella, his hand cradling hers gently as he bent to kiss her fingers.

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"Henry, no!

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You can't marry her!

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You don't know who she is !" Everyone froze, including him.

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He slowly turned to me, squinting his eyes hard. And then...

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His face hardened to stone.

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I told you, I told you she would never let me escape.

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Henry, whatever she's told you, It's all lies!

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Address me properly, miss.

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It's Crown Prince Henry.

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Okay, Crown Prince Henry!

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You cannot marry that two -faced witch!

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A ripple of murmurs went through the small crowd gathering around us.

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I need a moment alone with her.

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He led me forcefully into the stables away from everyone and slammed the door behind us.

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You are the biggest liar I've ever met!

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And it was just a poor, abandoned girl that you and your family made your slave?

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I felt like he'd slapped me in the face.

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She didn't even dare tell me her name yesterday at the ball.

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She said she sneaked away because she wasn't allowed to exist freely.

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Not even for a night.

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Then she ran away before I could even ask who she was.

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All I had was her slipper she left behind by accident.

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And then imagine, looking for her, and finding that you're the villain in her story!

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Henry...

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She's a manipulative psychopath.

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She stole my letters.

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She stole yours.

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I didn't even know you were sick or losing your sight.

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Stop thine.

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It was your handwriting on the letter I got, where you told me you couldn't be with me because of my illness, where you said it would be better to end things before they really even began.

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I never wrote that letter.

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She faked it.

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I think she always knew about us right from the start.

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Our letters forged your handwriting and had been spying on us all along just to ruin things between us one day?

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I know it sounds crazy, but it's true.

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For a second, a shadow of doubt crossed his face, and I thought he might believe me. But then...

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His jaw tightened.

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No. You didn't want me.

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And now you just don't want her to have me either.

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My heart felt like it would explode.

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You met her last night.

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How can you marry someone you don't even know?

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Hahaha!

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As if time is a guarantee of anything!

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I knew you for much longer, but it turns out I didn't know you at all!

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She knows about my ailment, and she accepted me as I am.

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And even though I've lost most of my sight now, when I look at her, she glows like an angel.

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She's kind and beautiful and good.

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I know she will save me.

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And I will save her from you.

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As he started walking away, I felt something break inside me, like a monster being unleashed.

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Maybe it's a blessing you're going blind, Henry.

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I hope it happens faster for your sake.

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It's better if you're spared from seeing the snake you're marrying.

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Or the fool you've become!

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And I wouldn't have married you anyway.

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A blind fool is no prince, only a burden.

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Mind your tongue when speaking to your prince, and if you ever cross my path again, I will have you exiled.

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I walked out after him and watched from a distance as he took Cinderella's hand, lifted her into the royal carriage,

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and rode away, taking every dream I'd ever dared to have with him.

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What was it that Henry had called me?

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Ah!

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Yes.

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The villain in Cinderella's story.

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And that she would save him, and he would save her, from me.

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Yes.

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Her beauty was so bright, It even enchanted an almost blind man.

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It made everyone else look ugly.

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I calmly stepped over to the oil lamp and knocked it over.

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Then I stood back and watched as the flames ran up the curtains,

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lit up the walls, ate up her belongings, gobbled up all her lies.

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The whole room blazed, and it felt good.

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The fire spread faster than unexpected.

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The house was old and the walls half the estate was gone.

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Mother, heartbroken and sickly, packed up what little we had left and moved in with some distant relatives.

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Anastasia went with her. And me?

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Well...

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I was declared unwell.

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Hysterical and quite dangerous.

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I was locked up in a sanatorium.

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Just a fancy word for a prison with prettier walls.

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Anastasia tried to visit me regularly the first few years, bringing me sweet treats and books But over time, the visits got fewer.

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And eventually, They stopped altogether. And so...

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Here I stayed.

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my name forgotten, just one half of the Ugly Stepsisters Duo.

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The real question is...

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Did Cinderella get her famous happy ending?

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Honestly?

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I don't know.

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The crown prince had a relapse of his disease a few years later.

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And this time, he did not survive it.

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I'm sure Cinderella wore black for a while and looked stunningly tragic, but I doubt she really mourned him.

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Because I don't think she was capable of loving anything, or anyone.

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But who knows?

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Maybe she lived happily ever after anyway, bedecked in jewels and finery, admired and beloved by the people.

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and with a whole castle to scrub to sparkling perfection.

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Anyway, this is how my story ends.

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It's so depressing, isn't it?

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But don't worry.

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This version won't stick.

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Because no one really wants the truth.

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Not when the truth is ugly and the liar is beautiful.

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Hey, before you click away, can we talk?

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Like, really talk?

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You just spent time with me and my story.

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Not 30 seconds, not a quick swipe.

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actual time and that's Kind of rare now, isn't it?

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Look, I get it.

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TikTok is addictive.

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Those quick dopamine hits one after another, But here's the thing: Do you remember any of those videos from last week?

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Last month?

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They blur together, don't they?

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But a story, a real story sticks with you.

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It changes how you see things.

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Maybe after watching mine, you'll think differently about the villains in other stories.

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Maybe you'll question: Who's really telling the truth?

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That's what stories do.

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They don't just pass time.

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They change us.

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We're fighting to keep this alive.

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Every animation you see took weeks.

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Every character, every expression, every scene, crafted by humans who believe stories matter.

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We could pump out three -minute clips with AI voices reading Reddit posts.

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We could chase trends.

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We'd probably get more views.

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But we don't.

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Because you deserve better.

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Here's the truth: platforms push short -form content because it keeps you scrolling longer.

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But we're not trying to steal your time.

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We're trying to earn it, to give you something worth those minutes.

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So if this story made you feel something, anything, then please, share it.

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Not for the algorithm, not for us, but for everyone who's hungry for real stories and doesn't even know it yet.

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Send it to that friend who says: I wish movies were like they used to be.

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Drop it in the group chat where people actually discuss things.

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Because every share is a vote.

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A vote that says, "Yes, storytelling matters." Yes, we still want narratives that challenge us, surprise us, make us think.

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The art of storytelling survived thousands of years, from cave paintings to campfires, to Shakespeare to cinema?

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Don't let it die on our watch not for a five -second dance trend.

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Help us prove that in a world of infinite scroll, some things are still worth stopping for.

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Share this story.

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Save storytelling.

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It sounds dramatic.

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Because it is.

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このB2レベルのスピーキングレッスンは、動画「Cinderella Story For Adults - PART 2」を教材にしています。繰り返し出てくる語は次のとおりです：letter, Cinderella, Henry。この動画には、シャドーイング用の文が326文、単語が3021語あります。音声の長さは19:54です。話す速さは1分あたり約152語で、日常会話に近い自然なペースです。英語の頻出3,000語に含まれる単語は79%だけなので、語彙は難しめです。

この動画の重要語彙

動画の中で特に難しい単語15語を、発音と意味つきで紹介します。

単語	発音	意味
handwriting 名詞	/ˈhændɹaɪtɪŋ/	手書き
villain 名詞	/ˈvɪl.ən/	悪人, 悪党
delegation 名詞	/dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/	代表団
stairs 名詞	/ˈstɛɹz/	階段
invitation 名詞	/ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/	招待, 招き
psychopath 名詞	/ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ/	サイコパス, 精神病質者
stumble 動詞	/ˈstʌmbəl/	躓く
pastry 名詞	/ˈpeɪstɹi/	菓子, ペースト
shove 動詞	/ʃʌv/	押す, 押し込む
carriage 名詞	/ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/	キャリッジ, 馬車
stare 動詞	/stɛɚ/	見詰める, じろじろ見る
dull 形容詞	/dʌl/	鈍い
arrange 動詞	/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/	整える, 並べる
slam 動詞	/ˈslæm/	ばたんと閉める
liar 名詞	/ˈlaɪ.ɚ/	嘘つき

動画に出てくる句動詞

単語	発音	意味
come back 動詞		戻る, 帰る
come out 動詞	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	出る
eat up 動詞		平らげる
hand over 動詞		引き渡す, 手渡す
leave behind 動詞		置き忘れる
run away 動詞		逃げる, 逃走する
stand up 動詞		立ち上がる

繰り返し練習したい文

動画に出てくる短く完結した文です。日常会話でそのまま使えます。

You're invited to a royal ball, can you believe it?
Had she stolen it before it reached me?
Why do you have this?
What did you say to him?
How can you marry someone you don't even know?

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型	動画での表現
条件文 if + 節, will/would + 動詞 — 条件とその結果	if I saw her face, I would tear
「used to」 used to + 動詞 — 今はもう違う過去の習慣や状態	used to when · used to be
受動態 be + 過去分詞 — 誰がするかより、何が起きるかに焦点を当てる	has been extended · aren't allowed · was arranged
現在完了形 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去の出来事が今も関係している	has been extended · I've never been · haven't written

注意したい発音

話し手はdidn't, don't, wasn'tなど、短縮形や弱形を85回使っています。聞こえたとおりの短い形で発音しましょう。

「th」の音: psychopath /ˈsaɪkəʊpæθ/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/
「sh」と「zh」の音: delegation /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, shove /ʃʌv/, vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/, perfection /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/
長い単語（アクセントの位置に注意）: delegation /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, inheritance /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/, correspondence /ˌkoɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dəns/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/

日本語話者が苦手な音：

/r/ と /l/ の区別 — /l/ は舌先を歯茎につけ、/r/ はどこにもつけない: scroll /skɹoʊl/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/, freely /ˈfɹili/
/v/ — /b/ にならないように、上の歯を下唇に当てる: villain /ˈvɪl.ən/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, shove /ʃʌv/, addictive /əˈdɪktɪv/, vanity /ˈvænəti/
/f/ — 「フ」ではなく、上の歯と下唇で出す: fling /ˈflɪŋ/, softly /ˈsɔftli/, terrify /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/, forge /fɔɹd͡ʒ/, perfection /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/

この動画での練習方法

まず声を出さずに動画を最後まで聞き、知らない単語をメモします。
まず0.75倍速で一文ずつシャドーイングし、慣れてきたら通常の速度に戻します。
自分の声を録音して元の音声と比べます。handwriting, villain, delegationなどの単語に特に注意しましょう。

シャドーイングとは？英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング（Shadowing）は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的：ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影（shadow）」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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