PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
Once upon a time, there was a girl who got kidnapped from Greece. Her name
was Rhodopis. It meant "rosy cheeked." The people who kidnapped Rhodopis were
pirates, and she was taken across the Nile river. When she reached Egypt she was sold
as a salve.
When she saw the house-girl servants, she felt different and she was. She had
pale skin and her cheeks were rosy. Her hair was gold and blew when the wind was
windy, and their was black and stayed straight. Her eyes were green and theirs are
brown. They would tease her and make fun of her. They made sure that she did all the
work, like washing clothes, weeding the garden, and making their food for them. But
her master was kind and old. When the days were hot, he would sleep underneath a fig
tree.
Rhodopis found friends with the animals. But one day her master awakened and
saw her dance and said, "No goddess is more quiet!" Then he said, "Such a gift deserves
a reward." Then he demanded a pair of red-rose gold slippers. When the servant girls
saw Rhodopis' slippers they were very jealous.
Then one afternoon, the master of the servant girls learned that the pharaoh was
holding court. There would be music, dancing, and lots of food. "Sorry, Rhodopis.
You can't go," said Kipa. "You have to wash the linen, grind the grain, and weed the
garden."
So the next day they left to go to the court. Kipa was wearing blue beads, the
second was wearing colored bracelets, and the third wore a colored sash. But one of
Rhodopis' friends was the hippopotamus. When Rhodopis sang to him he would
usually enjoy it, and when the servant girls left she sang to him. He soon got tired of
her singing the same song over and over. Then he splashed her new slippers and she
scolded him.
After she cleaned her shoe, she put it behind her and did the rest of her chores.
The god Horus came down from the sky as a falcon and took her slipper. Then she
started to cry. When the falcon reached the pharaoh, he gave the pharaoh the slipper.
Since it was bright he thought it was scrap of the sun. Then he realized that it was a gift
and said, "All the gods and goddesses give us pharaohs something so we know who’s
the perfect wife for us."
Then he immediately set out to find whoever could find fit the slipper. A lot of
the girls wanted to try on the slipper but no ones foot could fit in the slipper. So he set
out to go by the Nile River, and finally found the last little house.
He raised the slipper
the servant girls knew whose it was, but they tried it on anyway. Neither one’s foot
could fit. Then the pharaoh saw Rodopis and asked if she would try on the slipper. She
did and it fit. Then she became the queen.
