Cinderella

The story follows Ella, a young woman whose father, a merchant, remarries after being widowed. To please her father, she warmly welcomes her stepmother and stepsisters into the family home. But when her father unexpectedly dies, the young woman is left at the mercy of jealous, cruel women who make her a servant and relegate her to the kitchen. Still, despite the cruelty they show her, she is determined to fulfill her mother's last words, which told her to "have courage and be kind."