[Te-Quila]

Cinderella.



Morning. Kitchen. Table, two chairs, some dishes. A chair with a rag on it in the corner. The stepmother and Gigi are having breakfast. Gigi spilled cereal :P



Step mom: Cinderella, come here and clean this up! There is cereal all over the place!



Cinderella: (from another room) Coming! Just gonna finish scrubbing the toilet after GigiЎ¦s been in thereЎK (coming into the room)



Gigi: Are you implying something? At least my clothes are clean, and I smell nice, unlike some peopleЎK



Cinderella starts cleaning up. A bat with a paper piece falls into the stage.



Step mom: Cinderella, take away that disgusting thing immediately! How can you let this happened? Gross, horrible things all over my house! Is this how you repay me for feeding you and giving you a home? All IЎ¦ve ever asked you to do was to help me keeping this house clean and nice, and this is what you do? (Cinderella picks up the bat and takes the paper piece out of itЎ¦s mouth)ЎK Wait, what is that? Give it to me!



Gigi practically tares the paper piece out of her mothersЎ¦ hands, now you can see itЎ¦s an envelope.



Gigi: Oh, look, itЎ¦s a letter! And such a pretty one! (Tries to read)ЎK WeeЎK witЎK with tisЎK I mean thisЎK you are invaЎK inveeЎK Mommy help!



Step mom: Oh, of course my dear baby... (Takes the letter) Read almost all of it all by herselfЎK LetЎ¦s seeЎK Ў§With this you are invited to the... (Note to myself, let Henrik write the invitation, heЎ¦s good at itѓє) OMG, this is the first time weЎ¦re invited to the castle!



Gigi: Are we going to the castle to meet the prince? Oh yey! We got to buy me a new dress! And shoes! And make up! And jewelry! And chocolates! And candy! AndЎK andЎK andЎK(runs out from the roomЎK)



Cinderella: Can I go too, mother?



Step mom: (bitchslaps her) DonЎ¦t call me that!



Cinderella: Yes maЎ¦mЎK



Stepmother leaves. Cinderella cleans up and leaves as well.



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Evening. Kitchen. Table, chairs. Stepmother and Gigi came home after a shopping day. They have bags, shoeboxes, like all of us, usual shopoholics.



Gigi: IЎ¦m so exited; weЎ¦re going to the bal! Can you imagine us, in that beautiful castleЎK It looks a bit dark, but itЎ¦s probably filled with gold insideЎK Beside, who needs sunlight, when there are so many beautiful chandeliersЎK

Step mom: Of courseЎK Too bad itЎ¦s starting so lateЎK What did it say in the invitation? After sunsetЎK It is June now, the sun goes down so late. The party will turn out quite short. But weЎ¦ll try to make the best out of it. I know, with these outfits, weЎ¦re going to be THE most beautiful there. And who know, if weЎ¦re lucky, the prince will see you and fall in love with youЎK



Gigi: Yes! I want the prince to fall in love with me! Then heЎ¦ll marry me, and in time IЎ¦m going to be the queenЎK So much money, so much powerЎK And all the chocolates I can eat!



Step mom: Of course my dearЎK Whatever you wantЎK Cinderella! Where is that nasty girl?... Cinderella! (Cinderella walks in) CanЎ¦t you hear me! IЎ¦ve been calling you for ever! Take these and make sure nothing happens to it until the party tomorrow. (Gives Cinderella her bags and boxes)



Gigi: And mine, and mine! By the way, fix this dress, ItЎ¦s too small for me.(Takes out something big, sparkling with roses and fake diamantes everywhere)



Cinderella: But why didnЎ¦t you just buy a bigger size?



Gigi: I donЎ¦t need a bigger size! IЎ¦m not fat! I just have big bones! There. Fix the dress!



Step mom: DidnЎ¦t you hear what she said? Fix it before we wake up tomorrow morning. She has to find the matching shoes before the party.



Cinderella: Yes, mother.



Step mom: (hits her) How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that! Now start working!



Gigi: Mommy, mommy, lets talk about the party some more!



Step mom: Yes dear. Did you notice how original the prince is? Anyone else would have sent their invitation with a mailman, or a dove, but not himЎK No not himЎK



Gigi: And he is smart tooЎK And he looks goodЎK



(They go off the stage, still talking. Cinderella puts the bags on the table, takes Gigis dress and sits down on her chair. A stuffed animal * probably a mouse* falls on the stage. Cinderella puts down her work and starts petting the mouse, and talking to it)



Cinderella: Hi MickeyЎK Did you like the bread I left for you yesterday? (the mouse peeps *Henrik does the sound*) Oh, well you welcomeЎK You know, Mickey, youЎ¦re my only friend nowЎK Since father passed awayЎK Oh, it is so horrible living with them! I mean I love them so much, but she doesnЎ¦t even let me call her motherЎK And now this balЎK DonЎ¦t you think I would want to go there? And have a new dress and shoes like Gigi? But I know that will never happenЎK (the mouse peeps something comforting) You know what? YouЎ¦re right! I shouldnЎ¦t just sit here and pity myself! I should be fixing Gigis dress instead! Who knows, maybe, if I do a really good job, motherЎ¦ll let me follow them to the bal! Or at least have a sneak peek through the windowЎK (Takes Gigis dress and leaves)

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Morning. Kitchen. Table, chairs, a pile of bags on the table. Stepmother and Gigi walk in dressed in pjЎ¦s. Suddenly they see the pile of clothes on the table, stop, completely shocked.



Step mom: (with a very, very sweet voice) Cinderella! Come here my dear child! Cinderella! (long pause. Then with the usuall voice) Cinderella!



Cinderella: (from another room) Coming!



Step mom: (sweet voice again) Come quick my dear. WeЎ¦re waiting for you in the kitchen!



Cinderella runs in. You can see that sheЎ¦s sleepy.



Cinderella: What is in moЎK maЎ¦m?



Step mom: My dear child, could you tell me what you see on the table?



Cinderella: Bags, boxesЎK Your new clothesЎK



Step mom: Riiight my dear. And could you possibly try to remember what I asked you to so with them yesterday sweaty?



Cinderella: You told me to take Gigis new dress and make it larger before you wake upЎK And I did! It came out very pretty if you ask me, I think you will be pleased. And you also told me to take care of the rest of the clothes, so that they look beautiful for the bal today.



Step mom: Correctly, my girl. (Now it all turns ugly) So why didnЎ¦t you? Why are our clothes lying piled up on the table, like some kind of rags?



Cinderella: Oh, IЎ¦m so sorry maЎ¦mЎK I will iron them right the wayЎK I was just so exited about fixing Gigis dressЎK And when I was dine I felt so tiredЎK I must have fallen asleep right the wayЎK IЎ¦m gonna clean it up nowЎK (Tries to pick up the bags, but thereЎ¦s too many. Finally she succeeds) ЎK And IЎ¦m going to serve your breakfast within ten minutesЎK(Runs out mumbling apologies)