This story has many similar characteristics to the original Cinderella story we all grow up hearing but is also very different. This girl is born to a father whom only wanted a son so he refuses to see her and only wants to marry her off. The young girl receives gifts from men who want to marry her but does not agree and runs away with the dresses. She begins to work in a kitchen at a new castle but is hated by all who work there. All the girl wants is to be loved and so she hears of a ball in the castle and attends it. Her boss tells her she is crazy for even thinking about the ball and tries to hurt her but Catskin is not effected by her strikes. But she attends the ball anyway and wears the gifts that were given to her by the men that wanted to marry her.
The Prince of the castle and Catskin dance the night away. She then leaves the ball without saying goodbye or telling the Prince her name. The Prince refuses to marry anyone else and forces his mother to hold two more balls. He dances with Catskin and the two balls and at the last one he follows her as she leaves and discovers who she is. He tells his mother he will only marry her but she refuses to accept that. He then grows very ill and the doctor tells his mother that he will die if he does not marry the poor helper. They then get married and after many years Catskin reveals to her husband who she really is. The Prince then takes her to her father's castle and asks him if he remembers her. The King says "it is true; I am a hardened sinner. But I would give all my worldly goods if I could but see her once before I die". The family invites the King to live with them and they carry on their days together.
As you can see the story is similar because the girl is hated by those she lives with and runs away from the Prince after a short time of meeting. He only wants her and refuses to marry anyone else. This is a story of love at its finest.
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