Written By: Shirley Climo
Illustrated By: Ruth Heller
This fairy tale follows the main idea of the traditional Cinderella that we all know. It takes place in Korea where Pear Blossom is beautiful and her step sisters and step mother are jealous. She is given an impossible task of weeding the rice patties before she could go to the village festival. After a black ox appears and eats all the weeds in seconds, Pear Blossom heads to the festival. On the way, the magistrate comes by and she looses her shoe while trying to get out of his way. She becomes afraid and runs away. The magistrate sees the shoe and her beauty as she runs away. Later at the festival, as her stepmother is yelling at her, the magistrate comes and determines that the shoe he had belonged to her. He asks her to marry him and they live happily ever after. I would use this along with other versions of the Cinderella tale. Students could use different diagrams and charts to compare and contrast the different versions of Cinderella.
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