In 'The Glass Slipper', Prince Charles is the son of a Duke. He has been attending the University of Paris, as a student. When Prince Charles returns home, he brings his friend Kovin with him. The Duke is delighted to have his son home again, and he decides to hold three days of festivities, with a Ball on the third day, to celebrate the Prince's return to the Dukedom.

Ella (Cinderella), is a lonely teenage girl who has cut her hair very short. She is shunned by the townspeople because of her behaviour, so she boasts to people that a gypsy told her mother that she will live in the Palace one day. Nobody believes her. Gustave Dorés illustration for Cendrillon This article is about the fairy tale. ...

Ella meets an eccentric old woman, Mrs. Toquet, down at her favorite place, and, later, meets the Prince and Kovin there. Prince Charles and Kovin mention that they live in the Palace to the eager Ella, who wants to know if they see the Prince there, and Kovin informs Ella that Charles is the son of the cook at the Palace of the Duke.

When the Prince later hands an invitation to Ella to attend the Ball, Ella tells him that she cannot dance, so the Duke teaches her how to do so.

The eccentric old lady turns out to be Ella's Fairy Godmother. Mrs. Toquet 'borrows' things wherever she goes, and returns them to their owners the following day. In the same way, she 'borrows' Ella's ball dress, and buys Ella's glass slippers, for the occasion. She has also arranged for a coach, belonging to another guest of the Ball, to take Ella to the Ball. Mrs. Torquet stresses that it is necessary to leave the Palace to return home before midnight, so that the coach can then be taken back to the Palace to pick up the rightful owner of the coach.

At the Palace Ball, Ella is besieged by young men wanting to dance with her. The Duke also dances with her. However, although Ella dances gracefully, her mind is not on the dancing - her thoughts are on attempting to reach the Palace kitchens, where she is sure the 'son of the cook at the Palace of the Duke' would be working, cooking the dinner for the Ball. Therefore she does not pay any attention to her dancing partners, until Prince Charles talks to her and persuades her to look up at him. Ella is stunned, but delighted, to find that her friend is really the Prince. When the clock strikes midnight, Ella runs away, leaving one of her glass slippers behind. As the coach is driven away, the Prince finds the slipper and picks it up, smiling. Prince Charles informs his father that he has met the woman he wants to marry - with Kovin hurridly commenting that Ella is an Egyptian Princess.

Next morning there is a great fuss at the home that Ella shares with her stepmother, and stepsisters. The Prince had chosen an Egyptian Princess to be his bride. Ella is devastated. She rushes up to her room, and, after throwing her meagre belongings (and also the remaining glass slipper) into a sheet, she runs away to her favorite place. Once again Ella sees Mrs. Torquet, but Mrs. Torquet does not seem to be interested in Ella's troubles. After Mrs. Torquet has left, Ella throws herself down on the ground sobbing, until she hears a familiar voice. She looks up and sees the Prince, who is holding her second glass slipper. The Prince pulls her to her feet, and Kovin puts a cloak around her shoulders.

After glancing briefly at the crowd of people who had just arrived, including her stepmother and stepsisters, the Prince, Ella, Kovin and the Prince's men, all ride away to the Palace.