Welcome to Disney's Magic of Storytelling podcast, brought to you by Wake Med Children's,

because inside every child is a story waiting to be told.

Our storyteller is ABC 11 news anchor Barbara Gibbs.

Disney Princess Cinderella, a costume for Cinderella.

It was a crisp fall afternoon.

Cinderella was reading in her room when there was a knock on her door.

It was Prudence, the castle's head housekeeper.

Excuse me, Your Highness, Prudence said.

But this delivery just arrived for you.

The messenger asked me to apologize. It seems this was

meant to arrive much sooner. Prudence handed Cinderella an elaborate gold box, then excused herself

to see to the castle staff. Cinderella opened the box. The inside was lined with soft velvet.

At the bottom, sitting atop a small pillow was a scroll tied with a red satin ribbon.

Cinderella set down the box and took out the scroll. It was an invitation from the king and queen of a nearby kingdom to a masquerade ball.

How exciting, Cinderella cried. Her mind filled with costume ideas.

Cinderella looked more closely at the invitation and gasped. Oh no, she said, the ball is

tomorrow night. What am I going to wear? Don't worry, Cinderella, Gus said. We can help,

said, Jack. Thank you, she said, I'll need all the help I can get. We'd better hurry.

Cinderella and the mice went upstairs to her royal wardrobe. Cinderella's closet was stuffed with gorgeous ballgowns, rows and rows of shoes, and more hats, gloves, and jewelry than she could count.

But she didn't have any costumes to wear.

There must be something in here we can turn into a costume, Cinderella said.

But where do we begin?

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