Series from 1996
Following her father's departure, Cinderella is left with no choice but to stay with her evil stepmother and equally evil step sisters. Suddenly wrenc…
Cinderella's father departs on a long business trip, leaving his daughter in the care of her new stepmother. However, the situation does not bode well for her. She is immediately kicked out of her room, banished to the attic, and forced to do the menial chores of the household while her stepmother and stepsisters are out enjoying themselves. Luckily, Cinderella has her little animal friends.
Cinderella's two stepsisters decide to enter the contest hosting the election of the Flower Queen. They order Cinderella to stay home and help them get ready. At this point, Patch and the other creatures volunteer to do Cinderella's chores for her so that she can take part in the contest as well. After much insistence on the part of her little friends, Cinderella sets out for the city.
Cinderella and her stepsisters go shopping in the city. While Cinderella waits outside the shops with the packages, she once again runs into the young man she had met the day before. He stops to chat with her and reveals that he is in fact the prince's fencing partner. When the stepsisters overhear that the young man has access to the prince, the stepsisters take advantage.
Cinderella must find the prince's page so that she may bring him home to be questioned by her stepmother and stepsisters regarding the prince's likes and dislikes. In so doing, Catherine and Jeanne hope to become candidates for his hand in marriage, as one of the two must be chosen. While Cinderella is out looking for Alex, she runs into Charles, who is pretending to be his page.
When they learn that the prince plans to go hunting, Cinderella's stepsisters and stepmother decide to have a picnic in the same woods where he is most likely to be found. However, when they arrive in the middle of the woods, a storm breaks and a sudden gust of wind blows Jeanne's hat off her head. Cinderella and Jeanne attempt to try and catch the hat.
Many grapes have been stolen out of the castle vineyard, causing the gamekeeper to be on an especially high state of alert. Cinderella's stepmother learns about the grand thefts that have taken place, and plots to discredit Cinderella by sending her out to fetch some grapes from the same vineyard, telling her it belongs to her family. Luckily, Patch follows Cinderella to warn her.
