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The Cinder Maid (Europe)

Now there was among the nobles of the king's court one who had married twice. By the first marriage he had but one daughter. As she was growing up her father thought that she ought to have someone to look after her. So he married again, a lady with two daughters. His new wife, instead of caring for his daughter, thought only of her own and favored them in every way. She would give them beautiful dresses, but none to her stepdaughter who had only to wear the castoff clothes of the other two.

The noble's daughter was set to do all the drudgery of the house. She had to attend the kitchen fire. She had naught to sleep on but the heap of cinder raked out in the scullery. That is why they called her Cinder Maid. No one took pity on her. She would go and weep at her mother's grave where she had planted a hazel tree, under which she sat.

Cinderella (France)
Once there was a gentleman who married, for his second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that was ever seen. She had, by a former husband, two daughters of her own. They were, indeed, exactly like her in all things. He had likewise, by another wife, a young daughter. She was of unparalleled goodness and sweetness of temper. This she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.

No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over but the stepmother began to show herself in her true colors. She could not bear the good qualities of this pretty girl. They made her own daughters appear the more odious. She employed her in the meanest work of the house. She scoured the dishes, tables, etc. She cleaned madam's chamber, and those of misses, her daughters.

She slept in a sorry garret, on a wretched straw bed, while her sisters slept in fine rooms, with floors all inlaid, on beds of the very newest fashion, and where they had looking glasses so large that they could see themselves at their full length from head to foot.

Grade 4 Compare and Contrast CCSS: CCRA.R.9, RL.4.9

A version of the story from Ireland reads...
King Aedh C'rucha lived in Tir Conal, and he had three daughters, whose names were Fair, Brown, and Trembling.

Fair and Brown had new dresses, and went to church every Sunday. Trembling was kept at home to do the cooking and work. They would not let her go out of the house at all; for she was more beautiful than the other two, and they were in dread she might marry before themselves.

How is this version different from the other versions?

Cinderella's name is different.
The girl is not a stepsister.
The sisters are jealous of Trembling.
Both a and b

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Grade 4 Compare and Contrast CCSS: CCRA.R.9, RL.4.9