Contoh Cerita Cinderella dalam Bahasa Inggris Singkat

Ilustrasi Cerita Cinderella dalam Bahasa Inggris, sumber foto (Mavluda T.) by pexels.com

Storytelling adalah teknik bercerita atau mendongeng dalam Bahasa Inggris. Salah satu cerita yang banyak digunakan untuk storytelling adalah cerita Cinderella. Lalu, bagaimana contoh cerita Cinderella dalam Bahasa Inggris? Pastinya, dongeng tersebut bercerita tentang seorang gadis yang tinggal bersama ibu dan dua saudara tirinya.

Sayangnya, ia selalu diperlakukan sebagai pembantu di rumahnya sendiri oleh mereka. Kisah ini tergolong sebagai cerita fiksi yang bernuansa romance fantasi. Cerita ini banyak menginspirasi banyak penulis maupun sineas untuk menciptakan cerita-cerita populer. Bagi kamu yang ingin membaca atau menghafal cerita Cinderella dalam Bahasa Inggris, simak contohnya di artikel ini.

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Cerita Cinderella dalam Bahasa Inggris

Ilustrasi Cerita Cinderella dalam Bahasa Inggris, sumber foto (David Guererro) by pexels.com

Mengutip buku Kumpulan Dongeng Klasik Dunia oleh Cerviena Susilo (2016), Cinderella adalah salah satu dongeng yang digunakan sebagai penghantar tidur. Adapun cerita Cinderella dalam Bahasa Inggris narrative text yaitu sebagai berikut.

In a village, there lived a happy family consisting of father, mother, and a girl named Cinderella. One day, something sad happened to the family, where Cinderella’s mother died, and finally her father remarried to a widow who already had two daughters.

Cinderella’s father works outside the village and always leaves Cinderella with her stepmother and stepsister. Stepmother and stepbrother being treated like a slave. Cinderella very sad and hope her father soon go home.

One day, the court officials announcement that the palace prince was doing a contest looking for the empress. So, all the girls were invited to come to the palace.

Cinderella’s stepbrother was busy decorating herself with fancy dresses and jewelry to go to the party.

Cinderella is sad because she was not allowed to come, and she doesn’t have a good clothes. But it turns out Cinderella’s sadness is known to the fairy mother, finally the fairy mother bewitching Cinderella’s tattered clothes into a beautiful dress.

And also the mice became bodyguards while the pumpkin in Cinderella’s kitchen turned into a chariot. But the fairy advised that the magic power would disappear at exactly 12 o’clock at night.

Arriving at the palace all the girls looked at Cinderella’s envy because they were beautiful and graceful, the prince invited Cinderella to dance. Until Cinderella forgot that it was almost 12.00, finally the palace clock chimed and Cinderella was shocked and ran from before the prince, but the glass shoes were released one. And right, all returned to the beginning, except for the glass shoes that the prince and cinderella still held.

Finally, the prince is looking for the girl who dances with him, and searches for every house that has a daughter, until he comes to Cinderella’s house, even though her stepmother tells Cinderella to hide but the prince finds out. Finally Cinderella marries the prince and lives in the palace.

Story telling Cinderella singkat yang dibahas di atas bisa dijadikan referensi untuk membaca dongeng Bahasa Inggris yang mudah dipahami. Semakin sering membacanya, maka peluang untuk menghafalnya menjadi lebih besar. (DLA)