[...Sigh. Maybe he can clean the library or something when he gets there. Giving his dress an idle tug - really, what had possessed him to pick one so short? - he finally caves and starts for the door.]

Man... thank god for Disney or I wouldn't know this stuff at all. Okay, uh- "Once upon a time" - fairy tales always start like that for some reason - there was this girl, Cinderella. She lived with her parents until her mom died, and then her dad married this cranky old bitch who had two other daughters. That's where the wicked-stepmother cliche comes from.