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You think that you have read Cinderella, right? So why bother reading this story? I think that you should read it anyway. This story isn’t the story where there are evil stepsisters, a pumpkin that the fairy godmother turns into a carriage, and Cinderella losing a glass slipper when the clock strikes midnight. So if you still think it’s a waste of time, fine don’t read it, but if you think that it might have a small chance read on!

Daniel’s dad had just died of the flu. Now his 26-year-old sister was in charge of him even though he was 18. This was because in his dad’s will it said that he wanted Daniel to be watched by his sister until he was 20. She made him drive her places and make her breakfast, and if he complained she would say, “You’re lucky I’m letting you live here.” Daniel could not understand why his sister was so mean to him. The only thing he could guess was that she was annoyed with his dad for making him live with her so she started being mean to him about it.

Daniel and his sister lived a bit outside of Dallas, Texas. They had a small ranch, a few horses and a truck. Only one road went near the ranch, but Daniel barely ever saw cars on it. Everywhere else there was sandy desert. One day the mail came. There was a letter addressed to Daniel and his sister. When they opened it, it was an invitation to the mayor of Dallas’s daughter’s birthday. She was having a rodeo as her party. Daniel and his sister were invited. Daniel had never been to a rodeo before. Of course his sister would not let him go. She said, “I have work for you to do. Clean the horses’ stalls and wash the truck.”

When the night of the party came the sister went with a friend. After he had washed the truck, Daniel sadly went on his computer and played games. Daniel was so upset he didn’t care about washing the horses’ stalls. Then there was a pop. Daniel looked around, but he couldn’t see anything. Just then there was another pop, and a big bull was right in front of him. He screamed. He had never been so close to a bull before. Just then, to Daniel’s amazement, the bull talked to him. It said, “Daniel don’t be afraid or else I won’t help you. You get it? Okeey Dokeey. So your sister won’t let you go to the party-right?”
“Yes,” said Daniel.
“But I will let you go.”
“How?” asked Daniel.
“I am your fairy god bull,” said the bull. Just then there was another pop and Daniel’s clothes turned into clothes for a party. He had boots with spurs and clothes for riding a bull. Daniel felt like he was a turtle stuck in its shell then coming out and being happy for the first time (he was at the happy part). Then on his head there was a cowboy hat. It was dark brown where it stuck up into his head and everywhere else it was a light shade of brown.
“Thanks,” said Daniel.
“Now don’t lose the hat,” said the fairy god bull.
“If you do, all of those clothes I nicely gave you will turn back into the clothes you were wearing when I came. So off you go.”
While Daniel got into his truck the bull disappeared. Daniel started for the rodeo.

When he got to the party Daniel parked the car. When he got to his seat the mayor’s daughter was riding a horse. Daniel saw a bee stinging the horse. Just then the horse grunted and started running around going crazy! Daniel thought that if something went wrong she could really get hurt! Then she fell off! Daniel jumped in the ring to move her before the horse came around again and trampled all over her. But in all the confusion his hat fell off. He had saved her! There were gasps throughout the crowd just when he realized that his hat had fallen off! All of his nice clothes were gone. Then a girl stood up in the crowd. Daniel recognized that it was his sister! Just then he started running as fast as he could out of the rodeo. His truck was waiting for him. It sped off in the direction of his house.
Half an hour later the sister came back.
“I saw someone that looked a bit like you,” she said in the meanest voice she could make.
“I thought I made it clear I did not want you to go.”
The only choice Daniel had was to lie. “I didn’t go to the party,” he said.
“Don’t lie to me,” she said.
“I am not lying!” he said.
“Waadever,” Daniel’s sister replied.

The next day a big nice truck drove up to Daniel’s house. Someone got out and said,
“This is the Mayors daughter”. He gestured to the girl sitting inside the truck.
“She is looking for the boy whose head fits this hat,” he gestured at the hat she was holding.
“No boys live in this house,” Daniel’s sister said. The truck drove away. While it was driving the mayor’s daughter just happened to be looking out the window and Daniel just happened to be riding one of his horses and the mayor’s daughter saw him. She told her driver to stop. She got out and called to Daniel.
“Can you please come over here,” she called.
“Sure,” Daniel said back.
She told him to try on the hat. Almost immediately he recognized it as the one he wore to the party!
He said, “That’s my hat”.
“Well try it on.”
He tried it on and of course it fit him. The mayor’s daughter and Daniel got married the next month and they lived happily ever after. Meanwhile, the sister was learning to do everything herself. Now because Daniel was gone she had to make her own breakfast and do everything for herself.