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Cinderella and the Quiet glass 
slipper. 

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Once Upon a time, in a warm 
little room at the top of the 

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palace, Cinderella was brushing 
her hair by candlelight, slowly,

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one stroke at a time. 
The ball was far behind her now.

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The music, the dancing, the rush
of midnight and the sound of the

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clock in the cold marble stairs 
under her bare feet. 

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All of it had softened the way 
bright things soften when you 

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carry them a little while until 
they become something you hold 

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gently rather than something 
that holds you. 

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She set the brush down on the 
night stand. 

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The glass slipper sat in a small
square of moonlight. 

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She looked at it. 
It looked back, still and clear 

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and quietly Extraordinary the 
way things are extraordinary 

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when nobody is watching. 
She thought about the evening. 

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Not the grandness of it, not the
carriage or the gown or the 

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moment the room had turned to 
look. 

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She thought about the smaller 
things, the way the music had 

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lifted her, the cool night air 
on the balcony. 

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The feeling of being just, for 
those few hours, entirely and 

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completely seen. 
That was the part worth keeping.

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The feeling. 
Not the slipper, not the magic. 

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The feeling, a knock at the 
door, gentle, unhurried, a kind 

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palace made, carrying warm milk 
with honey already stirred in. 

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Cinderella accepted it with both
hands and drank it slowly, 

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standing by the window, looking 
out at the moonlit garden below.

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The fountains were still, the 
trees were dark shapes, patient 

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and quiet. 
The whole Kingdom was asleep. 

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She felt the warmth of the milk 
settle in her chest. 

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The way kindness always settles 
when you let it. 

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She climbed into bed. 
The sheets were cool and smooth.

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The pillow was soft. 
Outside the window, the garden 

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held its moonlit breath. 
She looked at the glass slipper 

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one last time, and she closed 
her eyes. 

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She thought of the music, just 
the feeling of it rising and 

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gentle, and let it carry her 
slowly, the way music does when 

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you stop listening and simply 
float. 

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The candle burned low, the 
garden breathed. 

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And Cinderella, Not because of 
the slipper, not because of the 

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magic, but simply because she 
was warm and safe and entirely 

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herself, slept. 
You are seen tonight, little 

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one, just as you are. 
No glass slippers required. 

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close your eyes, let the music 
carry you gently. 

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You are warm, you are safe, you 
are enough. 

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Sleep now, just like Cinderella.
Sleep. 

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Sleep down.