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World Service,8 mins

Who is the real Cinderella?

The Fifth Floor

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A new Disney Cinderella film is out today, you know the story, a poor girl with a pure heart and impossibly small shoes, envied and mistreated by a wicked stepmother and siblings, then a saviour comes, her fortunes change, she meets her prince and they all live happily ever after - except of course the unrepentant meanies who get their just deserts. It's a universally loved and accepted theme, but where does Cinderella really come from? You'll hear from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Uzbek, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Chinese and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Azeri.

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