Tuesday 25 July 2017

China Cinderella Yeh-Shen (叶限 ) 618-907 A.D

Yeh-Shen was an orphan. She lived with her stepmother and one stepsister. Yeh-Shen had only one friend. Her friend was a talking fish. The fish was killed by Yeh-Shen's stepmother.  The bone of the dead fish became her "fairy godmother". The bone gave her a beautiful dress and a pair of magic shoes to go to the cave festival. She accidentally drop a shoe. The shoes were brought to the king. She tried to steal back the shoe and was caught by the guards. Yeh- Shen was married to a king. The stepmother and stepsister was crushed to death in a shower of flying stones.





The book Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China Paperback – May 7, 1996 by Ai-Ling Louie

The animation CBS Storybreak - Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China pt. 1 CBS Storybreak - Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China pt. 2 CBS Storybreak - Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China pt. 3

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