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Their youngest, Finette, heard this and went to her fairy godmother. She became tired on the way and sat down to cry. A jennet appeared before her, and she begged it to carry her to her godmother. Her godmother gave her a ball of thread that, if she tied to the house door, would lead her back, and a bag with gold and silver dresses.
The fairy godmother transforms all the mice, lizards, and rats into horses and coachmen for a golden coach, and creates for Cinderella a gown made of gold and silver and slippers made of glass. The only thing her fairy godmother asks is for Cinderella to return home by midnight before the magic ends.
They tear the dress to shreds, leaving Cinderella behind, and she runs out to the garden, crying. As she sobs over a stone bench, her Fairy Godmother appears to make her dreams come true and transforms her torn dress into a beautiful silver gown. Before Cinderella leaves, her godmother warns her that the spell will be broken at midnight.
Poster for Jules Massenet's Cendrillon (based on Perrault's Cinderella) showing the titular character's fairy godmother.. In fairy tales, a fairy godmother (French: fée marraine) is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies.
As Cinderella's stepsisters get ready for the Ball, hoping that they will catch the Prince's eye, they laugh at Cinderella's dreams. After they leave, Cinderella imagines having gone with them ("In My Own Little Corner" (reprise)). Her Fairy Godmother appears and is moved by Cinderella's irresistible and powerfully-held wish to go to the Ball.
The Fairy Godmother tells her to enjoy the ball, but warns her that she must return before midnight, when the spells will be broken. At the ball, the entire court is entranced by Cinderella, especially the Prince. At this first ball, Cinderella remembers to leave before midnight. Back home, Cinderella graciously thanks her Fairy Godmother.
Tatar singles out the changes made to "Rapunzel" as another telling case. In the 1810 story, Rapunzel and the prince spent most days together in her tower of isolation, until the princess remarks to her fairy godmother that her clothes fit more tightly than before, indicating premarital pregnancy.
In Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, she finds the Fairy Godmother's wand, setting into motion Tremaine's plot to destroy Cinderella's "happily ever after" and gain a rich lifestyle at the palace. Though manipulated and forced into marrying Prince Charming as a means to fulfil her family's selfish desires, she begins to feel remorse and guilt.