The bold illustrations clearly place Cindy Ellen and friends in the dry western desert region of the USA and the bright colors draw the eye to the southwestern attire. However, this twist will go largely unnoticed by Lowell’s intended audience they will simply enjoy the hilarious take on a favorite princess. With her new found “gumption,” Cindy jumps spurs-first into the rodeo crying, “My turn!”īy including the rodeo in addition to the “night at the ball” square dance, Lowell allows this Cinderella to wrangle her Prince with her horsemanship, not just her beauty, and deftly defuses sexist arguments against the familiar fairy tale. Cindy Ellen’s fairy godmother throws in a little something extra when she helps Cindy prepare for the rodeo: the gift of “gumption.” This simple addition takes our heroine from beautiful mystery woman to an energetic competitor not content to sit on the sidelines. In this Cinderella tale with western swing, Lowell provides a unique twist to the oft-told story. When the spur fits, they get hitched and ride off into the sunset where they live happily ever after. Of course, Joe finds the spur and tracks Cindy Ellen to her father’s ranch. When the clock begins to strike midnight, though, Cindy “hightail it out of there” leaving only a sparkling spur on the trail. She returns the next evening for the square dance, again equipped by her fairy godmother, this time capturing Joe Prince’s heart. But Cindy’s fairy godmother, with her golden six-gun shooting sparks of fairy dust, quickly comes to Cindy’s aid and outfits Cindy and her horse properly for the big rodeo – right down to diamond-studded spurs.Ĭindy rides off to the rodeo and quickly captures the attention of the cattle king’s son, Joe Prince, but races away before he learns her name. When the “biggest cattle king for miles around” announces a rodeo and square dance for all the neighbors, the step-sisters gussy up for the celebration, leaving Cindy in the dust. She soon finds herself spending less time on her horse and more time tending to the many chores around the ranch while her mean step-sisters do nothing.
Sweet Cindy Ellen suddenly has the “orneriest woman west of the Mississippi” as her new step-mother, complete with two nasty step-sisters.
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