The only task they didn’t make her do was answer the door. “Who would want to visit you anyhow?” her step-mother mocked.

So one morning when the mailman came, the step-sisters rushed to the door.

"...his royal highness, Prince Robert Lawrence Malachi Mortimer VI requests the honor of your presence, blah blah blah...”

It was an invitation to a ball at the palace and all the young ladies in the city were invited.

“Well, girls, it doesn't say so outright, but if I'm reading between the lines correctly, Prince Bobby is looking for a bride!”