(NARRATIVE 4a,b,c) What complications did Cinderella have? Did she get solution (was the problem resolved) everyime she got it?

Text 4a

                                                                   Cinderella
     Once upun a time, there was a beautiful girl called Cinderella. She lived with her stepsisters and stepmother. They were very bossy. She had to do all the housework
     One day an invitation to the ball came to the family. Her stepsisters did not let her go, so Cinderella was very sad.The stepsisters went to the ball without her.
     Fortunately, the fairy good mother came and helped her to get to the ball. At the ball, Cinderella danced with the prince. The prince fell in love with her then he married her. They lived happily ever after.

Source: UNAS 2004/2005 in Rading Comprehension for SMA/MA(2006). Yogyakarta: Nuansa aksara


Text 4b
                                                                  Cinderella
     Once up on time ther was a girl named Cinderella. She lived with her bad step-mother and two step sister. She had to do all the house hold chores.
     One day, the King invited all the ladies in the Kingdom to go to a ball in the palace. He wanted to find the Crown Prince a wife.
     The step-sisters went to the ball that night with their mother. Cinderella was left alone. She cried because she actually wanted to go to the ball, too.
     Just then a fairy godmother came. With her magic wand, she gave Cinderella a coach, two horses, and footmen. She also gave Cinderella a lovely dress to wear to the ball and a pair of glass slippers. She told Cinderella to come home before midnight.
     At the ball, Cinderella danced all night with the Prince. The Prince fell in love with her. At midnight, Cinderella ran home. Unfortunately, one of slippers slipped off at the door. She did not have time to pur it back on. The Prince was sad as he could not find Cinderella again that night.
     The next day, the Prince and his brought along the glass slipper. They went all over the Kingdom to search for the owner.
     After searching for a long time, finally, they came to Cinderell's house. The slipper fit her. The Prince was very poor to find Cinderella again. They got married and lived happily ever after.

Source:   Bachtiar Bima M, Cicik Kurniawati. 2005. Let's Talk .Bandung: Pakar Raya

Text 4c
                                                       Cinderella
     Once upon time there was a young girl named Cinderella who lived with her stepmother and two stepsisiters.
     Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters were conceited and bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly.
     Her stepmother made Cinderella do the hardest work in the house, such as scrubbing the floor and cleaning the pots and pans. She gave Cinderella an old ragged dress to wear. The two stepsisters, on the other hand, did no work about the house, and their mother gave them many handsome dresses to wear.
     One day the two stepsisters received an invitation to a ball that the king's son was going to give at the palace. They were excited about this and pent so much time choosing the dresses they would wear. At last the why day of the ball came, and away went the sisters to it. Cinderella could not help crying after they had left.
     "Why are you crying, Cinderella?" a voice asked. She looked up and saw her fairy godmother standing beside her. "Because I want so much to go to the ball."
     Magically, the fairy godmother changed a pumpkin into a fine coach and mice into a coachman and two footmen. Her godmother tapped Cinderella's ragged dress with her wand, and it became a beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers. "Now, Cinderella," she said, "you must leave before midnight." Then, away she drove in her beautiful coach.
     Cinderella was having a wonderfully good time. She danced again and again with the king's son. Suddenly, the clock began to strike twelve. She ran towards the door as quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of the glass slippers came off and was left behind.
     A few days later the king's son proclaimed he would marry the girl whose foot fitted te glass slipper. The king's page came to Cinderella's house. Her stepsisters tried on the slipper but it was too small no matter how hard they squeezed their toes into it.The king's page let Cinderella try on the slipper. She stuck out her foot,and the page slipped the slipper on. It fitted perfectly.
     Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king's son was overjoyed to see her again. they were married and lived happily ever after.

Source: Muclas Yusak, Rohani, and Rudi Hartono.English Text in Use. Semarang: Aneka Ilmu.