I could have very easily hidden in a corner, with slippers on, on a chair, done nothing for the rest of my life, and no one would have judged me for it because it's a big thing to deal with.
The year before last my friend ran into a considerate thief on the train who crept into his sleeper in the dead of the night, took away his leather shoes and left a pair of female slippers in their stead.
Today's story is a very well-known fairy tale involving ugly sisters, glass slippers, a very big party and a girl called… Yeah, you've guessed it, it's Cinderella.