Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.

During the Mexican Revolution, when a troop of hungry soldiers comes to a town where all the food has been hidden, they charm the townspeople into helping make a soup from water and a cactus thorn. Retelling of a European folktale.

Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella never gives in to hostility or revenge. Instead, this sweet heroine remains steadfast in her kind, gentle ways and eventually her virtue is rewarded when she meets and marries a prince with the help of her fairy godmother. Cinderella even forgives her stepsisters and finds suitable nobleman for them and they were very sorry for what they had done.

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.