Cinderella Gorilla

by Nancy I. Sanders

Characters
King Kong
Stepmother Monkey
Stepsister Small Monkey
Stepsister Middle-sized Monkey
Cinderella Gorilla
Mice

King Kong:
Is anyone home?
Stepmother:
Come in! Come in!
King Kong:
I’m King Kong. Last night I held a ball.
A big beautiful princess was there.
We fell in love, but she ran off.
All that’s left is this glass shoe.

Stepmother:
But that’s such a BIG glass shoe.
King Kong:
It was worn by the BIGGEST princess
in the world!
Mice:
Cinderella Gorilla! Cinderella Gorilla!
King Kong:
Who?
Stepmother:
Don’t listen to the mice.
Here are my daughters.

Small Monkey:
Let me try on the shoe. Give it to me!
King Kong:
But you’re so small—
Small Monkey:
Give it to me!
King Kong:
Okay. Hey—what are you doing?
Don’t put water in the shoe.
Hey—this isn’t a lake! It’s a shoe!
Mice:
Small Monkey is swimming in that big shoe.

Middle-sized Monkey:
Let me try on the shoe. Give it to me!
King Kong:
But you’re only a middle-sized monkey.
Middle-sized Monkey:
Give it to me!
King Kong:
Okay. Hey—what are you doing?
Don’t put bubbles in the water.
Hey—this isn’t a bath tub! It’s a shoe!
Mice:
Middle-sized Monkey is taking a bath
in that big shoe.

King Kong:
Give me that shoe back!
Unless someone else lives here.
Mice:
Cinderella Gorilla! Cinderella Gorilla!
Here she comes now!
King Kong:
My little cupcake! I found you!
Will you marry me?
Cinderella:
Today! And let’s have a BIG wedding!
King Kong:
The biggest wedding in the kingdom of course!