Magical Comb

By Ashwini Solanki

Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Cinderella with her mother and sister in a village. They were living happily together but the only concern for Cinderella was her hair, her hair was not so good. They were thin and dry. She tried everything so that she can get good hair but all went in vain. She was usually sitting sadly for this reason and always asked her mom what she could do but her mom’s home remedies also didn’t work for her hair. People in her village started making fun of her because of this.

One day when she was returning home from the forest with the dry woods which were going to be used for cooking and other household purposes. Suddenly in the mid-way of the forest, she saw some shining light coming from the corner. She went there and saw there was a comb-over there with shiny marbles on it. She picked it up with her and returned home. She showed this comb to her mother. Her mother told her to keep it aside as it was shining a lot. Cinderella couldn’t stop thinking about the comb even while having dinner with her family. She slept after having dinner with the thoughts kept running inside her mind about the comb.

The next morning, she woke up, did her household chores, and went for a bath. After getting ready it was now time to comb her hair. Her mother and sister had gone to the market to buy some vegetables. Cinderella thought why not use the comb which I got yesterday from the forest. She thought to use it but then her mom and sister came back from the market. 

The next day, Cinderella heard someone calling her. She went around to find who was calling her but there was no one at the door. She heard her name again and saw that the voice is coming from the comb. She went near and found that the comb was speaking to her. The comb said, “Cinderella, I know you are sad and unhappy because of your thin hair but believe me start combing your hair using me and your hair will improve”. She asked how can you speak? The comb replied “I am a magical comb and if you use me your hair will improve and become better”. Cinderella thought why not try this too as she has tried a lot of things till now but nothing worked so let’s try this idea too.

She started to comb her hair using this magical comb and to her surprise, her hair started to comb very smoothly. Day by day her hair started becoming thicker and smoother. Her hair started to grow longer and thicker and shiner. Now, the people of her village stopped making fun of Cinderella. Now, Cinderella, as well as her family, were happy and Cinderella thanked her comb each day.  

By Ashwini Solanki