A teddy bear explains to a little girl how Mr. and Mrs. Hormone cause people to change during puberty.

Prince Cinders is always being teased by his brothers. Left to do all the housework on the night of the ball, he dreams of escape. A well-meaning fairy comes to his aid and gets him off to the ball, though not quite in human form.

"He's all right, my dad. He's as strong as a gorilla and as happy as a hippopotamus. He's a great dancer, a brilliant singer, he's fantstic at football and he makes me laugh. A lot. But that's not all that's great about my dad . . .

A retelling of the play in which fairy creatures meddle with varying results in the lives of human creatures wandering in their woods.