[littl3chocobo]

when the boy had completed his chores and everything was put away his step mother came to him as she had the day before "so you wish to go to the ball tonight?" she picked up the lentils from before and cast them back into the hearth. "you may try again, if you pick and clean all the lentils from the ashes then you may go with us" she barked a laugh and went upstairs to get ready