One of the main events, in the beginning, is that she is cursedby the fairy that she must be obedient to anyone when she is ababy. Another event is that she is in the market with herstepsisters many years later, and her sisters tell her to steal apair of glass shoes. She steals them, and runs away, which is whather sisters tell her to do. She cannot resist against theobedience, and someone is chasing her, and as she jumps off a roofover a pool full of tomato sauce, the man chasing her says freezeand she freezes in midair. A third event that happens sometimeduring the book is that she meets the prince while venturingthrough the castle, and they begin to bond together. A fourth eventthat happens is that the brother of the king of the land plots tosteal the land from the prince and finds out about Ella's obediencefrom her sisters, who betray her to the brother of the king inexchange for royalty and money. A fifth plot is that Ella resiststhe command that the brother's king tells her to kill the prince,but the brother of the king deceives everyone and tells the guardsto get her and send her into the dungeons because she tried to killthe prince. A sixth plot is that Ella breaks out of the prison inorder to save the prince and king from the evil brother of theking, and tricks the brother of the king into wearing his ownpoisonous crown, that he used to try and poison the king (or was itthe prince).