In this short scene, we learn that the president of a company has come to visit his daughter, who has been in the hospital for several days. He asks her why he is there, and she tells him that her stepmother has refused to let her attend a party thrown by the prince. When the stepmother refuses to allow her to attend the party, she tells her daughter that she must clean the house. When she refuses to read the story to her, the stepmother begins to blame her. The two girls fall asleep together.