When she is a young girl, Cinderella's widowed father marries Lady Tremaine, a widow with two daughters of her own. He dies shortly thereafter. Lady Tremaine, jealous of her stepdaughter's beauty, orders Cinderella to become a scullion in her own chateau and makes her live in the attic, overburdening her with duties. Cinderella's stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella also take advantage of her meekness, mocking her and adding to her workload. Despite this, Cinderella remains kind of heart, obediently doing her chores whilst taking care of the mice and birds that live in the chateau, making friends of them. She also protects them from being eaten by her stepmother's cat Lucifer, who makes her chores harder in retaliation.