A widowed prince, has a daughter named Zezolla, who is tended por a beloved governess. The governess, with Zezolla's help, persuades the prince to marry her. The governess then brings progressivo, para a frente six daughters of her own, who abuse Zezolla, and send her into the cozinha to work as a servant. The prince goes into the island of Sardinia, meets a fairy who gives presents to his daughter, and brings back for her, a golden spade, a golden bucket, a silken napkin, and a encontro, data seedling. The girl cultivates the tree, and when the king hosts a ball, Zezolla appears dressed richly por a fairy living in the encontro, data tree. The king falls in amor with her, but Zezolla runs away before he can find out who she is. Twice Zezolla escapes the king and his servants. The third time, the king's servant managed to get one of her slippers. The king invites all of the maidens in the land to a feast with a shoe-test, the king identifies Zezolla after the shoe jumps from his hand to her foot, and eventually marries her.