Cinderella
Once upon a time, there was a young girl
named Cinderella. She lived with her step mother and two step sisters.
The step mother and sisters were conceited
and bad tempered. They treated Cinderella very badly. Her step mother made Cinderella
do the hardest works in the house; such as scrubbing the floor, cleaning the
pot and pan and preparing the food for the family. The two step sisters, on the
other hand, did not work about the house. Their mother gave them many handsome
dresses to wear.
One day, the two step sister received an
invitation to the ball that the king’s son was going to give at the palace.
They were excited about this and spent so much time choosing the dresses they
would wear. At last, the day of the ball came, and away went the sisters to it.
Cinderella could not help crying after they had left.
“Why are crying, Cinderella?” a voice asked.
She looked up and saw her fairy godmother standing beside her, “because I want
so much to go to the ball” said Cinderella. “Well” said the godmother,”you’ve
been such a cheerful, hardworking, uncomplaining girl that I am going to see
that you do go to the ball”.
Magically, the fairy godmother changed a
pumpkin into a fine coach and mice into a coachman and two footmen. Her
godmother tapped Cinderella’s raged dress with her wand, and it became a
beautiful ball gown. Then she gave her a pair of pretty glass slippers. “Now,
Cinderella”, she said; “You must leave before midnight”. Then away she drove in
her beautiful coach.
Cinderella
was having a wonderfully good time. She danced again and again with the king’s
son. Suddenly the clock began to strike twelve, she ran toward the door as
quickly as she could. In her hurry, one of her glass slipper was left behind.
A few days later, the king’ son proclaimed
that he would marry the girl whose feet fitted the glass slipper. Her step
sisters tried on the slipper but it was too small for them, no matter how hard
they squeezed their toes into it. In the end, the king’s page let Cinderella
try on the slipper. She stuck out her foot and the page slipped the slipper on.
It fitted perfectly.
Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king’s son was overjoyed to see her again. They were married and live happily ever after.
Finally, she was driven to the palace. The king’s son was overjoyed to see her again. They were married and live happily ever after.
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