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Cinderella

CINDERELLA:

OR,

THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER.

There was, many years ago, a gentleman who had a charming lady for his
wife. They had one daughter only, who was very dutiful to her parents. But
while she was still very young, her mamma died, to the grief of her husband
and daughter. After a time, the little girl’s papa married another lady. Now
this lady was proud and haughty, and had two grown-up daughters as
disagreeable as herself; so the poor girl found everything at home changed
for the worse.

But she bore all her troubles with patience, not even complaining to her
father, and, in spite of her hard toil, she grew more lovely in face and figure
every year.

Now the King’s son gave a grand ball, and all persons of quality were
invited to it. Our two young ladies were not overlooked. Nothing was now
talked of but the rich dresses they were to wear.

At last the happy day arrived. The two proud sisters set off in high spirits.
Cinderella followed them with her eyes until the coach was out of sight. She
then began to cry bitterly. While she was sobbing, her godmother, who was a
Fairy, appeared before her.

Sisters

“Cinderella,” said the Fairy, “I am your godmother, and for the sake of your
dear mamma I am come to cheer you up, so dry your tears; you shall go to the
grand ball to-night, but you must do just as I bid you.

Go into the garden and bring me a pumpkin.” Cinderella brought the finest
that was there. Her godmother scooped it out very quickly, and then struck it
with her wand, upon which it was changed into a beautiful coach.
Afterwards, the old lady peeped into the mouse-trap, where she found six
mice. She tapped them lightly with her wand, and each mouse became a fine
horse. The rat-trap contained two large rats; one of these she turned into a
coachman, and the other into a postilion.

The old lady then told Cinderella to go into the garden and seek for half-a-
dozen lizards. These she changed into six footmen, dressed in the gayest
livery.

When all these things had been done, the kind godmother touching her with
her wand, changed her worn-out clothes into a beautiful ball-dress
embroidered with pearls and silver. She then gave her a pair of glass
slippers, that is, they were woven of the most delicate spun-glass, fine as the
web of a spider.

When Cinderella was thus attired, her godmother made her get into her
splendid coach, giving her a caution to leave the ball before the clock struck
twelve.
Fairy godmother

The Prince

On her arrival, her beauty struck everybody with wonder. The gallant Prince
gave her a courteous welcome, and led her into the ball-room; and the King
and Queen were as much enchanted with her, as the Prince conducted her to
the supper-table, and was too much occupied in waiting upon her to partake
of anything himself. While seated, Cinderella heard the clock strike three-
quarters past eleven. She rose to leave, the Prince pressing her to accept an
invitation for the ball on the following evening.

On reaching home, her godmother praised her for being so punctual, and
agreed to let her go to the next night’s ball.

Although she seemed to be tired, her sisters, instead of showing pity, teased
her with glowing accounts of the splendid scene they had just left, and spoke
particularly of the beautiful Princess. Cinderella was delighted to hear all
this, and asked them the name of the Princess, but they replied, nobody knew
her. So much did they say in praise of the lady, that Cinderella expressed a
desire to go to the next ball to see the Princess; but this only served to bring
out their dislike of poor Cinderella still more, and they would not lend her
the meanest of their dresses.

The next evening the two sisters went to the ball, and Cinderella also, who
was still more splendidly dressed than before. Her enjoyment was even
greater than at the first ball, and she was so occupied with the Prince’s tender
sayings that she was not so quick in marking the progress of time.

Fleeing at midnight

To her alarm she heard the clock strike twelve. She fled from the ball-room;
but in a moment the coach changed again to a pumpkin, the horses to mice, the
coachman and postilion to rats, the footmen to lizards, and Cinderella’s
beautiful dress to her old shabby clothes. In her haste she dropped one of her
glass slippers, and reached home, out of breath, with none of her
godmother’s fairy gifts but one glass slipper.
When her sisters arrived after the ball, they spoke in terms of rapture of the
unknown Princess, and told Cinderella about the little glass slipper she had
dropped, and how the Prince picked it up. It was evident to all the Court that
the Prince was determined if possible, to find out the owner of the slipper;
and a few days afterwards a royal herald proclaimed that the King’s son
would marry her whose foot the glass slipper should be found exactly to fit.

This proclamation caused a great sensation. Ladies of all ranks were

permitted to make a trial of the slipper; but it was of no use.

Cinderella now said, “Let me try—perhaps it may fit me.” It slipped on in a

moment. Great was the vexation of the two sisters at this; but what was their
astonishment when Cinderella took the fellow slipper out of her pocket!

At that moment the godmother appeared, and touched Cinderella’s clothes

with her wand. Her sisters then saw that she was the beautiful lady they had
met at the ball, and, throwing themselves at her feet, craved her forgiveness.

A short time after, she was married to the Prince, to the intense gratification
of the whole Court.

The shoe fits

ROUTLEDGE’S

THREEPENNY TOY-BOOKS,

WITH SIX COLOURED

ILLUSTRATIONS,

PRINTED BY KRONHEIM & CO.

page decoration

5. MY FIRST ALPHABET

23. A, APPLE PIE

THE RAILWAY

6. MOTHER GOOSE

24. ALPHABET

7. THE BABES IN THE WOOD

25. NURSERY SONGS

8. THIS LITTLE PIG

26. NURSERY DITTIES

THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED

9.

27. PUNCH AND JUDY

IN A SHOE

10. LITTLE BO-PEEP

28. OUR PETS

11. NURSERY RHYMES

29. CINDERELLA

12. FARM-YARD ALPHABET

30. PUSS-IN-BOOTS

LITTLE RED RIDING-

13. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

31. HOOD
14. JOHN GILPIN

32. WILD ANIMALS

15. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD

33. TAME ANIMALS

16. THE THREE BEARS

34. BIRDS

JACK THE GIANT

17. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

35. KILLER

18. THE DOGS’ DINNER PARTY

36. BLUE BEARD

19. MY MOTHER

37. ALADDIN

20. THE CATS’ TEA PARTY

38. THE FORTY THIEVES

21. MORE NURSERY RHYMES

39. TOM THUMB

SLEEPING BEAUTY IN

22. ROBIN REDBREAST

40. THE WOOD

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND

SONS,

LONDON AND NEW YORK.

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Document Outline
CINDERELLA:
THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER.
ROUTLEDGE’S
THREEPENNY TOY-BOOKS,
WITH SIX COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS,
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,