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Title: Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Fairy godmothers--Juvenile fiction Stepmothers--Juvenile fiction Princes--Juvenile fiction Magic--Juvenile fiction Children's stories Fairy tales
Publisher: Chicago : Reilly and Britton Co.
Contributing Library: Virginia Beach Public Library
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i n d e r e 1 1 a until they had gone, and then she went,too, and she looked still more beautifulthan the night before. She was having such a fine time that sheforgot what time it was until she saw thehands of the clock point to five minutes of12. She hurried off, but as she reached thedoor it struck twelve. The guard won-dered how such a shabby little girl couldhave gotten in, for she was back in her ragsagain. In her haste, however, she drop-ped one of her glass slippers on the stairs, 29 i n d e r e 1 1 a and the prince, who ran after her, pickedit up. The prince next day sent out a heraldwith a trumpet, and a little page boy withthe glass slipper on a velvet cushion, toproclaim that any lady whom the glassslipper should fit should become his wife.All the ladies begged to try it on, but theirfeet were all too large. When Cinderellas sisters heard of thisthey tried to force their feet into the tinyslipper, but it was all in vain. As theywere angrily giving it up, Cinderella said: 30
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Cinderella) Let me try, please. Stupid girl!: said the sisters; fancyyou trying. Go and wash dishes. But the herald said, Let her try. Cinderella sat down, and without anytrouble put her foot into the slipper.Then she took its mate out of her pocketand put it on. Just at that moment hergodmother came, and with a touch of herwand changed her rags into the most beau-tiful white satin gown that had ever beenseen. She was the beautiful lady at theball once more. Her wicked sisters were -\ 32 i n d e r e 1 1 a frightened, and begged her on their kneesto forgive them, for they knew she was soonto be queen. Cinderella forgave them gladly, andasked them always to love her. She wasthen taken to the young prince, and hethought her more charming than ever, anda few days after married her. Cinderella, who was no less good thanbeautiful, gave her sisters rooms in thepalace, and married them to two greatlords, and they all lived happy ever after. 33

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