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Cinderella 7 -
Cinderella's Glass Slipper
When the two sisters returned from the ball, Cinderella asked
them whether they had been well entertained; and whether the
beautiful lady was there? They replied, that she was; but that she
had run away as soon as midnight had struck, and so quickly as to
drop one of her dainty glass slippers, which the king's son had
picked up, and was looking at most fondly during the remainder of
the ball; indeed, it seemed beyond a doubt that he was deeply
enamored of the beautiful creature to whom it belonged.
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They spoke truly enough; for, a few days afterwards, the king's
son caused a proclamation to be made, by sound of trumpet all over
the kingdom, to the effect that he would marry her whose foot
should be found to fit the slipper exactly. So the slipper was
first tried on by all the princesses; then by all the duchesses;
and next by all the persons belonging to the court; but in vain. It
was then carried to the two sisters, who tried with all their might
to force their feet into its delicate proportions, but with no
better success.
Cinderella, who was present, and recognized her
slipper, now laughed, and said,
"Suppose I were to try?" Her
sisters ridiculed such an idea; but the gentleman who was appointed
to try the slipper, having looked attentively at Cinderella, and
perceived how beautiful she was, said that it was but fair she
should do so, as he had orders to try it on every young maiden in
the kingdom.
Accordingly, having requested Cinderella to sit down,
she no sooner put her little foot to the slipper, than she drew it
on, and it fitted like wax. The sisters were quite amazed; but
their astonishment increased tenfold when Cinderella drew the
fellow slipper out of her pocket, and put it on. Her godmother then
made her appearance; and, having touched Cinderella's clothes with
her wand, made them still more magnificent than those she had
previously worn.
Her two sisters now recognized her for the beautiful stranger
they had seen at the ball; and, falling at her feet, implored her
forgiveness for their unworthy treatment, and all the insults they
had heaped upon her head. Cinderella raised them, saying, as she
embraced them, that she not only forgave them with all her heart,
but wished for their affection.
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