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ADVENTURES

07 THE

BEAUTIFUL LITTLE MAID

CINDERELLA;OR, THE

HISTORY

OF A

GLASS SLIPPER.

YORK:

Printed by J. Kendrew, Collierga

(Price One Penny.)

1822.


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qualities f this pretty girl, nd the

less, because she made her daughtersappear more odious. She employedher in the meanest work of the house,she. scoured the dishes, tables, c.and rubbed madam's

chamber,and :

those of the misses her daughters;she lay up in a very dirty garret upona wretched straw bed, while her sis-ers

lay in fine rooms with floors allinlaid, pon beds of the very newestfashion. Her books were the onlycompanions she had, and when hersisters went out, she used to take the

opportunity f reading heir's.The poor girl bore all patiently

and dared not to tell her father, howould have rattled her off ; or his

wife governed him entirely. henshe had done her work, she used to

go into the chimney corner, and sit idown among the cinders and ashes,

which made her commonly be called


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CINDER BREECH ; but the youngest,

who was not so rude and uncivil asthe eldest, alled her Cinderilla, ow-ver

Cinderilla, otwithstanding ermean apparel, as an hundred times

handsomer than either of her sisters,though they were always dressed

very richly.It happened that the King's son

gave a ball, and invited all personsof fashion to it ; our young misses

were invited ; for they cut a verygrand figure mong the quality. heywere

mightily delightedt this invi-ation,

and wonderfully busy inchoosing ut such gowns, petticoatand caps, as might become them. Thiswas a new trouble to Cinderilla; forit was shewho ironed her sisters' linen,and clear starched their ruffles : theytalked all day long of nothing buthow they should be drest, were con-


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tinually iewing hemselves in their

glasses.

For my part, said the eldest, willwear my red velvet suit with French

trimmings. nd, I said the youngest,ehall only have my usual petticoatbut then, to make amends for that, Iwill put on my gold flowered mantau,and my diamond stomacher, which isfar from being the most ordinary ne

in the world They sent for the best


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hairdresser they could get, to make

up their head dresses and adjust heirpinners, nd had their red brushesand patches rom Madamoiselle Dela Blond.

Cinderilla was likewise called upto be consulted in all those matters,for she had excellent notions, nd ad-ised

them always to the best ; nay,offered her service to dress their

heads,which they were very willing heshould do. As she was doing this,they said to her, Cinderilla, ould

younot be

gladto

goto the ball ?

Ah said she, you only jeer me, it isnot for such as me to go to balls;thou art in the right of it, repliedthey : it would make the peoplelaugh to see a Cinder-breech at aball. Any one but Cinderilla wouldhave dressed their heads awry ; but

ehe was very good, and dressed them

perfectly ell. They were almost


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pompion. Cinderilla went imme-iately,gathered he finest she could

get, and brought it to her god-mo-her,but was not able to imagine

how this pompion would make her

go to the ball. Her god-motherscooped out all the inside of it, leav-ng

nothing ut the rind; which done,she struck it with her wand, and thepompion was instantly urned into aa fine coach gilt ll over with gold.

She then went to look into her

mouse trap, where she found six


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mice all alive, nd ordered Cinderilla

to lift up the trap door a little, hengiving each mouse as it went out,a little tap with her wand, the micewere that moment turned into horses,

which altogether ade a very fineset of six horses, f beautiful jet black.

Being at a loss for a coachman, Iwill go see, says Cinderilla, f there

be a rat in the rat-trap, e may makea Coachman of him. Thou art in the

right, eplied er god-mother, o andlook, Cinderilla brought the trap to


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her, and in it were three huge rats.The fairy ade choice of one of thethree which had the largest eard,and having touched him with herwand, he was turned into a fat jolly

coachman, who had the smartestwhiskers eyes ever beheld.

After that she said to her, go againinto the garden, and you will findsix lizards

behind the watering-pobring them to me. She had nosooner done it then her god-motherturned them into six footmen, who

skipped up immediatelyehind the

coach, with their clothes all bedaub-dwith gold and silver, nd clung as

close behind each other as if they haddone nothing else all their lives.The fairy then said to Cinderillawell, you see here an equipage fit togo to the ball ; are you not pleasedwith it ? O yes, cried she, but mustI go thither as I am, ia these nasty


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poisoned ags ? Her god-mother nlyjttst ouched her with her vand, andat the same instant her clothes wereturned into cloth of gold and silver,bedecked with jewels. This done,

she gave her a pair of glass slipperthe prettiest the world.

Being thus dressed out, she got upinto the coach ; but her god-motherabove all things commanded her notto stay till after midnight, elling epat the same time, if she stayed t the


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ball any longer than twelve o'clock,her coach would be a pompion again,her horses mice, her coach man arat,her footmen lizards, nd her clothesbecome just as they were before.

She promised her god-mother shewould not fail of leaving he ball be-ore

midnight ; and then away shedrove, scarce able to contain herselffor

joy.The

King'sson who was

told that a great Princess, hom no-odyknew, was come, ran out to re-eiveher ; he gave her his hand as

she alighted ut of the coach, and ledher into the room among all the com-any.

There was immediately pro-oundsilence ; they left off dancing,

and the violins ceased to play ; so at-entivwas every one to contemplat

the singular eauty of this unknownnew comer. Nothing was heard buta confused noise of ha how hand-ome

she is how handsome she is


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the king himself could not help tellinthe Queen softly, hat it was a longtime since he had seen so beautiful

and lovely creature. All the ladieswere busy in considering er clothes

and head-dress, n order to have somemade the next day after the samepattern, provided they could meetwith the same materials, nd as ablehands to make them. The

King'sson conducted her to the most honour-bleseat and afterwards took her out

to dance with him. She danced so

very graceful, hat they all more andmore admired her.

A fine collation was served up,whereof the young Prince eat not a

morsel, so intently usy was he in

gazing on her. She went and satdown by her sisters, hewing them athousand civilities, iving them a

part of the oranges and citrons which

the Prince had presented er with ;


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which very much surprised hem forthey did not know her. While Cm-derilla was thus amusing her sisters,she heard the clock strike eleven and

three-quarters whereupon she madea curtsey, and hasted away as fast asshe could.

Being got home she ran to seek outher god-mother, and after havingthanked her, she said, she could notbut heartily ish she might go thenext day to the ball, because the

King's on had desired her. As she


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\vas eagerly telling er god-motherwhatever passed at the ball, her twosisters knocked at the door, which

Cinderilla ran andopened.

How longyou have stayed cried she, gaping,rubbing her eyes, and stretching er-elf,

as if she had been just awakedout of her sleep, he had not, how-ver

any manner of inclination to

sleep since they went from home. Ifthou hadst been at the ball, said her

sisters, hou wouldst not have been

tired with it, there came thither the


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driest Princess, the most beautiful

ever seen with mortal eyes, she shew-dus a thousand civilities, nd gave

us oranges and citrons. Cinderilla

seemed very indifferent to the matter :

indeed she asked the name of thatPrincess ; but they told her, that theydid not know it, and that the King'sson was very uneasy on that account,and would

giveall the world to know

where she was. At this Cinderilla

smiling, eplied he must be verybeautiful indeed. Bless me how

happy youhave been Could I not

see her ? Ah Dear Miss Charlotte,do lend me your yellow suit of clotheswhich you wear every day. Ah tobe sure, cried Miss Charlotte, end myclothes to such a dirty inder breechas thou art, who's the fool then ?CinderilJa indeed expected ome suchanswer, and was very glad of the re-usal,

for she would have been sadly


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put to it, if her sister had lent her in

earnest, what she asked for jestingly.The next day the two sisters were

at the ball, and so was Cinderilla, but

dressed more magnificiently han be-ore.

The King's son was always byher, and never ceased, his compli-ents

and amourous speeches to her ;to whom all this was far from being

tiresome,that she

quiet forgotwhat

her god-mother had recommended

to her ; so that she at last counted


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the clock striking welve,, when she

took it to be no more than eleven ; shethen rose up and fled as nimbly as adeer. The Prince followed but could

not overtake her, she left behind one

of her glasslippers, hich the Princetook up most carefully. he gothome, but quiet ut of breath, with-ut

coach or footman, nd in her nastyold clothes

havingnothingleft of

her finery ut one of the glass slip-ers,fellow to that she dropped.

The guards at the palace ere askedif they had not seen a Princess goout? who said they had seen no-ody

go out but a young girl, erymeanly drest, and who had more theair of a poor country girl, han thatof a gentlewoman.

When the two sisters returned from

the ball, Cinderilla asked them if

they had been well diverted, and ifthe fine lady had been there ; they


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told her, yes, but that she hurried

away immediately hen it strucktwelve, and with so much haste, hatshe dropped one of her glass slipperthe prettiest n the world, and which

the King's on had taken up ; thathe had done nothing ut look at herall the time of the ball, nd that cer-ainly

he was very much in love with

the beautiful person who owned thelittle slipper.

What they said was very true, fora few days after, he King's on causedit to be

proclaimed bysound of a

trumpet, that he would marry herwhose foot that slipper ould just fit.They whom he employed, began to

tryit

uponthe Princesses, hen the

Duchesses, and all the court, but in

vain, it was brought to the two sisterswho did all they possibly ould tothrust a foot into the slipper, ut theycould not effect it. Cinderilla, ho


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saw all this, nd knew her slippesaid to them laughing, et me see ifit will not fit me ? Her sisters burst

out a laughing nd began to banter.The gentleman who was sent to try

the slipper ooking earnestly t Cin-derilla, nd finding er very hand-ome,

said, it was but just that she

should try, and that he had orders tolet every one make a trial.

He obliged inderilla to sit down,and putting he slipper n her foot,


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he found it went on very easily, nd

fitted her as if it had been made ofwax. The amazement her two sisters

were in, was excessive great, but still

abundantly reater, when Cinderilla

pulled ut of her pocket theother

slipper, nd put it on.Thereupon in came the god-mother,

who having touched with the wand,Cinderilla's clothes, ade them richand more magnificient, han any ofthose she had before. When her two

sisters found her to be the beautiful

lady they had seen at the ball, theythrew themselves at her feet, and

beggedpardon for the ill treatmentthey had made her undergo. Cinde-illa

took them up, and as she em-raced

them, said, that she forgavethem with all her heart, esired themalways to love her.

She was conducted to the young

Prince who married her. Cinderilla,


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She went to the Cobler's

To buy him -ome Shoes;When she came back

He was reading the Kews,

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