The surprising adventures of Cinderella, or, The history of a glass slipper . CINDERELLA. Lor, said he, no other lady has sucha little foot; only my Princess could putit on. When the sisters came home they of coursetold Cinderella this strange story of thePrincesss second disappearance, and alsothat it was reported that the Prince lovedher so much that he declared he wouldnever marry any one else. The proclamation caused much stir in theprovince. Oi course the ladies of the court circleall hastened to the palace to try the slipperon, but without success; then the ladiesfrom the counties tried,
The surprising adventures of Cinderella, or, The history of a glass slipper . CINDERELLA. Lor, said he, no other lady has sucha little foot; only my Princess could putit on. When the sisters came home they of coursetold Cinderella this strange story of thePrincesss second disappearance, and alsothat it was reported that the Prince lovedher so much that he declared he wouldnever marry any one else. The proclamation caused much stir in theprovince. Oi course the ladies of the court circleall hastened to the palace to try the slipperon, but without success; then the ladiesfrom the counties tried, but they could notput it on ; next the ladies from the townstried, but it was of no use. After manyamusing attempts they all had to give fte turn o| # erof3 9 i^ler^ CINDERELLA. But, in spite of all their efforts to get a footinto it, to the intense amusement ol theattendants, and to their own disappointment,it was of course absurdly too small lor all attempts to find the owner seemedfruitless, at the Princes request, the enquirywas made, Is there anyone else amongstthose present who would like to try? In thecrowd of bystanders who had obtainedadmission to the palace to watch the trialwas Cinderella. Modestly stepping forward,she begged permission to try her sisters laughed, and ridiculed the idea ofCinderella being able to wear the slipper of abeautiful Princess; but the Prince, who seemedto think her eyes were familiar to him,laughingly said, Oh ! let her try, and Cinder-ella took her place in the chair for her trial. v., i
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