CINDER- before she had got them done up tightly enough
ELLA to satisfy their vanity. When it came to patching,

the sisters were extremely particular. ‘I,’ said one,
‘will have a square patch on the top of my nose.
I think it will heighten my complexion.’
‘And I,’ said the other, ‘will have a round one in
the middle of my forehead. It will make me so
interesting.’ f
When the young ladies departed with their
mother, then Cinderella was left quite alone in the
house.
She sat herself on a heap of ashes in the corner
of the fireplace and began to cry.
Then all at once the hearth opened, and up
through it came a little woman with a red cloak
and a black pointed hat. This was her godmother,
who was a fairy.
The fairy godmother asked Cinderella why she

was crying.
Cinderella could only stammer—‘I wish—Oh, I
wish. ..Iwish...Iwish...’

‘I see clearly,’ said the godmother, ‘that you also
would like to go to the ball ; is it so?’
‘Indeed—indeed—I should,’ sobbed the poor girl.
‘Very well, then, so you shall. Go into the garden
and bring me a pumpkin.’
Cinderella at once went to pick the finest she
could find; it was yellow streaked with green.
She took it to her godmother, but had no idea
what would be done with it.
The fairy scooped out the inside, leaving only the
skin. Then she tapped it with her staff, and in
a moment it was changed into the most beautiful
coach, gold and green.
‘Now,’ said she, ‘bring me the mouse-trap.’
Cinderella obeyed. In the mouse-trap were six
little mice. The fairy opened the door and as the
mice ran out, she give each a tap with her rod,
and it was transformed into a beautiful horse with
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