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Whattheysaidwasverytrue; forafewdaysafter,theKing’ssoncausedittobeproclaimedbysoundoftrumpet,thathewouldmarryherwhosefootthisslipperwouldjustfit. TheywhomheemployedbegantotryitonuponthePrincesses,thentheduchesses,andalltheCourt,butinvain. Itwasbroughttothetwosisters, whodidalltheypossiblycouldtothrusttheirfeetintotheslipper,buttheycouldnoteffectit.
Cinderilla,whosawallthis,andknewherslipper,saidtothemlaughing:
"Letmeseeifitwillnotfitme?"
Hersistersburstouta-laughing,andbegantobanterher. Thegentlemanwhowassenttotrytheslipper,lookedearnestlyatCinderilla,andfindingherveryhandsome,said itwasbutjustthatsheshouldtry,andthathehadorderstoleteveryonemaketryal. HeinvitedCinderillatositdown,andputtingtheslippertoherfoot,hefounditwentonveryeasily,andfittedher,asifithadbeenmadeofwax. Theastonishmenthertwosisterswereinwasexcessivelygreat, butstillabundantlygreater,whenCinderillapulledoutofherpockettheotherslipper,andputitonherfoot. Thereupon,incamehergodmother, whohavingtouched,withherwand,Cinderilla’scloaths,madethemricherandmoremagnificentthananyofthoseshehadbefore.
Andnowhertwosistersfoundhertobethatfinebeautifulladywhomtheyhadseenattheball. Theythrewthemselvesatherfeet,tobegpardonforalltheilltreatmenttheyhadmadeherundergo.
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