Perrault's Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault

Author:Charles Perrault [Perrault, Charles]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Classics, Childrens
ISBN: 9780486117584
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1993-08-15T23:00:00+00:00

Moral

Diamonds and rubies may

Work some wonders in their way;

But a gentle word is worth

More than all the gems on earth.

Another Moral

Though—when otherwise inclined—

It’s a trouble to be kind,

Often it will bring you good

When you’d scarce believe it could.

CINDERELLA or THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER

Once upon a time there was a worthy man who married for his second wife the haughtiest, proudest woman that had ever been seen. She had two daughters, who possessed their mother’s temper and resembled her in everything. Her husband, on the other hand, had a young daughter, who was of an exceptionally sweet and gentle nature. She got this from her mother, who had been the nicest person in the world.

The wedding was no sooner over than the stepmother began to display her bad temper. She could not endure the excellent qualities of this young girl, for they made her own daughters appear more hateful than ever. She thrust upon her all the meanest tasks about the house. It was she who had to clean the plates and the stairs, and sweep out the rooms of the mistress of the house and her daughters. She slept on a wretched mattress in a garret at the top of the house, while the sisters had rooms with parquet flooring, and beds of the most fashionable style, with mirrors in which they could see themselves from top to toe.

The poor girl endured everything patiently, not daring to complain to her father. The latter would have scolded her, because he was entirely ruled by his wife. When she had finished her work she used to sit amongst the cinders in the corner of the chimney, and it was from this habit that she came to be commonly known as Cinder-slut. The younger of the two sisters, who was not quite so spiteful as the elder, called her Cinderella. But her wretched clothes did not prevent Cinderella from being a hundred times more beautiful than her sisters, for all their resplendent garments.

She wondered how a pumpkin could help her get to the ball

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