Cinderella
by nerminekhayati
Copyright © 2018
Once upon a time there was a gentleman who married a second wife, the most haughty and proudest one had ever seen. She had two daughters of her mood, and who looked like him in all things. The husband, for his part, had a young girl, but of gentleness and goodness without example; she had it from her mother, who was the best person in the world.
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The nuptials were no sooner made than the mother-in-law burst out her bad temper; she could not bear the good qualities of this young child, which made her daughters even more hateful. She charged her with the most vile occupations of the house: it was she who cleaned the dishes and the racks, who rubbed Madame’s room, and those of her daughters her daughters; she slept all at the top of the house, in an attic, on a wretched mattress, while her sisters were in parqueted rooms, where they had beds of the most fashionable, and mirrors where they saw each other from the feet to the floor. ‘in the head.
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Published: Aug 6, 2018
Latest Revision: Aug 6, 2018
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