Cinderella 灰姑娘(2)
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Long ago, in a land far away, there lived a beautiful young girl.

She was very sad. Her mother had died and her father had married again. His new wife had two ugly daughters, Esmerelda and Griselda.

Soon after, her father also died and life immediately changed for the girl.

"You will be our servant, "said her stepmother. "You will do everything we say."

"You must sleep in the kitchens, by the fire," said the stepsisters.

After tending the fire, and cooking and leaning, the girl's clothes were very dirty. She was called to clear away dishes.

"There are cinders1(煤渣,灰烬) all over your clothes!" exclaimed2 the stepmother. "Cinders for Cinderella. That's your new name. Clear these things away, Cinderella."

"Cinderella! Cinderella!" sang Esmerelda and Griselda. "Oh, how clever you are, Mama!"

Cinderella had to work very hard, as all the other servants were dismissed3.

One day, an invitation arrived from the palace.

"Girls, listen to this," said the stepmother. Cinderella was serving the breakfast. She listened as her stepmother read the invitation.

"The King is having a ball," she said, excitedly. "He is looking for a wife for the Prince! Oh, my dears, this is wonderful. He will probably choose one of you, but it will be such a hard choice to make.

"Am I invited too, stepmother?" asked Cinderella.

"You! Certainly not!" exclaimed her stepmother. "The thought of such a thing. A scruffy4(破旧的,肮脏的) servant going to a ball, when only beautiful ladies are invited!"

"Hah! Hah!" laughed the stepsisters. "Beautiful! That doesn't include you, Cinderella!"

"You may help my two lovely girls to get ready," said her stepmother.

"Oh," said Cinderella, sadly.

"We shall all have new dresses, girls, and we shall go shopping today. Clear away these things, Cinderella."

'Oh, I wish I could go to the ball,' thought Cinderella.

The day of the ball arrived and the whole day was spent preparing Esmerelda and Griselda. Cinderella did her best to make the sisters look pretty, but it was an impossible task.

Finally, the coach arrived to collect the girls and their mother.

Cinderella was very tired and she wandered back to the kitchens.

"Oh, I did so want to go," she sighed as she sat down by the fire.

"What's to stop you?" asked a voice.

"Who's that?" asked Cinderella, looking around.

"I'm here by the door." A strange woman walked up to Cinderella. "I heard you the other day, wishing you could go to the ball. Well, the ball is this evening, and you're going."

"But how?" asked Cinderella. "What can you do?"

"Anything I want to," said the woman. "I'm your fairy godmother, and I'm here to send you to the ball.

She sat down.

"Come now," she said. "Dry those tears. We have work to do. I need a large pumpkin5, two rats, two mice and a frog. Can you find these?"

"Yes," said Cinderella, mystified by the request.

"Off you go, then."

When Cinderella found all the things, her fairy godmother took them all outside.

"Now for the magic," she said. She waved her hands and the air began to twinkle6 and sparkle7. The pumpkin began to grow and change, until standing8 there was a glittering9(闪闪发光的) coach.

The mice changed into two fine footmen, the frog into the driver, and the rats into two beautiful horses to pull the coach.

Cinderella clapped her hands. "It's beautiful!" she cried.

"In you get," said her fairy godmother.

"But I can't go like this," said Cinderella.

"Like what?" asked the fairy godmother. "You look lovely to me."

Cinderella looked at herself. While the magic had been working on the pumpkin, it had also been working on her. Instead of her ragged10 dress she wore a beautiful ball gown11, with glass slippers13 on her feet.

"Oh, fairy godmother," said Cinderella. "It's lovely. How can I thank you?"

"By going to the ball," said the fairy godmother. "Off you go, but remember, the magic stops working at midnight. Everything will change back then. Now go and enjoy yourself."

"Good-bye, fairy godmother," called Cinderella, as the coach swept off.

Cinderella arrived at the palace and walked into the ballroom14. Everyone stopped and stared.

"Who is she?" people asked, including her stepmother and stepsisters.

The Prince saw her, and had eyes for no one else for the rest of the evening. Cinderella danced only with the Prince, and as the evening passed, he fell in love with her.#p#分页标题#e#

A clock chiming(响声) reminded Cinderella of her fairy godmother's warning. 'It must be eleven o'clock,' she thought, but she asked the Prince. "What time is it?"

"Almost midnight," he answered.

"Oh, no!" cried Cinderella. "I must go!"

"You can't. Not now," said the Prince.

"I must." And Cinderella swept out of the room, and ran out of the palace. As she ran, the clock finished chiming. Cinderella's clothes changed back into rags, and the coach and horses were nowhere to be seen.

The Prince tried to follow, but he couldn't catch up. When he reached the door, all he found was one glass slipper12. He ran to the main gate.

"Was a beautiful girl just driven out of here?" he asked the guard.

"No, your Highness. I've only seen a scruffy servant girl," the guard answered.

"I've lost her," said the Prince, and he returned sadly to the palace.

The next morning, Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters were talking about the ball.

"Did you see the Prince, once that girl arrived." said Esmerelda. "He wouldn't look at anybody else. And it was my turn to dance with him."

"Never mind, my dear," said her mother. "She disappeared, so there will probably be another ball, and then you will be chosen."

The Prince meanwhile decided15 to look for the mysterious girl he had fallen in love with. He issued a proclamation(公告,宣布) . "Whoever the glass shoe fits, shall be wife to the Prince."

The Prince and his footman went from house to house of all the ladies invited to the ball.

First to the princesses, and then to the duchesses(女公爵) , and finally to all the ladies.

He finally arrived at the stepmother's house.

"It's my shoe!" cried Esmerelda, trying desperately16 to pull the shoe on.

"Please, miss!" said the footman. "Your foot is too big. you will break the slipper."

Griselda tried the shoe, but her toes were far too long.

"Is there anyone else?" asked the Prince.

"There's only Cinderella, the maid," said the stepmother. "But she wasn't even at the ball."

"All the ladies in the kingdom must try the slipper," said the footman.

Cinderella was called from the kitchen. Esmerelda and Griselda laughed when they saw how dirty she was. But their laughter turned to tears when they saw Cinderella's foot slide easily into the slipper.

"Oh!" they cried. "It fits!"

The Prince looked at Cinderella and realised that she was the girl that he had fallen in love with.

Cinderella took the other slipper from her pocket and put it on.

The Prince was delighted to have found her, and on a bright sunny day, he and Cinderella were married. They lived happily ever after.



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1 cinders cinders     
n.煤渣( cinder的名词复数 );炭渣;煤渣路;煤渣跑道
参考例句:
  • This material is variously termed ash, clinker, cinders or slag. 这种材料有不同的名称,如灰、炉渣、煤渣或矿渣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Rake out the cinders before you start a new fire. 在重新点火前先把煤渣耙出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 exclaimed 68e477dcdab3965d2189fb7276ee5041     
vt.exclaim的过去式v.呼喊,惊叫,大声说( exclaim的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • "We have a good chance of winning," he exclaimed optimistically. “我们很可能获胜。”他乐观地喊道。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She exclaimed in delight when she saw the presents. 她见到礼品高兴得叫了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 dismissed dismissed     
v.解雇( dismiss的过去式和过去分词 );(使击球员或球队)退场;使退去;驳回
参考例句:
  • Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. 素食者不再被视为有怪癖的人。
  • He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
4 scruffy YsWyG     
adj.肮脏的,不洁的
参考例句:
  • Despite her scruffy clothes,there was an air of sophistication about her.尽管她衣衫褴褛,但神态老练世故。
  • His scruffy appearance does not reflect his character.他邋遢的外表并不反映他的性格。
5 pumpkin NtKy8     
n.南瓜
参考例句:
  • They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
  • It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你!
6 twinkle SlCws     
n.闪烁,闪耀,眨眼,瞬息;v.闪烁,使...闪耀,眨眼,迅速移动
参考例句:
  • The twinkle of distant town lights was very beautiful.远处城镇灯火闪烁,煞是好看。
  • At night,lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys.夜间,山谷那头的遥远村落里灯光闪闪。
7 sparkle cTnzL     
vi.闪,焕发;n.闪光,闪烁,活力
参考例句:
  • Dewdrops sparkle in the morning sun.露珠在早晨的阳光下闪着光。
  • There was a sudden sparkle as her diamond ring caught the light.当她的钻石戒指遇到光时,有阵突然的闪耀。
8 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
参考例句:
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
9 glittering us8zUq     
a.闪闪发亮
参考例句:
  • He has a glittering career ahead of him. 他前程似锦。
  • He strove for the glittering prizes of politics. 他力争在政界取得辉煌的成绩。
10 ragged KC0y8     
adj.衣衫褴褛的,粗糙的,刺耳的
参考例句:
  • A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
  • Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。
11 gown Wfpxe     
n.长袍,特殊场合穿的长服
参考例句:
  • She pinned the gown at the neck with a safety pin.她在领子那儿用一枚别针把睡衣别住。
  • He threw on his gown.他穿上他的礼服。
12 slipper px9w0     
n.拖鞋
参考例句:
  • I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.我从那狗的口中夺回了我拖鞋的残留部分。
  • The puppy chewed a hole in the slipper.小狗在拖鞋上啃了一个洞。
13 slippers oiPzHV     
n. 拖鞋
参考例句:
  • a pair of slippers 一双拖鞋
  • He kicked his slippers off and dropped on to the bed. 他踢掉了拖鞋,倒在床上。
14 ballroom SPTyA     
n.舞厅
参考例句:
  • The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
  • I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。
15 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
16 desperately cu7znp     
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
参考例句:
  • He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
  • He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
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