Once upon a time there lived alone a happy family: father, mother and their only daughter, whom her parents loved very much. They lived carefree and joyfully for many years.
Unfortunately, one autumn, when the girl was sixteen years old, her mother became seriously ill and died a week later. A deep sadness reigned in the house.
Two years have passed. The girl's father met a widow who had two daughters, and soon married her.
From day one, the stepmother hated her stepdaughter. She forced her to do all the housework and did not give her a moment's rest. Every now and then I heard:
Come on, get moving, lazy one, bring some water!
Come on, slacker, sweep the floor!
Well, what are you waiting for, dirty fellow, throw some wood in the fireplace!
The girl was indeed always covered in ash and dust from dirty work. Soon everyone, even her father, began to call her Cinderella, and she herself forgot her name.
Stepsisters Cinderella was no different in character from her angry and grumpy mother. Jealous of the girl's beauty, they forced her to serve them and found fault with her all the time.
One day, a rumor spread around the area that the young prince, bored alone in his large palace, was going to throw a ball, and not just one, but several days in a row.
Well, my dears,” said the stepmother to her ugly daughters, “at last fate has smiled upon you.” We're going to the ball. I am sure that the prince will definitely like one of you and he will want to marry her.
Don't worry, we will find some minister for the other one.
The sisters couldn't be happier. On the day of the ball, they never left the mirror, trying on outfits. Finally in the evening, dressed up and dressed up, they got into a carriage and drove to the palace. But before leaving, the stepmother sternly said to Cinderella:
“And don’t think that you’ll be idle while we’re not home.” I'll find a job for you.
She looked around. On the table, near a large pumpkin, there were two plates: one with millet, the other with poppy seeds. The stepmother poured the millet into a plate with poppy seeds and stirred.
And here’s something for you to do all night: separate the millet from the poppy seeds.
Cinderella was left alone. For the first time ever, she cried out of resentment and despair. How to sort through all this and separate millet from poppy seeds? And how can one not cry when all the girls are having fun today at the ball in the palace, and she is sitting here, in rags, all alone?
Suddenly the room lit up with light, and a beauty appeared in a white dress and with a crystal wand in her hand.
You'd like to go to the ball, wouldn't you?
Oh yes! - Cinderella answered with a sigh.
Don’t be sad, Cinderella,” she said, “I am a good fairy.” Now let's figure out how to help your trouble.
With these words, she touched the plate that stood on the table with her chopstick. In an instant, the millet separated from the poppy seed.
Do you promise to be obedient in everything? Then I will help you go to the ball. - The sorceress hugged Cinderella and told her: - Go to the garden and bring me a pumpkin.
Cinderella ran to the garden, chose the best pumpkin and took it to the sorceress, although she could not understand how the pumpkin would help her get to the ball.
The sorceress hollowed out the pumpkin right down to the crust, then touched it with her magic wand, and the pumpkin instantly turned into a gilded carriage.
Then the sorceress looked into the mousetrap and saw that six live mice were sitting there.
She told Cinderella to open the mousetrap door. She touched every mouse that jumped out of there with a magic wand, and the mouse immediately turned into a beautiful horse.
And now, instead of six mice, an excellent team of six horses of the dappled mouse color appeared.
The sorceress thought:
Where can I get a coachman?
“I’ll go and see if there’s a rat in the rat trap,” said Cinderella. - You can make a coachman out of a rat.
Right! - the sorceress agreed. - Go take a look.
Cinderella brought a rat trap where three large rats were sitting.
The sorceress chose one, the largest and most mustachioed, touched it with her wand, and the rat turned into a fat coachman with a lush mustache.
Then the sorceress said to Cinderella:
In the garden, behind a watering can, six lizards are sitting. Go get them for me.
Before Cinderella had time to bring the lizards, the sorceress turned them into six servants dressed in gold-embroidered liveries. They jumped onto the back of the carriage so deftly, as if they had never done anything else their entire lives.
“Well, now you can go to the ball,” said the sorceress to Cinderella. -Are you satisfied?
Certainly! But how can I go in such a disgusting dress?
The sorceress touched Cinderella with her wand, and the old dress instantly turned into an outfit of gold and silver brocade, richly embroidered precious stones.
In addition, the sorceress gave her a pair of glass slippers. The world has never seen such beautiful shoes!
Go to the ball, my dear! You deserve it! - exclaimed the fairy. - But remember, Cinderella, at exactly midnight the power of my spell will end: your dress will again turn into rags, and your carriage into an ordinary pumpkin. Remember this!
Cinderella promised the sorceress to leave the palace before midnight and, beaming with happiness, went to the ball.
The king's son was informed that an unknown, very important princess had arrived. He hurried to meet her, helped her out of the carriage and led her into the hall where the guests had already gathered.
When Cinderella, dressed like a princess, entered the ballroom, everyone fell silent and looked towards the unfamiliar beauty.
Who else is this? - Cinderella’s stepsisters asked displeasedly.
Silence immediately fell in the hall: the guests stopped dancing, the violinists stopped playing - everyone was so amazed by the beauty of the unfamiliar princess.
What a beautiful girl! - they whispered around.
Even the old king himself could not get enough of her and kept repeating in the queen’s ear that he had not seen such a beautiful and sweet girl for a long time.
And the ladies carefully examined her outfit in order to order exactly the same one for themselves tomorrow, but they were afraid that they would not find enough rich materials and enough skilled craftswomen.
The prince took her to the place of honor and invited her to dance. She danced so well that everyone admired her even more.
Soon various sweets and fruits were served. But the prince did not touch the delicacies - he was so busy with the beautiful princess.
And she went up to her sisters, spoke warmly to them and shared the oranges that the prince had treated her to.
The sisters were very surprised at such kindness from the unfamiliar princess.
But time flew inexorably forward. Remembering the words good fairy, Cinderella kept glancing at her watch. At five minutes to twelve the girl suddenly stopped dancing and ran out of the palace. A golden carriage was already waiting for her at the porch. The horses neighed joyfully and took Cinderella home.
Returning home, she first of all ran to the good sorceress, thanked her and said that she would like to go to the ball again tomorrow - the prince really asked her to come.
While she was telling the sorceress about everything that happened at the ball, there was a knock on the door - the sisters had arrived. Cinderella went to open the door for them.
How long have you been at the ball? - she said, rubbing her eyes and stretching as if she had just woken up.
In fact, since they broke up, she hasn't felt like sleeping at all.
If you had attended the ball, said one of the sisters, you would never have been bored. The princess arrived there - and how beautiful she is! There is no one more beautiful than her in the world. She was very kind to us and treated us to oranges.
Cinderella trembled all over with joy. She asked what the princess's name was, but the sisters replied that no one knew her and the prince was very upset about this. He would give anything to know who she was.
She must be very beautiful! - Cinderella said smiling. - And you are lucky! How I would like to look at her at least with one eye!.. Dear sister, please lend me your yellow house dress.
Here's something else I came up with! - answered the elder sister. - Why would I give my dress to such a dirty person? No way in the world!
Cinderella knew that her sister would refuse her, and she was even happy - what would she do if her sister agreed to give her her dress!
Did you do what I told you? - the stepmother asked sternly.
Imagine the surprise of the evil stepmother and her daughters when they saw that everything in the house was sparkling clean, and the poppy seeds were separated from the millet!
The next evening, the stepmother and Cinderella's stepsisters again gathered for the ball.
This time you will have more work“,” said the stepmother, “here’s a bag of peas mixed with beans.” Separate the peas from the beans before our arrival, otherwise you will have a bad time!
And again Cinderella was left alone. But a minute later the room was again illuminated with a wonderful light.
“Let’s not waste time,” said the good fairy, “we need to get ready for the ball as soon as possible, Cinderella.” - With one wave of her magic wand, the fairy separated the peas from the beans.
Cinderella went to the ball and was even more elegant than the first time. The prince did not leave her side and whispered all sorts of pleasantries to her.
But this time, Cinderella, carried away by the handsome prince, completely forgot about time. Music, dancing and happiness took her to the sky.
Cinderella had a lot of fun, and she completely forgot about what the sorceress ordered her. She thought that it was not yet eleven o'clock, when suddenly the clock began to strike midnight.
Is it really midnight already? But the clock inexorably struck twelve times.
Having come to her senses, Cinderella snatched her hand from the prince’s and hurried out of the palace. The prince rushed to catch up with her. But the scarlet shoes flashed faster than lightning along the steps of the wide palace staircase. The prince did not have time to catch up with the girl. He only heard the door slam and the wheels of the carriage driving away creaked.
Saddened, he stood at the top of the stairs and was about to leave when he suddenly noticed something below. It was a shoe that a beautiful stranger had lost.
The young man carefully, like some kind of jewel, picked her up and pressed her to his chest. He will find the mysterious princess, even if he has to search for her all his life!
He asked the guards at the gate if anyone had seen where the princess had gone. The guards replied that they only saw a poorly dressed girl run out of the palace, looking more like a peasant woman than a princess.
Cinderella ran home out of breath, without a carriage, without servants, in her old dress. Of all the luxury, she only had one glass slipper left.
When Cinderella returned home almost at dawn, her stepmother and stepsisters had already arrived from the ball.
Where have you been? Have you been idle again? - they asked displeasedly.
But then the stepmother’s face twisted with anger. In the corner of the kitchen she saw two bags of peas and beans - her task was completed.
Cinderella asked the sisters if they had as much fun as yesterday, and if the beautiful princess came again.
The sisters replied that she had arrived, but only when the clock began to strike midnight did she start running - so quickly that she dropped her beautiful glass slipper from her foot. The prince picked up the shoe and did not take his eyes off it until the end of the ball. It is clear that he is in love with the beautiful princess - the owner of the shoe.
After the disappearance of the beauty, the prince stopped giving balls in the palace, and a rumor spread throughout the entire area that he was looking throughout the kingdom for that same mysterious beauty who appeared at the ball twice, but both times disappeared exactly at midnight. It was also known that the prince would marry a girl who would fit the scarlet slipper.
First, the shoe was tried on for princesses, then for duchesses, then for all the court ladies in a row. But she was no good for anyone.
Soon the prince and his retinue came to the house where Cinderella lived. The stepsisters rushed to try on the shoe. But the elegant shoe never wanted to fit on their big feet. The prince was about to leave when suddenly Cinderella’s father said:
Wait, Your Highness, we have another daughter!
Hope flashed in the prince's eyes.
Don’t listen to him, Your Highness,” the stepmother immediately intervened. - What kind of daughter is this? This is our maid, the eternal mess.
The prince looked sadly at the dirty girl dressed in rags and sighed.
Well, every girl in my kingdom should try on the shoe.
Cinderella took off her rough shoe and easily put the slipper on her graceful foot. It suited her just right.
The sisters were very surprised. But what was their amazement when Cinderella took out a second identical shoe from her pocket and put it on the other foot!
The prince looked carefully into the eyes of the girl in rags and recognized her.
So you are my beautiful stranger!
Then the good sorceress arrived, touched Cinderella’s old dress with her wand, and before everyone’s eyes it turned into a magnificent outfit, even more luxurious than before. That's when the sisters saw who the beautiful princess was who was coming to the ball! They threw themselves on their knees in front of Cinderella and began to ask for forgiveness for treating her so badly.
Cinderella raised her sisters, kissed them and said that she forgives them and only asks that they always love her.
The stepmother and her daughters were taken aback. And in the following days they had even more reasons for envy.
Cinderella in her luxurious outfit was taken to the palace to the prince. She seemed even more beautiful to him than before. And a few days later he married her, and had a magnificent wedding.
A magnificent ball was given in the palace, at which Cinderella was in a delightful outfit and danced with the prince until midnight and even longer, because now the good fairy’s charms were no longer needed.
Cinderella was as kind in soul as she was beautiful in face. She took the sisters to her palace and on the same day married them to two court nobles.
And everyone lived happily ever after.
Fairy tale "Cinderella"- Western European fairy tale, best known from the editions of Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. This is one of the most popular stories.
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Cinderella
Once upon a time there lived a rich and noble man. His wife died, and he married a second time to such a heartless and proud woman as you will never find anywhere else. She had two daughters who were just like their mother in every way—the same arrogant, angry people. And my husband had a daughter who was extremely meek and affectionate, just like her late mother, kindest woman in the world.
The stepmother immediately showed her evil temper. She was irritated by her stepdaughter's kindness - next to this sweet girl, her own daughters seemed even nastier. 
The stepmother charged the girl with all the dirtiest and hardest work in the house: she cleaned the dishes, washed the stairs, and polished the floors in the rooms of the capricious stepmother and her spoiled daughters. She slept in the attic, right under the roof, on a thin bedding. And her sisters had bedrooms with parquet floors, feather beds and floor-to-ceiling mirrors.
The poor girl endured everything and was afraid to complain to her father - he would only scold her, because he obeyed his new wife in everything.
Having finished her work, the poor thing huddled in a corner near the fireplace and sat right on the ashes, for which her eldest stepmother’s daughter nicknamed her Zamarashka. But the younger one, not as rude as her sister, began to call her Cinderella. And Cinderella, even in an old dress, was a hundred times cuter than her dolled-up sisters.
One day, the king's son decided to throw a ball and called all the noble people in the kingdom to it. Cinderella's sisters were also invited. How happy they were, how they fussed about, choosing their outfits and jewelry! And Cinderella only had more work: she had to iron skirts and starch collars for her sisters.
The sisters talked endlessly about how best to dress up.
“I,” said the eldest, “will wear a red velvet dress with lace...
“And I,” the younger one interrupted her, will wear an ordinary dress. But on top I’ll throw a cape with gold flowers and diamond clasps. Not everyone has one like this!
They ordered bonnets with double frills from the best craftswoman and bought the most expensive ribbons. And they asked Cinderella for advice on everything, because she had very good taste. She tried with all her heart to help her sisters and even offered to do their hair. To this they graciously agreed.
While Cinderella was combing their hair, they asked her:
- Admit it, Cinderella, would you really like to go to the ball?
- Oh, sisters, don’t laugh at me! Will they let me in there?
- Yes, it’s true! Everyone would roar with laughter if they saw such a mess at the ball.
Another would have deliberately combed them worse for this, but Cinderella, out of her kindness, tried to comb them as best as possible.
The sisters did not eat anything for two days out of joy and excitement, tried to tighten their waists and kept spinning in front of the mirror.
Finally the longed-for day arrived. The sisters went to the ball, and Cinderella watched them for a long time. When their carriage was out of sight, she cried bitterly.
Cinderella's aunt saw that the poor girl was crying and asked why she was so upset.
“I would like... I would like...” Cinderella could not finish from tears.
But my aunt guessed it herself (she was a sorceress, after all):
- You would like to go to the ball, wouldn’t you?
- Oh yes! - Cinderella answered with a sigh.
— Do you promise to be obedient in everything? - asked the sorceress. “Then I’ll help you go to the ball.” “The sorceress hugged Cinderella and told her: “Go to the garden and bring me a pumpkin.”
Cinderella ran to the garden, chose the best pumpkin and took it to the sorceress, although she could not understand how the pumpkin would help her get to the ball. 
The sorceress hollowed out the pumpkin right down to the crust, then touched it with her magic wand, and the pumpkin instantly turned into a gilded carriage.
Then the sorceress looked into the mousetrap and saw that six live mice were sitting there.
She told Cinderella to open the mousetrap door. She touched every mouse that jumped out of there with a magic wand, and the mouse immediately turned into a beautiful horse.
And now, instead of six mice, an excellent team of six horses of the dappled mouse color appeared.
The sorceress thought:
- Where can I get a coachman from?
“I’ll go and see if there’s a rat in the rat trap,” said Cinderella. “You can make a coachman out of a rat.”
- Right! - the sorceress agreed. - Go take a look.
Cinderella brought a rat trap where three large rats were sitting.
The sorceress chose one, the largest and most mustachioed, touched it with her wand, and the rat turned into a fat coachman with a lush mustache.
Then the sorceress said to Cinderella:
— There are six lizards sitting in the garden, behind a watering can. Go get them for me.
Before Cinderella had time to bring the lizards, the sorceress turned them into six servants dressed in gold-embroidered liveries. They jumped onto the back of the carriage so deftly, as if they had never done anything else their entire lives.
“Well, now you can go to the ball,” said the sorceress to Cinderella. -Are you satisfied?
- Certainly! But how can I go in such a disgusting dress?
The sorceress touched Cinderella with her wand, and the old dress instantly turned into an outfit of gold and silver brocade, richly embroidered with precious stones. 
In addition, the sorceress gave her a pair of glass slippers. The world has never seen such beautiful shoes!
Magnificently dressed, Cinderella sat down in the carriage. At parting, the sorceress strictly ordered her to return before the clock struck midnight.
“If you stay even a minute longer,” she said, “your carriage will again become a pumpkin, your horses will turn into mice, your servants into lizards, and your magnificent outfit into an old dress.”
Cinderella promised the sorceress to leave the palace before midnight and, beaming with happiness, went to the ball.
The king's son was informed that an unknown, very important princess had arrived. He hurried to meet her, helped her out of the carriage and led her into the hall where the guests had already gathered.
Silence immediately fell in the hall: the guests stopped dancing, the violinists stopped playing - everyone was so amazed by the beauty of the unfamiliar princess.
- What a beautiful girl! - they whispered around.
Even the old king himself could not get enough of her and kept repeating in the queen’s ear that he had not seen such a beautiful and sweet girl for a long time.
And the ladies carefully examined her outfit in order to order themselves exactly the same tomorrow, only they were afraid that they would not find enough rich materials and enough skilled craftswomen.
The prince took her to the place of honor and invited her to dance. She danced so well that everyone admired her even more.
Soon various sweets and fruits were served. But the prince did not touch the delicacies - he was so busy with the beautiful princess.
And she went up to her sisters, spoke warmly to them and shared the oranges that the prince had treated her to.
The sisters were very surprised at such kindness from the unfamiliar princess.
In the midst of the conversation, Cinderella suddenly heard that the clock struck three quarters of eleven. She quickly said goodbye to everyone and hurried away.
Returning home, she first of all ran to the good sorceress, thanked her and said that she would like to go to the ball again tomorrow - the prince really asked her to come.
While she was telling the sorceress about everything that happened at the ball, there was a knock on the door - the sisters had arrived. Cinderella went to open the door for them.
- You spent a long time at the ball! - she said, rubbing her eyes and stretching as if she had just woken up.
In fact, since they broke up, she hasn't felt like sleeping at all.
“If you attended the ball,” said one of the sisters, “you would never be bored.” The princess arrived there - and how beautiful she is! There is no one more beautiful than her in the world. She was very kind to us and treated us to oranges.
Cinderella trembled all over with joy. She asked what the princess's name was, but the sisters replied that no one knew her and the prince was very upset about this. He would give anything to know who she was.
- She must be very beautiful! - Cinderella said smiling. - And you are lucky! How I would like to look at her at least with one eye!.. Dear sister, please lend me your yellow house dress.
- I just made it up! - answered the elder sister. - Why would I give my dress to such a dirty person? No way in the world!
Cinderella knew that her sister would refuse her, and she was even happy - what would she do if her sister agreed to give her her dress!
The next day, Cinderella’s sisters went to the ball again. Cinderella went too and was even more elegant than the first time. The prince did not leave her side and whispered all sorts of pleasantries to her.
Cinderella had a lot of fun, and she completely forgot about what the sorceress ordered her. She thought that it was not yet eleven o'clock, when suddenly the clock began to strike midnight. She jumped up and flew away like a bird. The prince rushed after her, but could not catch up with her.
In her haste, Cinderella lost one of her glass slippers. The prince carefully picked it up.
He asked the guards at the gate if anyone had seen where the princess had gone. The guards replied that they only saw a poorly dressed girl run out of the palace, looking more like a peasant woman than a princess.
Cinderella ran home out of breath, without a carriage, without servants, in her old dress. Of all the luxury, she only had one glass slipper left.
When the sisters returned from the ball, Cinderella asked them if they had as much fun as yesterday and if the beautiful princess came again.
The sisters replied that she had arrived, but only when the clock began to strike midnight did she start running - so quickly that she dropped her beautiful glass slipper from her foot. The prince picked up the shoe and did not take his eyes off it until the end of the ball. It is clear that he is in love with the beautiful princess - the owner of the shoe.
The sisters told the truth: a few days passed - and the prince announced throughout the kingdom that he would marry the girl whose foot was the same as the glass slipper.
First, the shoe was tried on for princesses, then for duchesses, then for all the court ladies in a row. But she was no good for anyone.
They brought the glass slipper to Cinderella's sisters. They tried their best to squeeze their foot into the tiny shoe, but they didn’t succeed.
Cinderella saw how they were trying, recognized her shoe and asked with a smile:
-Can I try on the shoe too?
The sisters only made fun of her in response.
But the courtier, who came with the slipper, looked carefully at Cinderella. He saw how beautiful she was and said that he was given orders to try on the shoe for all the girls in the kingdom. He sat Cinderella in a chair and barely brought the shoe to her foot when she put it on completely loosely.
The sisters were very surprised. But what was their amazement when Cinderella took out a second identical shoe from her pocket and put it on the other foot!
Then the good sorceress arrived, touched Cinderella’s old dress with her wand, and before everyone’s eyes it turned into a magnificent outfit, even more luxurious than before. 
That's when the sisters saw who the beautiful princess was who was coming to the ball! They threw themselves on their knees in front of Cinderella and began to ask for forgiveness for treating her so badly.
Cinderella raised her sisters, kissed them and said that she forgives them and only asks that they always love her.
Then Cinderella in her luxurious outfit was taken to the palace to the prince. She seemed even more beautiful to him than before. And a few days later he married her.
Cinderella was as kind in soul as she was beautiful in face. She took the sisters to her palace and on the same day married them to two court nobles.
A long time ago there lived a happy family: a father, a mother and their only daughter, whom her parents loved very much. They lived carefree and joyfully for many years.
Unfortunately, one autumn, when the girl was sixteen years old, her mother became seriously ill and died a week later. A deep sadness reigned in the house. Two years have passed. The girl's father met a widow who had two daughters, and soon married her.
From day one, the stepmother hated her stepdaughter. She forced her to do all the housework and did not give her a moment's rest. Every now and then I heard:
- Come on, get moving, lazy one, bring some water!
- Come on, slacker, sweep the floor!
- Well, what are you waiting for, dirty fellow, throw some wood in the fireplace!
The girl was indeed always covered in ash and dust from dirty work. Soon everyone, even her father, began to call her Cinderella, and she herself forgot her name.
Cinderella's stepsisters were no different in character from their angry and grumpy mother. Jealous of the girl's beauty, they forced her to serve them and found fault with her all the time.
One day, a rumor spread around the area that the young prince, bored alone in his large palace, was going to throw a ball, and not just one, but several days in a row.
“Well, my dears,” said the stepmother to her ugly daughters, “Fate has finally smiled at you.” We're going to the ball. I am sure that the prince will definitely like one of you and he will want to marry her.
– Don’t worry, we will find some minister for the other one.
The sisters couldn't be happier. On the day of the ball, they never left the mirror, trying on outfits. Finally in the evening, dressed up and dressed up, they got into a carriage and drove to the palace. But before leaving, the stepmother sternly said to Cinderella:
And don't think that you'll be idle while we're not home. I'll find a job for you.
She looked around. On the table, near a large pumpkin, there were two plates: one with millet, the other with poppy seeds. The stepmother poured the millet into a plate with poppy seeds and stirred.
“And here’s something for you to do all night: separate the millet from the poppy seeds.”
Cinderella was left alone. For the first time ever, she cried out of resentment and despair. How to sort through all this and separate millet from poppy seeds? And how can one not cry when all the girls are having fun today at the ball in the palace, and she is sitting here, in rags, all alone?
Suddenly the room lit up with light, and a beauty appeared in a white dress and with a crystal wand in her hand.
– You would like to go to the ball, wouldn’t you?
- Oh yes! – Cinderella answered with a sigh.
“Don’t be sad, Cinderella,” she said, “I’m a good fairy.” Now let's figure out how to help your trouble.
With these words, she touched the plate that stood on the table with her chopstick. In an instant, the millet separated from the poppy seed.
– Do you promise to be obedient in everything? Then I will help you go to the ball. “The sorceress hugged Cinderella and told her: “Go to the garden and bring me a pumpkin.”
Cinderella ran to the garden, chose the best pumpkin and took it to the sorceress, although she could not understand how the pumpkin would help her get to the ball.
The sorceress hollowed out the pumpkin right down to the crust, then touched it with her magic wand, and the pumpkin instantly turned into a gilded carriage.
Then the sorceress looked into the mousetrap and saw that six live mice were sitting there.
She told Cinderella to open the mousetrap door. She touched every mouse that jumped out of there with a magic wand, and the mouse immediately turned into a beautiful horse.
And now, instead of six mice, an excellent team of six horses of the dappled mouse color appeared.
The sorceress thought:
- Where can I get a coachman from?
“I’ll go and see if there’s a rat in the rat trap,” said Cinderella. “You can make a coachman out of a rat.”
- Right! – the sorceress agreed. - Go take a look.
Cinderella brought a rat trap where three large rats were sitting.
The sorceress chose one, the largest and most mustachioed, touched it with her wand, and the rat turned into a fat coachman with a lush mustache.
Then the sorceress said to Cinderella:
– There are six lizards sitting in the garden, behind a watering can. Go get them for me.
Before Cinderella had time to bring the lizards, the sorceress turned them into six servants dressed in gold-embroidered liveries. They jumped onto the back of the carriage so deftly, as if they had never done anything else their entire lives.
“Well, now you can go to the ball,” said the sorceress to Cinderella. -Are you satisfied?
- Certainly! But how can I go in such a disgusting dress?
The sorceress touched Cinderella with her wand, and the old dress instantly turned into an outfit of gold and silver brocade, richly embroidered with precious stones.
In addition, the sorceress gave her a pair of glass slippers. The world has never seen such beautiful shoes!
- Go to the ball, my dear! You deserve it! - exclaimed the fairy. “But remember, Cinderella, at exactly midnight the power of my spell will end: your dress will again turn into rags, and your carriage into an ordinary pumpkin.” Remember this!
Cinderella promised the sorceress to leave the palace before midnight and, beaming with happiness, went to the ball.
The king's son was informed that an unknown, very important princess had arrived. He hurried to meet her, helped her out of the carriage and led her into the hall where the guests had already gathered.
When Cinderella, dressed like a princess, entered the ballroom, everyone fell silent and looked towards the unfamiliar beauty.
- Who else is this? – Cinderella’s stepsisters asked displeasedly.
Silence immediately fell in the hall: the guests stopped dancing, the violinists stopped playing - everyone was so amazed by the beauty of the unfamiliar princess.
- What a beautiful girl! - they whispered around.
Even the old king himself could not get enough of her and kept repeating in the queen’s ear that he had not seen such a beautiful and sweet girl for a long time.
And the ladies carefully examined her outfit in order to order exactly the same one for themselves tomorrow, but they were afraid that they would not find enough rich materials and enough skilled craftswomen.
The prince took her to the place of honor and invited her to dance. She danced so well that everyone admired her even more.
Soon various sweets and fruits were served. But the prince did not touch the delicacies - he was so busy with the beautiful princess.
And she went up to her sisters, spoke warmly to them and shared the oranges that the prince had treated her to.
The sisters were very surprised at such kindness from the unfamiliar princess.
But time flew inexorably forward. Remembering the words of the good fairy, Cinderella kept glancing at her watch. At five minutes to twelve the girl suddenly stopped dancing and ran out of the palace. A golden carriage was already waiting for her at the porch. The horses neighed joyfully and took Cinderella home.
Returning home, she first of all ran to the good sorceress, thanked her and said that she would like to go to the ball again tomorrow - the prince really asked her to come.
While she was telling the sorceress about everything that happened at the ball, there was a knock on the door - the sisters had arrived. Cinderella went to open the door for them.
- You spent a long time at the ball! - she said, rubbing her eyes and stretching as if she had just woken up.
In fact, since they broke up, she hasn't felt like sleeping at all.
“If you attended the ball,” said one of the sisters, “you would never be bored.” The princess arrived there - and how beautiful she is! There is no one more beautiful than her in the world. She was very kind to us and treated us to oranges.
Cinderella trembled all over with joy. She asked what the princess's name was, but the sisters replied that no one knew her and the prince was very upset about this. He would give anything to know who she was.
- She must be very beautiful! – Cinderella said smiling. - And you are lucky! How I would like to look at her at least with one eye!.. Dear sister, please lend me your yellow house dress.
- I just made it up! - answered the older sister. - Why would I give my dress to such a dirty person? No way in the world!
Cinderella knew that her sister would refuse her, and she was even happy - what would she do if her sister agreed to give her her dress!
– Did you do what I told you? – the stepmother asked sternly.
Imagine the surprise of the evil stepmother and her daughters when they saw that everything in the house was sparkling clean, and the poppy seeds were separated from the millet!
The next evening, the stepmother and Cinderella's stepsisters again gathered for the ball.
“This time you will have more work,” said the stepmother, “here’s a bag of peas mixed with beans.” Separate the peas from the beans before our arrival, otherwise you will have a bad time!
And again Cinderella was left alone. But a minute later the room was again illuminated with a wonderful light.
“Let’s not waste time,” said the good fairy, “we need to get ready for the ball as soon as possible, Cinderella.” “With one wave of her magic wand, the fairy separated the peas from the beans.
Cinderella went to the ball and was even more elegant than the first time. The prince did not leave her side and whispered all sorts of pleasantries to her.
But this time, Cinderella, carried away by the handsome prince, completely forgot about time. Music, dancing and happiness took her to the sky.
Cinderella had a lot of fun, and she completely forgot about what the sorceress ordered her. She thought that it was not yet eleven o'clock, when suddenly the clock began to strike midnight.
Is it really midnight already? But the clock inexorably struck twelve times.
Having come to her senses, Cinderella snatched her hand from the prince’s and hurried out of the palace. The prince rushed to catch up with her. But the scarlet shoes flashed faster than lightning along the steps of the wide palace staircase. The prince did not have time to catch up with the girl. He only heard the door slam and the wheels of the carriage driving away creaked.
Saddened, he stood at the top of the stairs and was about to leave when he suddenly noticed something below. It was a shoe that a beautiful stranger had lost.
The young man carefully, like some kind of jewel, picked her up and pressed her to his chest. He will find the mysterious princess, even if he has to search for her all his life!
He asked the guards at the gate if anyone had seen where the princess had gone. The guards replied that they only saw a poorly dressed girl run out of the palace, looking more like a peasant woman than a princess.
Cinderella ran home out of breath, without a carriage, without servants, in her old dress. Of all the luxury, she only had one glass slipper left.
When Cinderella returned home almost at dawn, her stepmother and stepsisters had already arrived from the ball.
- Where have you been? Have you been idle again? – they asked displeasedly.
But then the stepmother’s face twisted with anger. In the corner of the kitchen she saw two bags of peas and beans - her task was completed.
Cinderella asked the sisters if they had as much fun as yesterday, and if the beautiful princess came again.
The sisters replied that she had arrived, but only when the clock began to strike midnight did she start running - so quickly that she dropped her beautiful glass slipper from her foot. The prince picked up the shoe and did not take his eyes off it until the end of the ball. It is clear that he is in love with the beautiful princess - the owner of the shoe.
After the disappearance of the beauty, the prince stopped giving balls in the palace, and a rumor spread throughout the entire area that he was looking throughout the kingdom for that same mysterious beauty who appeared at the ball twice, but both times disappeared exactly at midnight. It was also known that the prince would marry a girl who would fit the scarlet slipper.
First, the shoe was tried on for princesses, then for duchesses, then for all the court ladies in a row. But she was no good for anyone.
Soon the prince and his retinue came to the house where Cinderella lived. The stepsisters rushed to try on the shoe. But the elegant shoe never wanted to fit on their big feet. The prince was about to leave when suddenly Cinderella’s father said:
- Wait, Your Highness, we have another daughter!
Hope flashed in the prince's eyes.
“Don’t listen to him, your highness,” the stepmother immediately intervened. -What kind of daughter is this? This is our maid, the eternal mess.
The prince looked sadly at the dirty girl dressed in rags and sighed.
“Well, every girl in my kingdom should try on the shoe.”
Cinderella took off her rough shoe and easily put the slipper on her graceful foot. It suited her just right.
The sisters were very surprised. But what was their amazement when Cinderella took out a second identical shoe from her pocket and put it on the other foot!
The prince looked carefully into the eyes of the girl in rags and recognized her.
- So you are my beautiful stranger!
Then the good sorceress arrived, touched Cinderella’s old dress with her wand, and before everyone’s eyes it turned into a magnificent outfit, even more luxurious than before. That's when the sisters saw who the beautiful princess was who was coming to the ball! They threw themselves on their knees in front of Cinderella and began to ask for forgiveness for treating her so badly.
Cinderella raised her sisters, kissed them and said that she forgives them and only asks that they always love her.
The stepmother and her daughters were taken aback. And in the following days they had even more reasons for envy.
Cinderella in her luxurious outfit was taken to the palace to the prince. She seemed even more beautiful to him than before. And a few days later he married her, and had a magnificent wedding.
A magnificent ball was given in the palace, at which Cinderella was in a delightful outfit and danced with the prince until midnight and even longer, because now the good fairy’s charms were no longer needed.
Cinderella was as kind in soul as she was beautiful in face. She took the sisters to her palace and on the same day married them to two court nobles.
And everyone lived happily ever after.
Once upon a time there lived a nobleman, and he married for the second time the proudest and most arrogant lady in the world. She had two daughters from her first husband, who were like her in everything. The nobleman also already had a daughter - kindness and meekness of unparalleled, she was given the character of her late mother, who was of rare qualities.
They barely had time to celebrate the wedding when the stepmother already showed her temper: she began to persecute her stepdaughter, whose good qualities showed the shortcomings of her daughters in an even more vile form.
She forced her to do the most menial tasks in the house. The stepdaughter washed the dishes, the stepdaughter polished the floors in the chambers of the lady and young ladies. She slept under the roof, in the attic, on a straw mattress, while her sisters lived in rooms with parquet floors, where there were the most fashionable beds and Venetian mirrors that reflected them from head to toe.
The poor girl bore everything patiently and did not dare to complain to her father, who would have scolded her, for his wife was turning him around in all directions. Having finished her work, she hid in the corner of the fireplace and sat down directly on the ashes, which is why they usually called her Dirty. A younger sister, not as evil as the eldest, called her Cinderella. However, Cinderella, although in a black body, was a hundred times more beautiful than her dressed-up sisters.
One day, the son of the local king was giving a ball and invited all the nobles to his place. Our two young ladies also received an invitation, for they belonged to the highest circle. Here they are rejoicing, worrying about how to choose dresses and accessories to suit their face. New troubles for Cinderella, because no one like her had to iron her sisters’ collars and starch her sleeves. In the house there is only talk about outfits.
“I,” says the eldest, “will wear a red velvet dress with lace.”
“And I,” says the youngest, “will be in my simple dress, but I’ll put on a mantilla with golden flowers and a diamond headdress - it will be better that way.”
They sent for a hairdresser to arrange a clever hairstyle, and at the first store they bought flies for the face. They also called Cinderella for advice, because they knew that she had good taste. Cinderella gave them excellent advice, even volunteering to do their hair, which the sisters agreed to.
While doing her hair, they say to her:
- Well, Cinderella, would you like to go to the ball?
- Oh, ladies, you are all making fun of me! Where am I going?
- The truth is yours, the truth. It would be such a laugh if Dirty Girl showed up at the ball.
Another would have ruined their parting for such speeches, but Cinderella had kind heart, and she combed her sisters' hair to perfection. They didn’t eat anything for two days, everyone was so happy. When the corsets were put on, more than a dozen laces were torn - they were tightened to such an extent in order to make the waist thinner. And all the time they stuck in front of the mirror.
Finally the blessed day has arrived. The sisters left. Cinderella followed them with her eyes for a long time until the carriage could be seen. Then she started crying.
The godmother, seeing her all in tears, asked what was happening to her?
- I would like... I would like...
She cried so hard that she could not cum. The godmother was a sorceress and says:
“You probably would like to go to the ball, huh?”
- Oh yes! - Cinderella answered with a sigh.
- Well, listen: will you be smart? - says the godmother, - I will arrange it.
She took Cinderella to her room and said:
- Go to the garden, bring me a pumpkin.
Cinderella Now she ran, picked the best pumpkin and brought it to her godmother, not understanding how a pumpkin could introduce her to the ball.
The godmother cleaned the pumpkin and, leaving only one bark from it, hit it with her magic wand: the pumpkin has now turned into an excellent gilded carriage.
Then the godmother went to look into the mousetrap, where she found six live mice.
She ordered Cinderella to open the door of the mousetrap a little and touch each mouse that jumped out of there with her wand. The mouse was now turning into an excellent horse, so that a minute later they had a wonderful team of six horses the color of mouse skin with apples.
But the godmother did not know what to make them a coachman from.
“Wait,” Cinderella tells her, “I’ll go and see if there’s a rat in the big mousetrap: we’ll make a coachman out of it.”
“It’s your truth,” answered the godmother, “go and have a look.” Cinderella brought a big mousetrap. Three huge rats were sitting in it.
The sorceress took the one with the larger mustache and, touching it with her wand, turned it into a fat coachman with the longest mustache, the likes of which no one has ever seen.
Then she said to Cinderella:
- Go into the garden, there you will see six lizards behind the well: bring them here.
As soon as Cinderella brought them, the godmother now turned them into six footmen, who immediately stood on their heels and - all in braid - stood as if they had been doing just this all their lives.
Then the sorceress says to Cinderella:
- Well, here's the crew for you; I have something to wear to the ball. Are you happy now?
- Of course, I’m glad. But will I still go there in this nasty dress?
The godmother just touched it with her wand, and at that very moment the dress became made of cloth, woven from gold and silver, and decorated with precious stones. Then her godmother gave her a pair of crystal slippers, the most beautiful in the world.
When Cinderella had sorted herself out like that, she got into the carriage. But her godmother strongly ordered her most of all not to stay longer than midnight, warning that if she stayed at the ball for one extra minute, her carriage would still become a pumpkin, the horses would still be mice, the servants would be lizards, and her dress would still be a rag. .
Cinderella promised her godmother to leave the ball before midnight.
She drives without feeling any joy.
The royal son, who was informed that an unknown noble princess had arrived, ran to meet her, dropped her out of the carriage by the arm and led her into the hall where the guests were.
Then there was deep silence: the dancing stopped, the music stopped playing, so everyone was staring at the charms unknown beauty. All that could be heard was exclamations:
- Oh, what a beauty!
The king himself, despite his decrepit years, never ceased to admire her and kept whispering to the queen that it had been a long time since he had seen such a sweet, such an amiable person.
All the ladies carefully examined her headdress and dress in order to order similar outfits for themselves tomorrow, if only such rich material could be found and such skilled craftsmen could be found.
The king's son seated Cinderella in the place of honor and then invited her to dance. She danced with such dexterity that the guests were even more surprised at her.
An excellent treat was served, but the prince did not touch it, he was so busy with the unknown beauty.
And Cinderella sat down next to the sisters and showered them with pleasantries: she shared with them the oranges and lemons that the prince brought her, which surprised them very much, because the sisters did not recognize her.
While they were talking to each other, Cinderella heard - eleven o'clock and three quarters struck; She now made a curtsey to the company and quickly went home.
Returning home, Cinderella immediately went to her godmother and, thanking her, said that she would like to attend the ball tomorrow, because the prince asked her to come.
While she was telling her godmother about the ball, her sisters knocked on the door. Cinderella ran to open the door.
- You haven’t been back for so long! - she said, rubbing her eyes and stretching as if she had just woken up. And she didn’t even want to sleep yet!
“If you were at the ball,” said one of the sisters, “you wouldn’t be bored there.” A princess of such beauty came to the ball that no one had ever seen! She showered us with pleasantries and treated us to oranges and lemons.
Cinderella did not feel happy. She asked the sisters about the name of the princess, but they answered that no one knew her, that the king's son was very upset about this and that he would not regret anything in the world to find out who she was.
Cinderella smiled and said:
- So what a beauty! Lord, how happy you are! Can't I have a look at it too? Ah, senior young lady, give me your yellow dress that you wear on weekdays.
- Really! - answered the elder sister. - That's great! So now I’ll give my dress to the nasty Dirty Girl! I found a fool!
Cinderella expected a refusal and was very glad of it, because she would have found herself in great difficulty if her sister had agreed to lend her her dress.
The next day the sisters went to the ball again, and so did Cinderella, only she was even more elegant than the first time.
The king's son courted her all the time and never stopped complimenting her.
The young girl was not bored and completely forgot her godmother’s orders, so that midnight had already begun to strike, when, according to her calculations, it should not yet have been eleven o’clock. She got up and ran away with the ease with which a deer runs.
The prince chased after her, but did not catch up.
While running, Cinderella dropped one of her crystal slippers from her feet: the prince carefully picked it up.
Cinderella ran home in a hurry, without a carriage, without footmen, in her nasty dress. From all the recent luxury she had only one glass slipper left, a match to the one she dropped.
The prince asked the guards at the palace gates if they had seen the princess? The sentries replied that they had only seen a young woman who felt ill dressed girl, looking more like a peasant than a young lady.
When the sisters returned from the ball, Cinderella asked them if they had fun and if the unknown beauty came again?
They answered that she came, but ran away at midnight and in such haste that she dropped one of her crystal slippers, the most beautiful of which in the world, from her feet; that the king’s son picked up this shoe, that he kept looking at it throughout the entire ball, and that he was probably in love with the beauty to whom the shoe belonged.
The sisters spoke the truth, for a few days later the king's son ordered a trumpet to be announced that he would marry the girl whose foot matched his shoe.
They began to try it on: first for princesses, then for duchesses and other court ladies, but all in vain. They brought it to the sisters: each tried with all her might to squeeze her foot into the shoe, but could not.
Cinderella, who was there and recognized her shoe, suddenly says with a laugh:
- Let me see if it lands on my leg.
The sisters began to laugh and mock her.
The courtier, who was trying on the shoe, looked carefully at Cinderella and, finding her very beautiful, said that, of course, this should be done and that he was ordered to try on the shoe for all girls, without exception. He sat Cinderella down and when he brought the shoe to her foot, he saw that the foot fit into him without difficulty and the shoe fit her just right.
The sisters were very surprised; but they were even more surprised when Cinderella took another shoe out of her pocket and put it on the other foot.
Then the godmother came up and, touching Cinderella’s dress with her wand, turned it into an outfit even more luxurious than before.
Then the sisters recognized her as the same beauty they saw at the ball. They threw themselves at her feet, asking for forgiveness for the ill-treatment she had endured from them.
Cinderella picked them up and, hugging them, said that she forgives them with all her heart and asks them to always love her.
After that, she was led in all her finery to the young prince.
He liked her even more than before, and a few days later they got married.
Cinderella, who was as kind as she was beautiful, placed her two sisters in the palace and on the same day married them to two noble courtiers.
The main heroine of the fairy tale French writer Charles Perrault's "Cinderella or glass slipper"- a kind, beautiful and friendly girl who was left without a mother. Her father remarried a woman with two daughters. That's just new wife had an unenviable character. She immediately disliked her stepdaughter, who was much more beautiful than her daughters. The girl had the hardest and dirtiest work around the house, and she had to live in the attic. In the evenings, after work, she rested on a box of ash and for this she was nicknamed Cinderella.
One day, the king's son decided to throw a ball and Cinderella's sisters received an invitation to it. In preparation for the ball, they kept Cinderella busy with various errands. When the sisters and their stepmother left for the ball, Cinderella burst into tears - she really wanted to go to this ball. It so happened that her godmother, a fairy, came to visit her. Having learned about Cinderella's desire, the fairy did not hesitate for a long time. She turned a pumpkin into a carriage, mice into horses, and a rat into a coachman. At the rear of the carriage stood footmen in liveries that had previously been lizards. Then the fairy turned the girl's old clothes into beautiful ones ball gown and gave her rock crystal shoes. Sending Cinderella to the ball, her godmother ordered her to return before midnight, and then everything magical transformations will lose their power.
The appearance of an unknown beauty in the palace did not go unnoticed. And the king, and the prince, and the guests - everyone was in admiration of her beauty. The prince danced with the beautiful stranger all evening, entertained her and treated her to sweets. At some point, Cinderella even found her sisters and talked to them, but they didn’t recognize her at all. When there was very little time left until midnight, the beautiful stranger said goodbye to everyone and quickly left the royal palace.
The next day, Cinderella went to the ball again. But this time she missed the moment when it was time to leave, and she had to urgently run away from the palace. In her haste, she lost one shoe, which the prince later found.
A few days later, the prince announced that the one who would fit the glass slipper would become his wife. The shoe was tried on for all the girls in the kingdom, but it didn’t fit anyone. Finally, it was the turn of Cinderella and her sisters. The shoe did not fit the sisters, although they tried very hard to put it on. But the shoe fit Cinderella. And when she took out the second shoe and put it on too, everyone realized who that beautiful stranger was. Cinderella was taken to the palace, where her wedding to the prince took place.
That's how it is summary fairy tales.
The main meaning of the fairy tale “Cinderella” is that behind the unsightly appearance people often don't notice positive traits person. The good in the fairy tale is helped to defeat the forces of good. The fairy tale “Cinderella” teaches us to help loved ones in difficult times, not to lose human dignity, and to believe in goodness.
In the fairy tale, I liked the fairy, Cinderella’s godmother, who came to the girl’s aid in time and managed, literally out of nothing, to organize a magnificent carriage and a beautiful outfit for a trip to the ball.
Cinderella also evokes sympathy. Her positive qualities played a significant role in her destiny. Her beauty, which was hidden from others by old, unsightly clothes, as well as her kind and sweet disposition, so charmed the prince that he made every effort to find the mysterious owner of the glass slipper.
What proverbs fit the fairy tale?
They meet you by their clothes, they see them off by their intelligence.
Helped on time - helped twice.
As you live, so will your reputation.
