多聴多読マガジンVol.49 2015年4月号 試読 page 41/48

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Track 24 2015 APRIL 105upon a time there was a gentleman who married, forhis second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that everwas seen. She had two daughters of her own, who were, indeed,exac....

Track 24 2015 APRIL 105upon a time there was a gentleman who married, forhis second wife, the proudest and most haughty woman that everwas seen. She had two daughters of her own, who were, indeed,exactly like her in all things. The gentleman had also a youngdaughter, of rare goodness and sweetness of temper, which shetook from her mother, who was the best creature in the world.The wedding was scarcely over, when the stepmother’s badtemper began to show itself. She could not bear the goodness ofthis young girl, because it made her own daughters appear themore odious. The stepmother gave her the meanest work in thehouse to do; she had to scour the dishes, tables, etc., and to scrubthe floors and clean out the bedrooms. The poor girl had to sleep inthe garret, upon a wretched straw bed, while her sisters lay in finerooms with inlaid floors, upon beds of the very newest fashion,and where they had looking-glasses so large that they might seethemselves at their full length. The poor girl bore all patiently,and dared not complain to her father, who would have scolded herif she had done so, for his wife governed him entirely.When she had done her work, she used to go into the chimneycorner, and sit down among the cinders, hence she was calledCinderwench. The younger sister of the two, who was not sorude and uncivil as the elder, called her Cinderella. However,Cinderella, in spite of her mean apparel, was a hundred timesmore handsome than her sisters, though they were always richlydressed.It happened that the King’s son gave a ball, and invited to it allpersons of fashion. Our young misses were also invited, for theycut a very grand figure among the people of the country-side. Theywere highly delighted with the invitation, and wonderfully busy inchoosing the gowns, petticoats, and head-dresses which might bestbecome them. This made Cinderella’s lot still harder, for it was sheOnce