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 She then went to look into her mouse-trap, where she found six mice all alive, and ordered Cinderilla to lift up the trap-door a little, when giving each mouse, as it went out, a little tap with her wand, the mice were that moment turned into horses, which altogether made a very fine set of fix horses, of a beautiful jet black. See here the reward for every good girl and boy.

Being at a loss for a coachman, I will go and see, says Cinderilla, if there be ever a rat in the rat-trap; we may make a coachman of him. Thou art in the right, replied her god-mother, go and look. Cinderilla brought the trap to her, and in it were three huge rats. The fairy made choice of one of the three which had the largest beard, and having touched him with her wand, he was instantly turned into a fat jolly coachman, with a pair of the smartest and most beautiful whiskers that eyes ever beheld.

After that, she said to Cinderilla, Go again into the garden, and you will find six lizards behind the watering pot, bring them to me. She had no sooner done it, than her god mother turned them into six beautiful well dressed footman, who skipped up immediately behind the coach, with their clothes all trimmed with gold and silver, and clung as close behind each other, as if they had done nothing else all their whole lives. The Fairy then said to Cinderilla, Well, you see here an equipage fit to go to the ball? are you not pleased with it? O yes! cried she; I am extremely well pleased with it; but must I go thither as I am; in these nasty poisoned rags? Her god-mother only touched her with her wand, and at the same instant, her clothes were turned into cloth of gold and silver, bedecked with the richest jewels that ever