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 the haughty creatures look as ugly as she could; but the sweet tempered girl, on the contrary, did every thing she could think of to make them look well.



The sisters had scarcely eaten any thing for two days, so great was their joy as the happy day drew near. More than a dozen laces were broken in endeavouring to give them a fine slender shape, and they were always beforobefore [sic] the looking-glass.

At length the long wished-for day of the ball arrived, and these proud misses stepped into a beautiful carriage, attended by several servants in handsome liveries, and drove away to the city.



Cinderalla [sic] followed the coach with her eyes as far as she could see, and then returned to the kitchen in tears, where, for the first time, she bewailed her hard