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 and cruel degradation. She continued sobbing in tho corner of the chimney until a noise in the kitchen roused her, and shoshe [sic] looked up to see what had occasioned it. HorHer [sic] surprise was great, indeed, to see a littlolittle [sic] curious-looking old woman, very antiquely dressed; in her right hand she carried a wand, and in the other shoshe [sic] held a crutch to support herself.

Cinderella thought that her eyes had deceived her, as she had not seen this droll personagopersonage [sic] before; but thothe [sic] old woman, with a good-natured smile in her countenance, approached noarernearer [sic], and thus accosted her:-

"My dear Cinderella, I am your godmother, and, knowing the desire you have to go to this fine ball, I am come for thothe [sic] purpose of gratifying yeuryour [sic] wishes; therefore, dry up yeuryour [sic] tears, and, as you aroare [sic] a good girl, I will furnish yeuyou [sic] with an equipage suitablosuitable [sic] to your merit."

Cinderella then remembered that she had heard her father and mother often talk of her godmother, and that shoshe [sic] was one of those good FairiosFairies [sic] who interest themselves in the welfarowelfare [sic] of all the children to whom they stand sponsors, and this recollection rovivedrevived [sic] her spirits.

Tho Fairy took Cinderella by thothe [sic] hand, and having led her out to a retired spot, said, "Now, my dear, you must go into the garden and bring mome [sic] a pumpkin." Cinderella almost flew to executoexecute [sic] her commands, and returned with one of tho finest she could meet with. Her godmother took thothe [sic] pumpkin, and scoepedscooped [sic] out the insidoinside [sic] of it, leaving nothing but the rind; she then struck it with her wand, and it instantly becamobecame [sic] one of the most elegant gilt coaches that overever [sic] was seen.

She next desired Cinderella to go to the pantry for mouse-trap. She did so, and found six little mice alive in the trap, which shoshe [sic] brought to thothe [sic] Fairy, who her to lift up thothe [sic] door very gently, so that  one of them might go out at a time.

Cinderella raised thothe [sic] trap-door, and, as thothe [sic] mice out one by one, a touch of thothe [sic] Fairy's wand transformed them into beautiful carriagocarriage [sic] horses.

"Now, my dear girl," said thothe [sic] Fairy, "here you havohave [sic] a coach and horses much handsomer than your, to say the least efof [sic] them; but, as we have neither