Grace Rhys
Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper: And Jack and the Bean-Stalk
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books Feb. 5, 2018)
Excerpt from Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper: And Jack and the Bean-Stalk
Though Jack is always an English hero, Cinderella's story has been told in many countries. But whether the god mother is a fairy bird or an old woman, or whether the naughty sisters chop their toes till they fit into the glass slipper, or not, it is always the same Cinderella, best loved of all the maids in fairy-tale who married princes and lived happy ever after. But what, perhaps, you will ask, as you read her story,-what is a pumpion? I think it must be a pumpkin; but of this I am quite sure, that though you might turn a pumpion into a coach by scooping out the inside, a pumpkin you never could.
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Though Jack is always an English hero, Cinderella's story has been told in many countries. But whether the god mother is a fairy bird or an old woman, or whether the naughty sisters chop their toes till they fit into the glass slipper, or not, it is always the same Cinderella, best loved of all the maids in fairy-tale who married princes and lived happy ever after. But what, perhaps, you will ask, as you read her story,-what is a pumpion? I think it must be a pumpkin; but of this I am quite sure, that though you might turn a pumpion into a coach by scooping out the inside, a pumpkin you never could.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- ISBN
- 0267829337 / 9780267829330
- Pages
- 72
- Weight
- 9.1 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.2 in.
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