Nay, you are mocking me," replied the poor girl; "it is not for such as I to go to balls." "True enough," rejoined they; "folks would laugh to see a Cinderella at a court ball."
These two step-sisters were very cruel to Cinderella, and ill-used her much. Ah! what sweet friends are our own born sisters! there can be no substitutes like them in the whole wide world.