Красавица и чудовище. Золушка. Спящая красавица. Рапунцель. Волшебная лампа Аладдина / The Beauty and the Beast. Cinderella. The Sleeping Beauty. Rap

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Золушка Cinderella Адаптация текста, упражнения, комментарии и словарь Д. Л. Абрагина

Once upon a time, there lived a gentleman,[73] who after his beautiful and kind wife died, married the proudest and meanest woman in all the land.[74]

She had two daughters from a previous marriage who were just as nasty and haughty as their mother.

The gentleman also had a young daughter by another wife[75] named Cinderella, who was one of the sweetest girls in the kingdom.

Cinderella’s stepmother was extremely jealous of her beauty and charm and made her do[76] the hardest and most dreadful work in the house.

Cinderella did the dishes,[77] scrubbed the floor and made the beds[78] while her step-sisters rested in their beds or had fun playing dress-up.

Now it so happened that the King’s son decided to give a ball, inviting all the young ladies in the land to attend.

Cinderella’s stepmother and step-sisters were delighted, and would talk of nothing but the ball all day long. They sent for the greatest designers in the kingdom to ensure that they looked their best.[79]

Cinderella offered to help them get ready for the ball for she had excellent taste and despite how her step-sisters treated her, she always gave them the best advice.

As she helped them, the eldest sister asked, “Cinderella, are you not going to the ball?”

Cinderella sadly lowered her head and said, “No, you’re only teasing me because I have nothing to wear for the ball. Perhaps I could borrow something?”

“Lend our clothes to such a dirty Cinderwench?[80] We’re not fools!” they exclaimed.

And the sisters laughed cruelly.

When the big day finally came, Cinderella accompanied her step-mother and step-sisters to the Court, and couldn’t help but burst into tears as she watched them enter the beautiful ball.[81]

As she wept, Cinderella’s fairy godmother appeared.

“Cinderella, why are you crying?” she asked. “You wish to attend the ball, is that not so?”

“Yes,” cried Cinderella, between sobs.

The fairy godmother smiled and said, “Well, run into the garden and bring me a pumpkin.”

Cinderella immediately went to get the finest pumpkin she could find.

When she brought it, her godmother struck the pumpkin with her wand, instantly turning it into a fine coach, plated with gold and silver.

Next, she had Cinderella find some mice,[82] and when she brought the furry little creatures back the fairy godmother tapped them each with her wand, turning[83] them into six fine horses and a coachman.

“Well what do you say? Do you still think you are not able to attend the ball?” asked her godmother.

“Oh yes!” cried Cinderella, “but should I go looking like this, in these rags?[84]“

Her godmother only touched her with her wand and instantly Cinderella’s rags turned into a dress of white and silver, sparkling with jewels.

To top it off,[85] fairy godmother gave Cinderella a pair of glass slippers,[86] the prettiest in the whole world.

“The spell only lasts until midnight, so promise you will leave the ball before then,” said the Godmother.

Cinderella promised to return before midnight, thanked her again and drove off to the ball.

When Cinderella entered, the dancing and music stopped as everyone turned to gaze at her beauty.

No one recognized her, she was a complete mystery.

The Prince rushed up to greet her, led her to the most honorable seat and later took her out for a dance.[87]

Cinderella even made time to approach her step-sisters, who still did not recognize her, and shared some of the oranges the prince had presented to her as a gift.